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The Terminator: Rampage

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The Terminator: Rampage
The Terminator: Rampage cover
Developers
Bethesda Softworks
Release dates
DOS 1993
Taxonomy
Series The Terminator
The Terminator: Rampage guide on StrategyWiki
The Terminator: Rampage on MobyGames
The Terminator: Rampage on Wikipedia
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Manual prompts (floppy version).
DOS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Disc check (CD-ROM version).
DOS

Version differences

The CD-ROM version has extended cutscenes.[1]

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

Running this game correctly in DOSBox requires some changes to the configuration file.
Edit DOSBox configuration file[2]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change cycles=auto to cycles=max (improves the frame rate)
  3. For the floppy version, change cputype=auto to cputype=386_prefetch (fixes the "Reboot requested, quitting now" error).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DEFAULT.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME*.SAE
<path-to-game>\GAME*.SAV
Each save slot is comprised of a *.SAE and *.SAV file.

Video

General settings.
General settings.

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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound.
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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

Issues fixed

"Reboot requested, quitting now" error (DOSBox)

This error occurs when playing or installing the floppy version.
Edit DOSBox configuration file[2]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change cputype=auto to cputype=386_prefetch

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 386/25 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB (2 MB EMS)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 18 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA


References

  1. The Terminator: Rampage for DOS (1993) - MobyGames - last accessed on May 2023
  2. 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Garrett on November 10, 2017