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Latest revision as of 11:39, 26 October 2022

Dark Side of the Sun: Der Stab des Lichts
Dark Side of the Sun: Der Stab des Lichts cover
Developers
Motelsoft
Release dates
DOS 1995
Taxonomy
Series Dark Side of the Sun
Dark Side of the Sun
Dark Side of the Sun: Der Stab des Lichts 1995
Dark Side of the Sun - Teil II: Palast der Verdammnis 1995
Dark Side of the Sun - Teil III: Simon der Zauberer 1996

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

Key points

Re-released as freeware.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
DOS

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use launch parameters[1]
  1. Run the game once normally to configure sound card settings.
  2. Launch the game with the necessary parameter(s):
  • For the normal game, run the game with RPG_V MOT
  • For the bonus dungeon, run the game with RPG_V MOT 215 66

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RPGSOU.INF
In-game settings are not stored between sessions.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\*.RGM
<path-to-game>\RPARTY.DAT
*.RGM files are save slots.
RPARTY.DAT contains the generated party.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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

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 settings.
Audio settings.

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
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 486/33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
1 MB of VRAM


References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on November 14, 2017
    These lines are from SUNSTART.BAT and SUNEXTRA.BAT. The MOT parameter is case-sensitive.