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Developers | |
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Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
Engines | |
Gold Box | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Buck Rogers, Gold Box |
Buck Rogers | |
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Subseries of Gold Box | |
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday | 1990 |
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed | 1992 |
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Buck Rogers and Gold Box series.
General information
- Characters and saved games can be imported from Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Run in DOSBox. |
Gold Box Companion
- Gold Box Companion is a program for Windows that adds various optional features when playing the DOS version in DOSBox (automap, party HUD, character editing, etc.)
Sound Effects and Music
- Gold Box Sound Hacks allows for Tandy sound effects while using Adlib or Roland MT-32 for music.
Enable PCjr/Tandy sound on DOSBox
- Most later releases are configured to use PC speaker sound. DOSBox can be set to emulate the additional sound hardware of PCjr/Tandy systems and the game configured to use PCjr/Tandy for sound instead of more primitive PC speaker.
Edit the configuration file of DOSBox in the installation folder[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\MATRIX.CFG |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVE\ |
- The default save folder can be changed by editing
MATRIX.CFG
. - Saves are
SAVGAMA.DAT
toSAVGAMJ.DAT
. - Character files are
*.WHO
. Character files are only present when that character is not part of a party in a save file.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |