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Rise of the Dragon

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Rise of the Dragon
Rise of the Dragon cover
Developers
Dynamix
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Activision
Engines
DGDS
Release dates
DOS 1990
Mac OS (Classic) 1990
Windows (DOSBox) November 8, 2017[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Themes Cyberpunk
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Rise of the Dragon is a singleplayer first-person adventure game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Sierra Gamers - Game page on Ken Williams' official website
Game Nostalgia - Detailed game information, developer interviews and game-related media

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
The game had two concurrent releases: 256-color "VGA" version, and 16-color "EGA" version.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SCORES.*
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General options
General options

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
120+ FPS

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound Effects can only be toggled.
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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Spanish
Fan translation.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA 320x200

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA/EGA
VGA


Notes

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

References

  1. Release: Rise of the Dragon - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023