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Chicago 1930: The Prohibition

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Chicago 1930: The Prohibition
Chicago 1930: The Prohibition cover
Developers
Spellbound Entertainment
macOS (OS X) RuneSoft
Publishers
Retail Wanadoo
OS X Virtual Programming
Digital Microids
Digital (itch.io) Plug In Digital
Release dates
Windows November 17, 2003
macOS (OS X) March 28, 2007
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Stealth, Strategy
Art styles Stylized
Themes Interwar, North America
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Chicago 1930: The Prohibition is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric stealth and strategy game.

General information

Released as Chicago 1930 in retail versions; The Prohibition was originally part of the game's working title.
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Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Unknown DRM.
Windows
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Digital version.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
itch.io
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Digital version.
Windows
Steam
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Digital version.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Original and digital versions in separate installers.
The original version (labeled as Classic Edition) is bundled with DDrawCompat.
Windows
All non-retail macOS versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The digital version was recompiled and features an overhauled interface.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Configuration[Note 1]
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Savegame[Note 1]
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings (original retail version)
Graphics settings (original retail version)
Graphics settings (digital version)
Graphics settings (digital version)

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
In the digital version only; defaults to desktop resolution. Text does not scale.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
Capped to 62 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Sound settings
Sound settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, dialogue, effects, comments.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Retail only.
French
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only.[1]
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Changing characters broken on digital versions

If swapping out alive characters, the game will glitch and revert the selected characters once starting a mission in all digital versions.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Retail version

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.3.9
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3, G4, G5
800 MHz Intel
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM

Digital version

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/623920/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (623920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References