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This page is for the original release. For the remake, see King of Dragon Pass (2015).

King of Dragon Pass
King of Dragon Pass	1999
King of Dragon Pass (2015)	2015

King of Dragon Pass is a singleplayer RPG and strategy game in the King of Dragon Pass series.

General information

King of Dragon Pass Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with King of Dragon Pass (2015).
Developer website (unavailable)

A demo is available for Windows and Mac OS.

Essential improvements

Patches

The Version 1.7 patch updates the retail version. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A Sharp\King of Dragon Pass
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		On resolutions above 640x480 the game area is windowboxed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		2D game.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2D game.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed

Run the game executable with a command line argument^[2]

Run KoDP.exe with the -w command line argument.

Notes

This method actually launches mTropolis Windows Player in windowed mode. On higher resolutions game area will be still centered due to this reason.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only (individual toggles for Background, Adventure, Sound Effects).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Mac OS version of the game also runs in classic mode on OS X.^[3]

Notes

↑ 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).

References

↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - mTropolis/Games - last accessed on 2022-08-08
↑ Windowed, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ King of Dragon Pass System Requirements - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-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).

[1] ScummVM :: Wiki - mTropolis/Games - last accessed on 2022-08-08

[3] Windowed, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[4] King of Dragon Pass System Requirements - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{disambig|the original release|the remake|[[King of Dragon Pass (2015)]]}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Kodp cover.png
@@ Line 5: / Line 6: @@
 |publishers   =
 |engines      =
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|mTropolis|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=MTropolis/Games|title=ScummVM :: Wiki - mTropolis/Games|date=2022-08-08}}</ref>}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 11, 1999}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|October 11, 1999}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|king-of-dragon-pass|rating}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|link|rating}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|king-of-dragon-pass|rating}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Turn-based }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG, Strategy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | King of Dragon Pass }}
 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    = 1207659096
+|official site= https://www.a-sharp.com/kodp/
+|hltb         = 5011
+|lutris       = king-of-dragon-pass
+|mobygames    = 1119
 |strategywiki = King of Dragon Pass
 |wikipedia    = King of Dragon Pass
@@ Line 15: / Line 38: @@
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|King of Dragon Pass}}
-{{disambig|the original release|the remake|[[King of Dragon Pass (2015)]]}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
-{{mm}} [http://www.a-sharp.com/kodp Official website]
+{{mm}} [https://kingofdragonpass.fandom.com King of Dragon Pass Wiki]
-{{mm}} [http://kingofdragonpass.wikia.com King of Dragon Pass Wiki]
 {{GOG.com links|1207659096|king_of_dragon_pass}}
@@ Line 26: / Line 54: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows, Mac OS }}
-{{Availability/row| developer | http://a-sharp.com/buy | unknown | | | Windows, Mac OS }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | king_of_dragon_pass | DRM-free | Bundled with [[King of Dragon Pass (2015)]]. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| developer | https://a-sharp.com/buy | unknown | | | Windows, Mac OS | unavailable }}
 }}
-{{ii}} A [http://a-sharp.com/buy/ demo] is available for Windows and Mac OS.
+{{ii}} A [https://a-sharp.com/buy/ demo] is available for Windows and Mac OS.
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-{{ii}} The [http://a-sharp.com/kodp/update Version 1.7 patch] updates the retail version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
+{{ii}} The [https://a-sharp.com/kodp/update Version 1.7 patch] updates the retail version. The GOG.com version is already patched.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 50: / Line 78: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           =
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               =
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|kodp-settings.jpg|General settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 78: / Line 110: @@
 |4k ultra hd                = false
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = N/A
+|fov                        = n/a
 |fov notes                  =
 |windowed                   = hackable
@@ Line 84: / Line 116: @@
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = N/A
+|anisotropic                = n/a
 |anisotropic notes          = 2D game.
-|antialiasing               = N/A
+|antialiasing               = n/a
 |antialiasing notes         = 2D game.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
-|vsync notes                = The game does not use vertical sync.
+|vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = unknown
 |60 fps notes               =
@@ Line 101: / Line 136: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Run the game executable with a command line argument|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/king_of_dragon_pass/windowed/post20 Windowed, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Run the game executable with a command line argument|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/king_of_dragon_pass/windowed/post20|title=Windowed, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
 Run {{file|KoDP.exe}} with the <code>-w</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]].
@@ Line 108: / Line 143: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 172: / Line 207: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = false
 |separate volume notes    = On/off only (individual toggles for Background, Adventure, Sound Effects).
 |surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = N/A
+|subtitles                = n/a
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = N/A
+|closed captions          = n/a
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = false
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 191: / Line 228: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = English
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
   |subtitles = n/a
@@ Line 222: / Line 259: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows exe notes      =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          =
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable=
+|linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes =
+|mac os powerpc app     = unknown
+|mac os 68k app         = unknown
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}
@@ Line 252: / Line 303: @@
 |minHD    =
 |minGPU   =
-|notes    = {{ii}} Mac OS version of the game also runs in classic mode on [[OS X]].<ref>[http://a-sharp.com/kodp/sysReq.html King of Dragon Pass System Requirements]</ref>
+|notes    = {{ii}} Mac OS version of the game also runs in classic mode on [[OS X]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://a-sharp.com/kodp/sysReq.html|title=King of Dragon Pass System Requirements|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	A Sharp
Engines
	mTropolis^[1]
Release dates
Windows	October 11, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	October 11, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Genres	RPG, Strategy
Themes	Fantasy
Series	King of Dragon Pass