Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

Developers
	New World Computing
Publishers
	New World Computing
	3DO
	Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS	1986
Mac OS	1987
Windows	September 3, 2009

Might and Magic

Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum	1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World	1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra	1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen	1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen	1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen	1994
Swords of Xeen	1995
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven	1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor	1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer	2000
Legends of Might and Magic	2001
Might and Magic IX	2002
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes	2011
Might & Magic X - Legacy	2014

Key points

Many different versions of the game exist, with varying degrees of graphical fidelity and additional features, such as voice acting. The only version currently readily sold however is the MS-DOS release.

Because the game was poorly written and its speed is dependent on CPU cycles, the game runs too fast on many computers.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use DOSBox for DOS version.
GOG.com		Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Uplay (US/Canada)		Bundled with games 1-6.
Uplay (EMEA/other)		Bundled with games 1-6.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\ROSTER.DTA
Windows	<path-to-game>\ROSTER.DTA
Mac OS

ROSTER.DTA stores all characters; it must be present to play (an empty file with this name will work).

Video settings

GOG.com DOSBox Configurator.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only; toggle with V.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Text appears too fast

This is caused by the game being CPU cycles dependant.

Use text speed patch Use the Might and Magic 1 text speed patch.

System requirements

These are general GOG.com system requirements, the game will run on almost any hardware.

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible