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DarkSpyre

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DarkSpyre
DarkSpyre cover
Developers
Event Horizon Software
Publishers
Electronic Zoo
Release dates
DOS 1990
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series DarkSpyre
DarkSpyre on MobyGames
DarkSpyre on Wikipedia
DarkSpyre
DarkSpyre 1990
The Summoning 1992

DarkSpyre is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG game in the DarkSpyre series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Prompts for answers from the manual.
DOS

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
DarkDraw: DarkSpyre Drawing Board Game editor. Includes additional levels.
DOS

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DS*.DAT
<path-to-game>\SAVE.DIR
<path-to-game>\HISCORE
Saves are DS0.DAT to DS8.DAT
SAVE.DIR contains save names (this file is not needed to load saved games).
The HISCORE file (no extension) contains high scores.
Settings are not stored between sessions.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
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 (toggle with F9).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
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

Other information

Command line arguments

DarkSpyre detects the available sound and video hardware but this can also be set manually by adding the desired command(s) after the executable name, e.g. DARKSPYRE VS[1]:
Command Description
V VGA graphics.
E EGA graphics.
C CGA graphics.
T Tandy graphics.
Vl Alternate VGA graphics, if V does not work.
El Alternate EGA graphics, if E does not work.
X Uses EGA graphics on a VGA-equipped machine.
I Internal IBM 1-voice music.
M Tandy 3-voice music.
S SoundBlaster/Adlib music.

API

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

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 512K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) EGA, CGA, VGA, Tandy


References