Difference between revisions of "Prehistorik"

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This page is for the 1991 game. For the 2014 game, see Prehistorik (2014).

Prehistorik
Prehistorik	1991
Prehistorik 2	1993
Prehistorik (2014)	2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Bundled with Prehistorik 2.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GRAWAGA.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
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)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		18 fps frame rate cap.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is not used by the game.
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

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music can be toggled with `F2` and Sound Effects with `F3`.
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	Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.0
Processor (CPU)	8086
System memory (RAM)	512 KB (640 KB for Tandy)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	CGA	VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 DirectX 7.0 compatible	3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 DirectX 9.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Prehistorik & Prehistorik 2 - GOG.com

[DOSBox_mounted-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Prehistorik & Prehistorik 2 - GOG.com

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Developers

	Titus Interactive
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows (DOSBox)	May 21, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	May 21, 2015^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	May 21, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Perspectives	Side view
Genres	Platform
Series	Prehistorik