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Dragonsphere

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Dragonsphere
Dragonsphere cover
Developers
MPS Labs
Publishers
Retail MicroProse
Digital (original) Night Dive Studios
Digital (original) Retroism
Digital (current) Atari
Engines
MADS
Release dates
DOS 1994
Windows (DOSBox) May 5, 2011[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) November 29, 2012[2]
Linux (DOSBox) July 24, 2014[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Themes Fantasy
Dragonsphere on IGDB
Dragonsphere guide on StrategyWiki
Dragonsphere on MobyGames
Dragonsphere on Wikipedia

Dragonsphere is a singleplayer third-person adventure game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Requires reading an included paper to answer 3 questions.
DOS
GOG.com
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4]
Answers to physical DRM questions can be found at <path-to-game>\answers.txt.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Windows
Linux
Steam
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Does not include the GOG.com extras. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5]
Windows
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CONFIG.DRA
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DRAG0**.SAV
<path-to-game>\SAVES.DIR
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Save files are DRAG000.SAV to DRAG099.SAV.
SAVES.DIR contains save file names (this file is not needed to load save games).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only, see the DOSBox page for more information.
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 and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

In-game CD-ROM settings.
In-game CD-ROM settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, and Speech can be toggled on or off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio
Also supports Roland MT-32-compatible MIDI.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Speech is significantly louder than music and sound effects

Issues fixed

Unable to access setup to enable General Midi or MT-32 music (GOG.com version)

Run install.exe.[6]
  1. Locate the installation directory. By default, the GOG.com version installs to C:\GOG Games\Dragonsphere on Windows.
  2. Open dosboxDragonsphere_single.conf in a text editor, such as Notepad.
  3. Comment out CALL DRAGON.BAT by typing a # in front of it, so that it looks like this: #CALL DRAGON.BAT
  4. After cd DRAGON but before exit, add a new line that says INSTALL.EXE
  5. Save and close the file, then launch the game from one of the provided shortcuts.
  6. The installer should appear. Select Reconfigure Hardware Options, then select the following options:
    • CD Drive Letter: D
    • Music and Sound Effects Device: Whichever you are trying to set up.
    • Music Card Address: Address 330
    • Music Card IRQ: IRQ 2
    • Digitized Speech Device: SoundBlaster 16 or Pro
    • Speech Address: Address 220
    • Speech IRQ: IRQ 7
    • Speech DRQ: DRQ 1
    • Game Play Options: Personal Preference
  7. Close the window, then reopen the dosboxDragonsphere_single.conf and uncomment #CALL DRAGON.BAT and comment out INSTALL.EXE.
  8. Save the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes MCGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 80386 16 MHz
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) MCGA, VGA
Other 2X CD-ROM drive
Supported DOS sound cards: Adlib, Covox Sound Master, General MIDI, Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT-32, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster 16, SoundBlaster Pro
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References