Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
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| Developers | |
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| Wanadoo Edition | |
| Publishers | |
| France | Cryo Interactive |
| United States | DreamCatcher Interactive |
| UK, Germany | Wanadoo Edition |
| Germany | index+ |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Digital | Microids |
| Engines | |
| Phoenix VR | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 23, 2000 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 8, 2012[citation needed] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Lovecraftian, Horror, Detective/mystery, Interwar, North America |
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is a singleplayer adventure game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements
Steam version has game breaking bugs
| Steam version has game breaking bug and some videos won't play.[1] |
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Late in the Steam version, your alchemic briefcase will be greyed out, which means that you will not be able to progress in the game any further. This file is from the 2001 disk version, which does not contain this bug.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Portuguese | Necronomicon: O Despertar das Trevas.[2] | |||
| Russian | Retail only. | |||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | 4X Movie |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Sound (audio device) | 16-bit | |||
| Other | 4x CD-ROM drive | 8x CD-ROM drive | ||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (302390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Fix for missing videos and briefcase bug - last accessed on 2025-09-06
- ↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20