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Redhook's Revenge!

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Redhook's Revenge!
Redhook's Revenge! cover
Developers
ImagiSOFT
Release dates
DOS January 1, 1993

Key points

Re-released as a free download.
Requires a workaround for the 16-bit installer; see Installing on modern systems.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Sold as part of ImagiSOFT's Entertainment Emporium.[1]
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
Free download. Run in DOSBox.
DOS
itch.io
DRM-free
Redhook's Revenge II: Call of Booty is the officially syndicated sequel that handles installation on modern Windows systems (7, 8, and 10), and also adds in an additional pool of 10,000 general knowledge trivia questions.
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\REDHOOK.FIL

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\*.SAV

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x350 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
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

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All voices are subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Installing on modern systems

The installer is 16-bit so can't run natively on 64-bit versions of Windows.
Rename installer[citation needed]
  1. Rename red-r.exe to red-r.zip, confirming the extension change when prompted.
  2. Right-click and choose Extract All.
  3. Enter the password Swords when prompted.
  4. Run in DOSBox.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 640k (560k free)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA


References

  1. cd.textfiles.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023