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The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku

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The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku
The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Publishers
Nihon Falcom
Traditional Chinese version Tan Ton Nerw
Simplified Chinese version Softoday
Release dates
DOS May 24, 1996
Windows 3.x 1996
Windows 1996
DOS 1996
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Steampunk
Series The Legend of Heroes
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 1989
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II 1992
The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo 1996
The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku 1996
New The Legend of Heroes 1997
The Legend of Heroes V: Umi no Oriuta 1999
New The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo 1999
New The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku 2000
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2004
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC 2006
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd 2007
The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki 2011
The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki 2013
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2017
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II 2018
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III 2020
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie 2021
The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure 2022
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2022
The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II - Crimson Sin 2023

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku is a singleplayer third-person JRPG game in the The Legend of Heroes series.

The title of the original Japanese edition is 英雄伝説IV 朱紅い雫(The Legend of Heroes IV A Tear of Vermillion), Simplified Chinese title is 英雄传说IV:朱红雪(The Legend of Heroes IV Snow of Vermilion), Simplified Chinese title is 英雄傳說IV:朱紅血(The Legend of Heroes IV Blood of Vermilion).

The official English version was first released on PSP. However, the release order is different from that in Japan. The first title of PSP version is The Legend of Heroes.Subtitles A Tear of Vermillion have been added in subsequent versions.

Key points

DOS version is different from Windows version in world outlook setting and plot.
Japanese version is only on DOS, Windows 3.1 or Windows95 for PC-98, Japanese computer produced by NEC.
DOS for IBM-PC version is only available in Chinese and Korean
Japanese version requires a special DOSBox mod version (such as DOSBox-X) to run

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
Some Japanese versions may need Scenario Disk 1 to verify the game
DOS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD version
DOS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD version
Windows 3.x
Windows
Only the Japanese CD version of the later release supports Windows.
The game is in Windows 3.1 and Windows95 run in MS-DOS program mode
Japanese digital release(PC-98 simulator)available DRM-free on Project EGG.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 1]

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

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.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Simplified Chinese
HangZhou JingTian release only, DOS version
Traditional Chinese
Tan Ton Nerw release only, DOS version
Japanese
Korean
Korean release only, DOS version

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable16-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
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) 80386
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) 80386
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References