General information
- Can be run under ScummVM.[3]
- The Codex of Ultima Wisdom - A huge wiki for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
| Retail |
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Floppies or CD-ROM. |
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| EA app |
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Gold Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Not available in some regions. |
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| GOG.com |
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Gold Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] |
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Version differences
- The Gold Edition is a complete edition which includes the Speech Pack add-on.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
|
| Speech Pack |
Included in all Gold Edition releases (both retail and digital). |
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Essential improvements
Patches
The v2.12 Patch fixes various issues with the English, German and French floppy versions of the game. CD-ROM and digital versions are already patched.
Pentagram
- Pentagram allows running the game at higher resolutions and has other enhancements.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
-
U8.INI contains installation settings; in-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
- Pentagram settings are in
pentagram.ini, located in %APPDATA%\Pentagram\ on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Pentagram/ on OS X or ~/.pentagram/ on Linux.
Save game data location
-
SGHEADER.DAT contains save game names.
- Pentagram saves are in
%APPDATA%\Pentagram\u8-save on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Pentagram/u8-save/ on OS X or ~/.pentagram/u8-save/ on Linux.
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
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Set Pentagram resolution[5]
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- Install Pentagram.
- Run Pentagram once to generate the necessary files.
- Go to the Pentagram game data folder.
- Open
pentagram.ini.
- Set
width and height to the actual output resolution.
- Set
scalex and scaley to the resolution to scale from (e.g. half of the output resolution).
- Save the changes.
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Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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On/off only. |
| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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Most dialogue is text-only. |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
- The Italian, Chinese, Korean and Polish retail versions only have the manuals translated, not the game itself.[6][7][8][9]
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Japanese |
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Japanese retail only. Speech is in English.[10] |
| Spanish |
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Spanish retail only. Fan translation bugfixed for english version by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| DOS video modes |
VGA |
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System requirements
| DOS |
|
Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
5.0 | 6.2 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel 386DX 33 MHz | 486 25MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 MB | 8 MB |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
30 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
VGA | |
| Sound (audio device) |
| AdLib, SoundBlaster, MPU-401 General Midi |
| Controller |
MS Mouse | |
| Windows |
|
Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 MB | 1 GB |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
45 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
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| Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
