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Conan the Cimmerian

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Conan the Cimmerian
Conan the Cimmerian cover
Developers
Synergistic Software
Publishers
Virgin Games
Engines
World Builder
Release dates
DOS 1991
Taxonomy
Series Conan the Barbarian
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Floppy version prompts for the manual. CD version has a disc check.
DOS

Version differences

The CD-ROM version has partial voice acting.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use START.EXE[1]

Run the game with START.EXE instead of CONAN.EXE.

Notes

For the floppy version, the riddle of steel copy protection prompt will still appear.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE.DAT

Video

General settings (CD-ROM version).
General settings (CD-ROM version).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Floppy versions are text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA, VGA, MCGA, Tandy

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) 10 MHz
System memory (RAM) 640k
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Tandy
EGA


References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on December 2, 2016