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Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

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Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight cover
Developers
Mindscape
DOS Images Software
Publishers
Retail Mindscape
Digital Another Game Studio
Release dates
DOS 1992
Windows (DOSBox) January 18, 2021
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Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Prepackaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace INTR.EXE[1]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Rename INTR.EXE to something else.
  3. Make a copy of MAIN.EXE.
  4. Rename the copy to INTR.EXE.
  5. Run the game normally. The Mindscape logo and loading screen will still be shown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\MOON.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
This game has no save function.[2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Hot seat for most gameplay (simultaneous for PvP combat).
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA, MCGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on October 2, 2017
  2. The CRPG Addict: Game 232: Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight (1991) - last accessed on October 2, 2017
    "A session can easily take 3-6 hours, and there's no saving."