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The Dark Eye (1995)

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This page is for the 1995 game. For the unrelated series of games based on the "The Dark Eye" tabletop RPG, see Series:The Dark Eye.

The Dark Eye (1995)
The Dark Eye (1995) cover
Developers
Inscape
Publishers
Atari Games
Engines
Macromedia Director 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1995
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Horror
The Dark Eye (1995) on MobyGames
The Dark Eye (1995) on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

The Dark Eye (1995) is a singleplayer first-person adventure game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows 3.x
This game is not available digitally

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game doesn't work on Windows 10

Use "The Win 3.1 Fix Project"
  1. Download "The Win 3.1 Fix Project"
  2. Unzip the folder The Dark Eye Fix somewhere on your computer.
  3. Insert The Dark Eye CD, go to the folder on the disc called SETUP.
  4. Inside that folder is the file DKYINSTL.EXE.
  5. Open the The Dark Eye Fix folder and find the program otvdm.exe.
  6. Drag DKYINSTL.EXE from the CD into otvdm.exe.
  7. During install, make sure to uncheck "QuickTime For Windows 2.03".
  8. After Install, go to <path-to-game>.
  9. Drag DARKEYE.EXE into otvdm.exe and the game should start.
The game is made for 640×480, set the resolution to either that or 800x600 for full screen.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes QuickTime

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel i486 DX
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Macromedia Director engine build: 4.0.4[1]

References

  1. ScummVM Wiki - Director/Games - last accessed on 2023-01-28