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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum cover
Developers
New World Computing
Publishers
New World Computing
3DO
Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS 1986
Mac OS (Classic) 1987
Windows September 3, 2009[1]
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum on Wikipedia
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum 1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World 1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra 1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen 1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen 1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen 1994
Swords of Xeen 1995
Heroes of Might and Magic (series)
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven 1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor 1999
Crusaders of Might and Magic 1999
Arcomage 1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer 2000
Legends of Might and Magic 2001
Might and Magic IX 2002
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic 2006
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions 2013
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014
Might & Magic Showdown Cancelled
Might & Magic: Chess Royale 2020

Key points

Many different versions of the game exist, with varying degrees of graphical fidelity and additional features, such as voice acting. The only version currently readily sold however is the MS-DOS release.
Because the game was poorly written and its speed is dependent on CPU cycles, the game runs too fast on many computers.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Celestial Heavens' subforum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox for DOS version.
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows

Essential improvements

Automap

Where are we, an automap program for Might & Magic 1-5.

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\ROSTER.DTA
Windows <path-to-game>\ROSTER.DTA[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
ROSTER.DTA stores all characters; it must be present to play (an empty file with this name will work).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

300px
GOG.com DOSBox Configurator.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Text appears too fast

This is caused by the game being CPU cycles dependant.
Use text speed patch[3]

Use the Might and Magic 1 text speed patch.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

These are general GOG.com system requirements, the game will run on almost any hardware.
DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

  1. 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