Stonekeep

Stonekeep is a first-person dungeon crawler and RPG developed by Interplay Entertainment in 1995.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use DOSBox.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Steam

German version

The original German retail release is version 1.3 (whereas most current English version is 1.2). Quality of German text translation is so bad that it makes game mechanics incomprehensible. German retail release is censored. The Steam version doesn't include German. The GOG release includes a German version, and this one is completely uncensored - however, its texts are even more broken.^[4] Use English texts if possible.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 fixes various bugs; the GOG.com version already has this patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\CONFIG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

CONFIG stores settings from SETUP.EXE; in-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

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
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 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 and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound FX.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All voiced dialogue is subtitled by default (change in `SETUP.EXE`).
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Many mistranslations in texts and UI, can make the game incomprehensible. German in GOG version is particularly broken. Use English texts if possible.^[4]
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only: BraSoft (1996)^[5] / Byte & Brothers (2000).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	486/33	Intel 486DX 66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB and 550 KB free conventional memory	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 MB
Video card (GPU)	256-Color VGA Graphics

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	626.9 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM
Other		Two-button mouse or Apple mouse with secondary button/click

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 256 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.

References

↑ New release: Stonekeep ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ GOG.com adds Interplay games for Mac OS X ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.gog.com/forum/stonekeep/german_version_scrolls_and_inventory_font_is_wrong/page1
↑ BraSoft, 1997. - last accessed on May 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 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.

[1] New release: Stonekeep ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[2] GOG.com adds Interplay games for Mac OS X ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[German-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://www.gog.com/forum/stonekeep/german_version_scrolls_and_inventory_font_is_wrong/page1

[6] BraSoft, 1997. - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	November 8, 1995
Windows (DOSBox)	September 16, 2008^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 26, 2012^[2]
Linux (DOSBox)	March 24, 2017
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Digitized, Live action
Themes	Fantasy