Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
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Not to be confused with Deadlock.
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| Developers | |
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| Accolade | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | Lion Entertainment Inc. |
| Publishers | |
| Retail (NA) | Accolade |
| Retail (EU) | Warner Interactive Entertainment |
| Mac OS | MacSoft |
| Digital (original) | Night Dive Studios |
| Digital (original) | Retroism |
| Digital (current) | Atari |
| Release dates | |
| Windows 3.x | August 28, 1996[1] |
| Windows | August 28, 1996 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | 4X, Strategy, TBS |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Deadlock |
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| Deadlock | |
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| Deadlock: Planetary Conquest | 1996 |
| Deadlock 2: Shrine Wars | 1998 |
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric 4X, strategy and TBS game in the Deadlock series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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Demo
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328440/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 2] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328440/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings menu
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | No fullscreen mode. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | Uses system mouse | |
| Mouse acceleration | Uses system mouse | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Effects and music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only: Deadlock: Conquista Planetária.[2] |
Other information
API
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 486 66 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Other | 2x CD-ROM Drive NetBIOs compatible LAN |
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| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 95/NT | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 486 66 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Other | 2x CD-ROM Drive NetBIOs compatible LAN |
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| Mac OS | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 7.1 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Macintosh 68040 | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Other | 2x CD-ROM Drive | |||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (328440) 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).
References
- ↑ Accolade Ships Deadlock -- New Planetary Conquest Strategy Game; First Product Release Under Company's New Online Gaming Strategy. - Free Online Library - last accessed on 2024-03-31 (archived)
- ↑ BraSoft - last accessed on May 2023