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Revision as of 23:01, 27 September 2021
This page is for the original release. For the remaster, see Pharaoh: A New Era.
Developers | |
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Impressions Games | |
Expansion | BreakAway Games |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra Entertainment |
Digital | Activision |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 5, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Egypt, Classical |
Series | City Building (Sierra) |
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 |
General information
- Pharaoh Heaven community site
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | The basegame using simple disc-check. The Cleopatra expansion utilize SecuROM V4 DRM disc check. |
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GOG.com | Includes expansion Cleopatra | |||
Steam | Includes expansion Cleopatra |
- The GOG.com version includes the expansion Queen of the Nile: Cleopatra, the latest patch and is fixed to run on modern computers.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Queen of the Nile: Cleopatra |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Pharaoh Enhancement Pack 1.2 enables the in-game Mission Editor and fixes various issues. The Cleopatra Enhancement Pack 2.1 fixes the expansion's issues. (Both already included in the GOG and Steam versions).
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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Intro_big.bik |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/564530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/564530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Only for 16bit colour depth desktop. Hackable for 32bit see Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Widescreen resolution
- For Pharaoh with Cleopatra (available from GOG or Steam):
- Download Pharaoh Resizer (French version)
- Place it in the same folder where
Pharaoh.exe
is - Open
PharaohResizer.exe
, set the desired resolution and save the new executable in the same folder ofPharaoh.exe
- Use the new executable file to play
- If the game crashes you may need to choose another resolution
- For Pharaoh without Cleopatra replace
Pharaoh.exe
with this file.
Windowed
Change color depth[2] |
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PharaohStarter.exe[3] |
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An application that automatically changes the colour depth to 16-bit and starts Pharaoh in a window. After the game is closed the color depth returns to 32-bit.
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sliders for Music, Speech, Effects and City Ambient. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Not during cutscenes | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Local retail version only.For digital Version https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1522702617 | |||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only.For digital Version https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2052703738 | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Local retail version only. Released as "Faraó". | |||
Spanish | Local retail version only.For digital Version https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1294403584 | |||
Swedish | Local retail version only |
Issues fixed
Unable to load function; Ft_thunk (Kernell32.dll)
Enable Compatibility mode[4] |
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Game freezes / movies not playing
Force only one CPU core to run the game[5] |
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@echo off if not exist Pharaoh.exe goto end if exist Pharaoh.exe.bak goto end copy Pharaoh.exe Pharaoh.exe.bak imagecfg -u Pharaoh.exe imagecfg -a 0x1 Pharaoh.exe pause :end 4. Save the file with the |
Update the mss32.dll file[6] |
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Stop Pharaoh from freezing[7] |
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Game speed/Map scroll rate issue
Set the slider in-game[8][9] |
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While in-game, press options and press speed option and move the game speed slider to adjust the game speed or scroll rate slider to adjust the scroll speed. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 6 | [citation needed] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0r[10] |
Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 360 MB | 630 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (564530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Tested by Nessy
- ↑ Support for Pharaoh + Cleopatra - GOG.com
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/q_is_there_a_way_to_activate_the_windowed_mode/post6
- ↑ Instructions from the Sold Out Software release.
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/fix_for_freezes_andor_movies_not_playing_on_multicore_cpus
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/instafreeze/post15
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/fix_for_freezes_andor_movies_not_playing_on_multicore_cpus
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/game_runs_at_superhigh_speed/?search=fast
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/some_animations_not_showing/?search=fast
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2020-01-19
- Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.