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Revision as of 01:12, 27 March 2019
Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Engines | |
SCI2 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1994 |
Windows | March 1994 |
Key points
- Also titled Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
- Saves can be imported from Quest for Glory III: Wages of War. Also, after completing the game it is possible to export character data to file in order to be imported to the next game in the series, Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire
- The game suffered from serious bugs at the time of release and official patches fixed only some of these
- Script fixes made by fan known as NewRisingSun fix many of the remaining bugs. These fixes are already installed to the version available at GOG.com
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | The floppy disk version requires the manual to pass the in-game DRM. The CD version requires the disc to be in the CD drive while playing. | |||
GOG.com | CD version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1] Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. | |||
Steam | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available for the retail releases. The GOG.com version is already patched.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GLORYSG.*** |
Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (502750) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.