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The Patrician

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The Patrician
The Patrician cover
Developers
Ascaron Entertainment
Triptychon Software
Publishers
DOS Ascaron Entertainment
DOS Ascon
Windows Kalypso Media Digital
Release dates
DOS 1992
Windows (DOSBox) October 19, 2009[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls Point and select
Genres Business, Strategy
Vehicles Naval/watercraft
Themes Europe
Series Patrician
The Patrician on HowLongToBeat
The Patrician on MobyGames
The Patrician on Wikipedia
Patrician
The Patrician 1992
Patrician II: Quest for Power 2000
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse 2003
Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade 2010

The Patrician is a singleplayer and multiplayer business and strategy game in the Patrician series.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Patrician II: Quest for Power. PDF manual not provided, but gameplay does not appear to be restricted by any putting any answer when prompted.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SPIELE.DAT\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SPIELE.SAV\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and effects are separate, but can only be toggled on/off.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All communication 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 GOG.com version.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 640 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
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).

References

  1. New release: Patrician 1 + 2 - GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-04-01