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Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero

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Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Activision
Engines
Original SCI0
VGA remake SCI1.1
Release dates
DOS October 1989
Mac OS (Classic) April 1994
Windows (DOSBox) May 10, 2012[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Flip screen
Controls Point and select, Text input
Genres Adventure, RPG
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Comedy, Fantasy
Series Quest for Glory
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero on HowLongToBeat
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero on IGDB
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero guide on StrategyWiki
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero on MobyGames
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero on Wikipedia
Quest for Glory
Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero 1989
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire 1990
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War 1992
Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness 1994
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire 1998

Key points

Originally titled Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero
Both the original release and the 1992 VGA remake can be run under ScummVM.
After completing the game, it is possible to export character data to file in order to be imported to the next game in the series, Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

General information

Sierra Help Pages - Quest for Glory series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Only the VGA remake was available for Mac OS.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. Includes both the original EGA release and the 1992 VGA remake.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. Includes both the original EGA release and the 1992 VGA remake.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GLORYSG.***
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

In-game options menu (1992 VGA remake).
In-game options menu (1992 VGA remake).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio
1992 VGA remake only.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru»

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/502750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (502750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References