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Secret Agent

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This page is for the original 1992 game. For the 2021 HD remake, see Secret Agent HD.

Secret Agent
Secret Agent cover
Developers
Apogee Software
Publishers
Apogee Entertainment
Engines
Crystal Caves engine
Release dates
DOS February 1, 1992[1]
Windows (DOSBox) March 12, 2013[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) March 12, 2013[2]
Linux (DOSBox) May 12, 2015[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Shooter
Series Secret Agent
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Secret Agent
Secret Agent 1992
Secret Agent HD 2021

Secret Agent is a singleplayer side view and bird's-eye view platform and shooter game in the Secret Agent series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Run in DOSBox.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Publisher website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAM1.CFG
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]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358350/pfx/[Note 2]
Configuration file names include the episode number (1-3).
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>\SAM1-*.SAV
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]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358350/pfx/[Note 2]
Save file names include the episode number (1-3) and slot.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

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
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


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. 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>/358350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References