Beneath a Steel Sky
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Developers | |
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Revolution Software | |
Publishers | |
Virgin Interactive | |
Engines | |
Virtual Theatre | |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1994 |
Windows | December 18, 2008[1] |
macOS (OS X) | December 21, 2011 |
Linux | December 21, 2011 |
Key points
- Officially available as freeware.
- Can easily be run on modern systems with ScummVM.
General information
- Revolution Software Hints page
- 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 |
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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
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System | Location |
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- 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 |
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- 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 |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
In-game menu (F5)
ScummVM settings.
Input settings
Audio settings
- While this game has very few native settings, it runs on ScummVM which adds some additional settings.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Speech in CD version only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA | 320x200 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB (floppy) 93 MB (CD) |
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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 |
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