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System Shock

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System Shock
System Shock cover
Developers
Looking Glass Studios
Publishers
Origin Systems
Night Dive Studios
Release dates
DOS September 22, 1994
Mac OS (Classic) September 22, 1994
Windows September 22, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) TBA[2]
Linux TBA[2]
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System Shock guide on StrategyWiki
System Shock on Wikipedia
System Shock
System Shock 1994
System Shock 2 1999
System Shock: Enhanced Edition 2015
System Shock (2023) 2023
System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition TBA
System Shock 3 TBA

This page is for the original version. For the enhanced version, see System Shock: Enhanced Edition. For the reboot, see System Shock (2018).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
System Shock, the biggest forum about the game.
SHODANPEDIA - A wiki for the System Shock series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 3.5" floppy version or Enhanced CD Version
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Bundled with System Shock: Enhanced Edition. Includes both the floppy and CD versions.[3]
Windows
Steam
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 Bundled with System Shock: Enhanced Edition as Classic Edition.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410700/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version
French
Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version
German
Voiceovers only available on the Enhanced CD version

VR support

The CD version includes support for the VFX-1 headset.[4]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Software renderer
Default mode in DOSBox and only mode in real DOS and Mac versions.
DOS video modes
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 5.0 or compatible
Processor (CPU) 486DX/33MHz 486DX2/66MHZ
System memory (RAM) 4 MB 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-color VGA SVGA
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) System 7.1
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 601 80 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 22 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 Colors
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10 (runs in DOSBox)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References