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Eschalon: Book I

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Eschalon: Book I
Eschalon: Book I cover
Developers
Basilisk Games
Engines
BlitzMax
Release dates
Windows November 19, 2007
macOS (OS X) December 11, 2007
Linux December 21, 2007
Reception
Metacritic 75
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Eschalon
Eschalon: Book I on HowLongToBeat
Eschalon: Book I on IGDB
Eschalon: Book I on MobyGames
Eschalon: Book I on Wikipedia
Eschalon
Eschalon: Book I 2007
Eschalon: Book II 2010
Eschalon: Book III 2014

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Eschalon: Book I is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Eschalon series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Eschalon Book 1 Saved Games\eschalon.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Eschalon Book 1 Saved Games\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.

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

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[1]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB


References

  1. Eschalon: Book I - last accessed on 2021-05-11