Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
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| Developers | |
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| Sierra On-Line | |
| Engines | |
| SCI2 | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | March 1994 |
| Windows 3.x | March 1994 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | May 10, 2012 |
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Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Also titled Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness.
- Can be played on ScummVM.[1]
- Saves can be imported from Quest for Glory III: Wages of War. Also, after completing the game it is possible to export character data to file in order to be imported to the next game in the series, Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire.
- The game suffered from serious bugs at the time of release and official patches fixed only some of these.
- Script fixes made by fan known as NewRisingSun fix many of the remaining bugs. These fixes are already installed to the version available at GOG.com.
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
The floppy disk version requires the manual to pass the in-game DRM. The CD version requires the disc to be in the CD drive while playing. | |
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| GOG.com | |
CD version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. | |
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| Steam | |
Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available for the retail releases. The GOG.com version is already patched.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\GLORYSG.*** |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM user manual for details.
Video settings
In-game options menu (CD version).
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | VGA |
| Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.22 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | VGA | |
| Windows 3.x | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 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) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (502750) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Quest for Glory IV - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-10-12
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com