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Revision as of 11:54, 7 January 2023
This page is for the original release. For the remaster, see Pharaoh: A New Era.
Developers | |
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Impressions Games | |
Expansion | BreakAway Games |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Activision |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 5, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Themes | Egypt, Classical |
Series | City Building (Sierra) |
City Building (Sierra) | |
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Caesar (series) | |
Pharaoh | 1999 |
Zeus: Master of Olympus | 2000 |
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom | 2002 |
Children of the Nile | 2004 |
Pharaoh: A New Era | 2023 |
General information
- Pharaoh Heaven community site
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | The base game uses a simple disc check. The Cleopatra expansion utilizes SecuROM v4 DRM disc check. |
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GOG.com | Pharaoh: Gold | |||
Steam | Pharaoh: Gold |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Version differences
- Pharaoh: Gold includes both Pharaoh and Cleopatra.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Queen of the Nile: Cleopatra |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Pharaoh Enhancement Pack 1.2 enables the in-game mission editor and fixes various issues. The Cleopatra Enhancement Pack 2.1 fixes the expansion's issues. Both are available here. They are already included in the digital releases.
Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/564530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/564530/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Only for 16bit colour depth desktop. Hackable for 32bit see Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Widescreen resolution
- For Pharaoh with Cleopatra:
- Download Pharaoh Resizer (French version)
- Place it in the same folder where
Pharaoh.exe
is - Open
PharaohResizer.exe
, set the desired resolution and save the new executable in the same folder ofPharaoh.exe
- Use the new executable file to play
- If the game crashes you may need to choose another resolution
- For Pharaoh without Cleopatra, replace
Pharaoh.exe
with this file.
Windowed
Change color depth[2] |
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PharaohStarter.exe[3] |
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An application that automatically changes the colour depth to 16-bit and starts Pharaoh in a window. After the game is closed the color depth returns to 32-bit.
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for Music, Speech, Effects and City Ambient. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Not during cutscenes | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Korean | Retail only | |||
Polish | Retail release; download for digital versions. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only. Faraó.[4] | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
Swedish | Retail only. |
Issues fixed
Unable to load function; Ft_thunk (Kernell32.dll)
Enable Compatibility mode[5] |
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Game freezes / movies not playing
Force only one CPU core to run the game[6] |
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@echo off if not exist Pharaoh.exe goto end if exist Pharaoh.exe.bak goto end copy Pharaoh.exe Pharaoh.exe.bak imagecfg -u Pharaoh.exe imagecfg -a 0x1 Pharaoh.exe pause :end 4. Save the file with the |
Update the mss32.dll file[7] |
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Game speed/Map scroll rate issue
Set the slider in-game[8][9] |
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While in-game, press options and press speed option and move the game speed slider to adjust the game speed or scroll rate slider to adjust the scroll speed. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 6 | [citation needed] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0r[10] |
Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 360 MB | 630 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 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 (564530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Tested by Nessy
- ↑ Support for Pharaoh + Cleopatra - GOG.com
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/q_is_there_a_way_to_activate_the_windowed_mode/post6
- ↑ BraSoft (archived, 2001).
- ↑ Instructions from the Sold Out Software release.
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/fix_for_freezes_andor_movies_not_playing_on_multicore_cpus
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/instafreeze/post15
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/game_runs_at_superhigh_speed/?search=fast
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/pharaoh_cleopatra/some_animations_not_showing/?search=fast
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2020-01-19
- Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.