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{{Standard table/row| /S:mt32 | Roland MT-32 or LAPC sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /S:adlib | Adlib sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /S:cms | CMS sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /S:tandy | Tandy 3-voice sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /S:internal | Internal speaker sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /S:silent | No sound and music}}
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{{Standard table/row| /G:mcga | 256 color VGA or MCGA Graphics}}
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{{Standard table/row| /G:ega | 16 color Enhanced Graphics}}
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{{Standard table/row| /G:tandy | 16 color Tandy Graphics}}
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{{Standard table/row| /G:cga | 4 color Color Graphics}}
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{{Standard table/row| /G:bios | Loads default color palette from BIOS}}
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{{Standard table/row| /spartan | A "no frills" mode to allow faster play on slower machines}}
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Revision as of 05:23, 25 August 2018

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Star Control
Star Control cover
Developers
Toys for Bob
Publishers
Accolade
Engines
Mêlée engine
Release dates
DOS July 1990
Windows April 19, 2011[1]
macOS (OS X) November 29, 2012[2]
Star Control on Wikipedia
Star Control
Star Control 1990
Star Control II 1992
Star Control 3 1996
The Ur-Quan Masters 2002
Star Control: Origins 2018

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Also includes Star Control II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Other information

Several commands are available. Use only one of each type.[4]
Command Description
/S:mt32 Roland MT-32 or LAPC sound and music
/S:adlib Adlib sound and music
/S:cms CMS sound and music
/S:tandy Tandy 3-voice sound and music
/S:internal Internal speaker sound and music
/S:silent No sound and music
/G:mcga 256 color VGA or MCGA Graphics
/G:ega 16 color Enhanced Graphics
/G:tandy 16 color Tandy Graphics
/G:cga 4 color Color Graphics
/G:bios Loads default color palette from BIOS
/spartan A "no frills" mode to allow faster play on slower machines

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
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. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References