Dragonsphere

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Requires reading an included paper to answer 3 questions.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[4] Answers to physical DRM questions can be found at `<path-to-game>\answers.txt`.
Steam		Does not include the GOG.com extras. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5]

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System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\DRAG0**.SAV <path-to-game>\SAVES.DIR
Windows	<path-to-game>\DRAG0**.SAV^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\SAVES.DIR^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save files are DRAG000.SAV to DRAG099.SAV.

SAVES.DIR contains save file names (this file is not needed to load save games).

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

In-game options menu.

DOSBox Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

In-game CD-ROM settings.

This game supports the MT-32 and General MIDI for music.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Run install.exe.^[6]

Locate the installation directory. By default, the GOG.com version installs to C:\GOG Games\Dragonsphere on Windows.
Open dosboxDragonsphere_single.conf in a text editor, such as Notepad.
Comment out CALL DRAGON.BAT by typing a # in front of it, so that it looks like this: #CALL DRAGON.BAT
After cd DRAGON but before exit, add a new line that says INSTALL.EXE
Save and close the file, then launch the game from one of the provided shortcuts.
The installer should appear. Select Reconfigure Hardware Options, then select the following options:
- CD Drive Letter: D
- Music and Sound Effects Device: Whichever you are trying to set up.
- Music Card Address: Address 330
- Music Card IRQ: IRQ 2
- Digitized Speech Device: SoundBlaster 16 or Pro
- Speech Address: Address 220
- Speech IRQ: IRQ 7
- Speech DRQ: DRQ 1
- Game Play Options: Personal Preference
Close the window, then reopen the dosboxDragonsphere_single.conf and uncomment #CALL DRAGON.BAT and comment out INSTALL.EXE.
Save the file.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	MCGA, VGA

Supported DOS sound cards: Adlib, Covox Sound Master, General MIDI, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT-32, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster 16, SoundBlaster Pro

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).