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Revision as of 10:54, 15 October 2021

Screamer
Screamer cover
Developers
Graffiti
Publishers
Virgin Interactive
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS October 31, 1995
Windows (DOSBox) February 13, 2009[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) October 26, 2012[2]
Taxonomy
Series screamer
Screamer guide on StrategyWiki
Screamer on MobyGames
Screamer on Wikipedia
screamer
Screamer 1995
Screamer 2 1996
Screamer Rally 1997
Screamer 4x4 2000

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Can be played without CD-ROM
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CONFIG\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/697580/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\REPLAYS\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/697580/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
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)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
70 fps cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Red Book CD audio
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
8
Online play
For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA, SVGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 486 DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB (VGA mode)
12 MB (SVGA mode)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References