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Jack in the Dark

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Jack in the Dark
Jack in the Dark cover
Developers
Infogrames
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS 1993
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Series Alone in the Dark
Jack in the Dark on HowLongToBeat
Jack in the Dark on IGDB
Jack in the Dark guide on StrategyWiki
Jack in the Dark on MobyGames
Jack in the Dark on Wikipedia
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark 1992
Jack in the Dark 1993
Alone in the Dark 2 1993
Alone in the Dark 3 1994
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare 2001
Alone in the Dark (2008) 2008
Alone in the Dark: Illumination 2015
Alone in the Dark (2024) 2024

Jack in the Dark is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure and puzzle game in the Alone in the Dark series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Included with Alone in the Dark in the trilogy.
Windows
Error: OS 'Windows' not found in infobox
macOS (OS X)
Error: OS 'OS X' not found in infobox

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS

Video

In-game settings (found on the Pause Menu).
In-game settings (found on the Pause Menu).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only, see the DOSBox page for more information.
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)
3D geometry is untextured.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
70 FPS lock.[1]
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel i386 SX
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA

References

  1. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-06-27
    Tested using DOSBox 0.74-2 and MSi Afterburner/RTSS.