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Revision as of 21:44, 24 October 2014

Terminal Velocity
Terminal Velocity cover
Developers
Terminal Reality
Publishers
DOS 3D Realms
Mac OS MacSoft
Engines
Photex
Terrain Engine 1
Release dates
DOS May 31, 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1996
Windows November 15, 2012
macOS (OS X) November 15, 2012
Terminal Velocity on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Retail
DRM details are not known
 CD-ROM or floppies. 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 make the following changes:[1]

  • Change cycles=auto to cycles=max
  • Change memsize=16 to memsize=24
  • Change timed=true to timed=false
  • Change rate and oplrate to match the frequencies set in Sound Options in-game.

Leave all other settings at their defaults.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
2-8
Online play
2-8 Via IPX tunneling (the GOG.com version is pre-configured).

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Joystick controls are unresponsive

Instructions

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 486 486 DX2/66
System memory (RAM) 4 MB 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA SVGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 128 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity