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Wasteland

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Wasteland
Wasteland cover
Developers
Interplay Entertainment
inXile Entertainment
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS January 1, 1988
Windows November 13, 2013[1]
macOS (OS X) November 13, 2013[1]
Linux November 13, 2013[1]
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Wasteland on Wikipedia
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Wasteland Remastered 2020
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Key points

DOS version requires the manual for game progression as key story elements and events are related through the manual instead of in game.
DOS version only allows one save slot.

General information

Manual
Wasteland Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Mods roundup

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Version differences

The original retail version is a DOS game and requires the manual to progress.
The Interplay 10 Year Anthology version lacks the setup program for resetting the game to the default state while optionally keeping characters and their stats. The Unofficial Wasteland Reset Program provides this missing feature.
Digital distribution versions use a custom build of DOSBox with new features such as showing description paragraphs in-game when prompted to read the manual.

Essential improvements

Utilities

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\Wasteland\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\inXile entertainment\Wasteland\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Wasteland
Linux ~/.wasteland/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Crash when using mouse

This fix will likely be incorporated into a later patch.[citation needed]
Modify executable file[2]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open DATA\WLA.BIN with a hex editor such as HxD.
  3. Go to offset 0x5e5.
  4. Change 77 1F to EB 1F.

Notes

This disables a wait loop that could continue infinitely.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA, CGA, Tandy Also supports composite modes for Tandy and CGA.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.0 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088 Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 256 KB 512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, Tandy
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) On-board Intel GFX
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB

References