Zeus: Master of Olympus
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| Developers | |
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| Impressions Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Sierra Entertainment |
| Digital | Activision |
| Re-release | Sold Out Software |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 17, 2000 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building |
| Themes | Europe, Classical, Fantasy |
| Series | City Building (Sierra) |
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| City Building (Sierra) | |
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| Caesar (series) | |
| Pharaoh | 1999 |
| Zeus: Master of Olympus | 2000 |
| Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom | 2002 |
| Children of the Nile | 2004 |
| Pharaoh: A New Era | 2023 |
Key points
- Comes with an adventure editor for creation of custom campaigns and scenarios
General information
- Official website (retrieved)
- Zeus Heaven website
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Version differences
- Acropolis, also known as Master of Olympus: Zeus Gold, includes both Zeus and Poseidon.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Poseidon: Master of Atlantis | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The Enhancement Pack 1.1 is the latest patch for Zeus, and Enhancement Pack 2.1 for Poseidon, both available here. Digital releases already include this update.
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/566050/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\<user-id>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/566050/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use the Zeus & Poseidon Resolution Customiser utility. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use the Zeus & Poseidon Resolution Customiser utility. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use the Zeus & Poseidon Resolution Customiser utility. Note that due to the way the game is rendered, text and graphics will be very small and the bottom of the city viewport won't reach the bottom of the screen. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Pressing F5 will switch to windowed, if the desktop resolution is higher than the game resolution. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 20 FPS cap. Mouse is not clamped to engine framerate. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Camera panning speed can be changed. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, speech, ambient and SFX | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | Separate UK and US versions | |||
| French | Retail only. | |||
| German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
| Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Polish | Retail only. Details | |||
| Spanish | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
| Swedish | Retail only. Only the base game was translated into Swedish. |
Issues fixed
Animation speed problems
The game has notable issues with specific animations that play too slow or too fast on modern systems (e.g. god spawning effects and the urchin collectors along with various buildings).
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Issues unresolved
Unresolved animation issues
- Not all of the animation issues are addressed in user patches (e.g. the trading piers, hippodrome spectators and other buildings).
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 5 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.0m[3] |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | 650 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM | 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 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>/566050/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (566050) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.