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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silver_box_classics | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Heroes of the Lance]], [[Dragons of Flame]] and [[War of the Lance]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. |  | Windows }}
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{{ii}} {{file|SAVEGAME.DIR}} contains save file names (this file is not needed to load saved games).
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 3 January 2024

Shadow Sorcerer
Shadow Sorcerer cover
Developers
U.S. Gold
Publishers
Retail Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Digital SNEG
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows (DOSBox) March 27, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Silver Box
Shadow Sorcerer on MobyGames
Shadow Sorcerer on Wikipedia
Silver Box
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Heroes of the Lance 1988
Dragons of Flame 1989
War of the Lance 1990
Shadow Sorcerer 1991

Shadow Sorcerer is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Silver Box series.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame and War of the Lance. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
Steam
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Bundled with Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame and War of the Lance. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename INTRO.EXE[1]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename INTRO.EXE.

Notes

Pre-game screens (copyright etc.) will still be displayed.

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME._*_
<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.DIR
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2344020/pfx/[Note 1]
Save files are SAVEGAME._A_ to SAVEGAME._J_.
SAVEGAME.DIR contains save file names (this file is not needed to load saved games).

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

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only (toggle with V).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) EGA, TGA, VGA, MCGA


Notes

  1. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on September 23, 2017