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CyberMage: Darklight Awakening

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CyberMage: Darklight Awakening
CyberMage: Darklight Awakening cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
DOS June 15, 1995
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, FPS, RPG
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Cyberpunk
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CyberMage: Darklight Awakening on IGDB
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CyberMage: Darklight Awakening on Wikipedia

CyberMage: Darklight Awakening is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and RPG game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
The largest install size ("Everything") is DRM-free.
DOS
A demo is available (includes a unique scenario not found in the full game).[1]
Manual

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename intro file[2]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename the following file:
    • English: ECM.TGV
    • French: FCM.TGV
    • German: GCM.TGV

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SOUNDSYS.CNF
<path-to-game>\CMDATA.CNF
SOUNDSYS.CNF contains sound setup options.
CMDATA.CNF contains in-game settings.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE0**.DAT
<path-to-game>\GAMENAME.USR
Saves are SAVE000.DAT to SAVE010.DAT.
GAMENAME.USR contains save slot names. This file must be present to load saved games.

Video

General settings.
General settings.

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
Sound Effects, Speech, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No subtitles.
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 VGA, SVGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 486/66+
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA, SVGA


References

  1. CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (Demo Version) for DOS (1995) - MobyGames - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Garrett on November 10, 2017
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