Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat
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Developers | |
---|---|
Mindscape | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Mindscape |
Digital | GOG.com |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | November 1995 |
Windows | November 1995 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | RPG, Strategy |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Warhammer |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Blood Bowl (series) | |
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat | 1995 |
Warhammer: Dark Omen | 1998 |
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | 2006 |
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 2008 |
Warhammer Quest (series) | |
Warhammer: Vermintide (series) | |
Mordheim: City of the Damned | 2015 |
Warhammer: Arcane Magic | 2016 |
Total War: Warhammer (series) | |
Man O' War: Corsair | 2017 |
Warhammer Age of Sigmar (series) | |
Warhammer: Chaosbane | 2019 |
Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest | 2019 |
Warhammer Underworlds: Online | 2020 |
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG and strategy game in the Warhammer series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Retail copies include the 16- and 32-bit versions on the same disc. | |||
GOG.com |
Essential improvements
Installation from CD on modern Windows
- Use this unofficial tool to install the game from the disc.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\TEMP[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\TEMP\savegame.*[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Native resolution is 640x480 (4:3). | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Press Alt+Tab ↹. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sound effects and music can only be toggled on/off. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
General MIDI audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Retail only. |
Other information
API
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows 3.x | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution, 256 colors | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 DX2 | Intel Pentium 90 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution, 256 colors DirectX 1.0 compatible | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).