Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
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| Developers | |
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| Wanadoo Edition | |
| Publishers | |
| France | Cryo Interactive |
| United States | DreamCatcher Interactive |
| UK, Germany | Wanadoo Edition |
| Germany | index+ |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Digital | Microids |
| Engines | |
| Phoenix VR | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 23, 2000 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 8, 2012[citation needed] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Lovecraftian, Horror, Detective/mystery, Interwar, North America |
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is a singleplayer adventure game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements
Steam version has game breaking bugs
| Steam version has game breaking bug and some videos won't play.[1] |
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Late in the Steam version, your alchemic briefcase will be greyed out, which means that you will not be able to progress in the game any further. This file is from the 2001 disk version, which does not contain this bug.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
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 |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Portuguese | [2] | |||
| Russian | Retail only. | |||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Sound (audio device) | 16-bit | |
| Other | 4x CD-ROM drive | 8x CD-ROM drive |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4 | |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/302390/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (302390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).