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Dilbert's Desktop Games

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Dilbert's Desktop Games
Dilbert's Desktop Games cover
Developers
Cyclops Software
Publishers
DreamWorks Interactive
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows 1997
Dilbert's Desktop Games on MobyGames
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General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
The disc is required to get the endgame certificate.
Windows
A demo is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyclops Software\Desktop Toys Screensaver[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Dt05\ToySpr\Toys\widget.dat[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\Dt05\ToySpr\CEO\sim.dat[Note 2]
widget.dat saves your Game Machine parts acquired information.
sim.dat saves your CEO Simulator information.

Video

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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Techno Raiders and Project Pass-Off only.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows

Use the InstallShield 5 32-bit Generic Installer.

Issues unresolved

Green shadows and boxes in Techno Raiders

Some graphics have green backgrounds on floors 1-8 when running on modern versions of Windows.[1]

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB


Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).

References