Ancients 1: Death Watch
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Developers | |
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Farr-Ware Software | |
Publishers | |
Epic Games | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1991 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Ancients |
Ancients | |
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Ancients 1: Death Watch | 1991 |
Ancients II: Approaching Evil | 1994 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SETUP.DTA |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.DTA <path-to-game>\*.KAR |
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SAVEGAME.DTA
contains saved progress. -
*.KAR
files contain saved characters (these files are only updated when a character is dropped from the current party).
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Change with F5 during gameplay (listed as "delay"). | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
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. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 286 | |
System memory (RAM) | 640K | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |