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Diabolik: The Original Sin

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Diabolik: The Original Sin
Diabolik: The Original Sin cover
Developers
Artematica Entertainment
Publishers
International Black Bean Games
Italy Leader
Russia Akella
Engines
Virtools
Release dates
Windows October 2007
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Cartoon
Diabolik: The Original Sin on IGDB
Diabolik: The Original Sin on MobyGames
Diabolik: The Original Sin on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Original italian release (Ver. 1.0.0.0).
Game in italian only.
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
International release (Ver. 1.0.0.9).
Game in English, German, Dutch, Spanish.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 5.60.001.027 DRM (Russian version)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1]

Video

In-game setup screen.
In-game setup screen.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Three levels: Off, Low and High.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolution[1]

Open config.ini and change
WIDTH=640
HEIGHT=480

to
WIDTH=1920
HEIGHT=1080

Windowed

Windowed mode[2]

Open config.ini and change FULLSCREEN=true to FULLSCREEN=false

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game not starting on Windows 10

Enable the following compatibility settings for the Diabolik.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 3)) and Run this program as an administrator[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Video 9

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz CPU
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) 16 MB DirectX 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).

References