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Judge Dredd

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Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd cover
Developers
Probe Entertainment
Publishers
Retail Acclaim Entertainment
Digital Throwback Entertainment
Release dates
DOS 1997
Windows (DOSBox) May 23, 2018
Linux (DOSBox) May 24, 2018[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) Unknown
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Shooter
Themes Sci-fi
Series Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd on HowLongToBeat
Judge Dredd on MobyGames
Judge Dredd on Wikipedia
Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd 1997
Judge Dredd Pinball 1998
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death 2003
Judge Dredd vs. Zombies 2013
Judge Dredd: Countdown Sector 106 2015

Judge Dredd is a singleplayer side view platform and shooter game in the Judge Dredd series.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires the CD to play.
DOS
Steam (unavailable)
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Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
Linux
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DAT2\SLOT*.DAT
<path-to-game>\DAT2\HISCORE.DAT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Saves are numbered 0-8. .INF files contain save file names (not needed to load saves).
GAME.DAT contains an autosave of the last level loaded.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

General settings.
General settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Extended memory manager error on launch

Error message: "Judge Dredd needs an extended memory manager to run. See the technical documentation for more details."
Set memory value[2]

Run this command before the game: set DOS16M=:4M (as part of a batch file, DOSBox configuration file, or entered manually).

Poor DOSBox performance on later levels

Set fixed cycles count[2]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change cycles=auto to cycles=fixed 21500.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes SVGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 486 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 24 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
1 MB of VRAM
Other 2x CD-ROM drive
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 750 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Other Two-button mouse or Apple mouse with secondary button/click enabled
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compatible
Sound (audio device) ALSA compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References