Terminal Velocity
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This page is for the original DOS game. For the 2023 remaster, see Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition.
Developers | |
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Terminal Reality | |
Publishers | |
Retail, digital (original) | 3D Realms |
Digital (current) | Ziggurat Interactive |
Mac OS | MacSoft |
Engines | |
Photex | |
Terrain Engine 1 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | May 1, 1995[1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1996 |
Windows (DOSBox) | November 15, 2012[2] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | January 24, 2013[3] |
Linux (DOSBox) | May 12, 2015[4] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Terminal Velocity |
Terminal Velocity | |
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Terminal Velocity | 1995 |
Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition | 2023 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for the game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | CD-ROM or floppies. Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox). | |||
GOG.com | Comes as a bonus with Boosted Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5] | |||
Steam | Comes as a bonus with Boosted Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Pre-packaged with DOSBox-staging. | |||
Official website (unavailable) | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
Essential improvements
Run in DOSBox
To run correctly in DOSBox make the following changes:
Optimal DOSBox configuration file values[6] |
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Leave all other settings at their defaults. |
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\VOX.INI |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVE*.DAT |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x200 (VGA) or 640x480 (SVGA) only. | ||
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 | Frame rate is capped at 70 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Limited native remapping. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound and Music. | |
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. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by forum users «Old-Games.RU». Floopy + CD-version |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Joystick controls are unresponsive
Change joystick timing[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 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 (358370) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Terminal Velocity - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Release: Terminal Velocity ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ an-ovel.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity