4th & Inches
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| Developers | |
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| Accolade | |
| DOS | Sculptured Software |
| Mac OS (Classic) | Sculptured Software |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Accolade |
| Digital | Ziggurat Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | October 1988 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | February 1989 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | March 5, 2021 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Genres | Sports |
| Sports | American football |
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4th & Inches is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view sports game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Prepackaged with DOSBox. Includes Team Construction Disk. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
Prepackaged with DOSBox. Includes Team Construction Disk. | |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 4th & Inches Team Construction Disk |
Provides customization of players and teams. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1544720/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1544720/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| 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) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Classic joystick support. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | |||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DOS video modes | Hercules, CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 6.22 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 Intel 8086 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Hercules, CGA, EGA | Tandy/PCjr |
- 384 KB of RAM is required for Tandy/PCjr 16-color graphics mode.
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 65 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | WDDM 1.0 DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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| Mac OS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 9.2.2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68000 | PowerPC |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1544720/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1544720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.