Prophecy of the Shadow
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| Developers | |
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| Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
| Publishers | |
| United States | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
| Germany | Softgold Computerspiele |
| Digital | SNEG |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1992 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | December 19, 2023 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Genres | RPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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Prophecy of the Shadow is a singleplayer top-down view RPG game.
General information
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\CAT.CFG |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 2] |
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CAT.CFGcontains sound card settings. In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVE\ |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Prophecy of the Shadow\ProphecyoftheShadow_20231129_v1\Prophecy of the Shadow\GAME\SSI\PROPHECY\SAVE\[Note 3] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2702110/pfx/[Note 2] |
- If the game is saved as
AUTOLOAD.CAT, this save will be loaded automatically instead of asking for a save to use.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
| 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
| 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 |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
| 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. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
Black screen freeze with Roland MT-32
- Updated releases of the game freeze at a black screen on launch when using the Roland MT-32 for music.[1]
| Use replacement MT32MPU.ADV[1] |
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Use the Roland MT-32 fix. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Processor (CPU) | 16 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB | |
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10, 11 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/2702110/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2702110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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).