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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 18, 2008|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/free_games_beneath_a_steel_sky_and_lure_of_the_temptress Free games: Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress - GOG.com]</ref>}} | {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 18, 2008|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/free_games_beneath_a_steel_sky_and_lure_of_the_temptress Free games: Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress - GOG.com]</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/18/gog-launches-mac-support-50-games-available-now/ GOG launches Mac support, 50 games available now]</ref>}} | ||
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 7, 2013|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post709 "The "what did just update?" thread" post #709]</ref>}} | {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|April 7, 2013|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post709 "The "what did just update?" thread" post #709]</ref>}} | ||
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|March 20, 2015|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post6577 "The "what did just update?" thread" post #6577]</ref>}} | {{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|March 20, 2015|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post6577 "The "what did just update?" thread" post #6577]</ref>}} | ||
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Developers | |
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Revolution Software | |
Publishers | |
Virgin Interactive | |
Engines | |
Original | Virtual Theatre |
Re-release | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1994 |
Windows (ScummVM) | December 18, 2008[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | October 18, 2012[2] |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 7, 2013[3] |
Linux (ScummVM) | March 20, 2015[4] |
Steel Sky | |
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Beneath a Steel Sky | 1994 |
Beyond a Steel Sky | 2020 |
Key points
- Officially available as freeware.
- Can easily be run on modern systems with ScummVM.
General information
- Game Nostalgia - Detailed game information, developer interviews and game-related media
- Soundtrack Enhancement Page
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Available on floppy disk (manual-based copy protection) or CD (no DRM). The CD-ROM version has full voice acting and a substantial introduction sequence. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. |
- All of the prepackaged versions use the CD release.
- The data files are available for free from the ScummVM website.
Essential improvements
Running the game through ScummVM
- Just use the prepackaged versions if you want the CD release.
Playing the game with ScummVM[citation needed] |
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|
James Woodcock's remastered soundtrack
- Original game soundtrack in MIDI format, rearranged and re-recorded using modern studio equipment
- Requires ScummVM
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\config.dat |
Windows | <path-to-game>\beneath.ini[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- 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>\ |
Windows | <path-to-game>\SKY-VM.***[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- DOS savegames are labelled
SKY.???
, where ??? represents a number between 000 and 999. Savegame descriptions are stored inSKY.SAV
.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | Requires Internal Update (25 April 2018) or later. |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
- This game supports the Roland MT-32 for music, and takes advantage of the additional sound effects provided by the CM-32L/LAPC-I.[Note 3]
- While this game has very few native settings, it can run on ScummVM which adds some additional settings.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Speech in CD version only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru», ScummVM-build and localization files |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA | 320x200 |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB (floppy) 93 MB (CD) |
|
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 78 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
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 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ ScummVM adds proper General MIDI support.