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Arctic Adventure

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Arctic Adventure
Arctic Adventure cover
Developers
Apogee Software
Engines
FAST
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows October 23, 2014
Arctic Adventure on Wikipedia
Nevada Smith
Pharaoh's Tomb 1990
Arctic Adventure 1991

Key points

Re-released as freeware on March 20, 2009.[1]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox).
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=5000 since auto or max may cause the game to not start. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.[2]

Game data

Configuration files and save game data location

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System Location
AA*.CFG stores settings.
AA*.SAV stores save data.
AA*.HS stores high scores.

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) DOS 3.0
Processor (CPU) 8086
System memory (RAM) 384 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA

References