Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
| Digital | SNEG |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1988 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | December 19, 2023 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | N/A |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Controls | Menu-based |
| Genres | RPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Phantasie |
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| Phantasie | |
|---|---|
| Phantasie | 1985 |
| Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus | 1987 |
| Phantasie IV: The Birth of Heroes | 1990 |
| Phantasie II | 2023 |
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is a singleplayer RPG game in the Phantasie series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Prompts for information from the manual | |
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| GOG.com | |
Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with Phantasie and Phantasie II. | |
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| Steam | |
Prompts for information from the manual. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with Phantasie and Phantasie II. | |
- The shortcut created with GOG's offline installer only runs the original Phantasie. To create a shortcut for Phantasie III, the Phantasie Memorial Set shortcut can be copied and the filenames and directories it uses in the "target" and "start in" fields replaced with the corresponding ones for Phantasie III. Alternatively, if the game is installed using the game GOG Galaxy client, Phantasie III can be run through the "additional executables" section in Galaxy.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game> |
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\PH3\*.DAT |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\PH3\*.DAT[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| 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) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
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). |
| Steam Input | ||
|---|---|---|
| Steam Input API support | ||
| Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Audio is PC speaker only with no spoken dialogue. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 8086/8088 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | CGA | |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2702050/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2702050) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.