Battle Isle 3
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Developers | |
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Blue Byte Software | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Blue Byte Software |
Digital | Ubisoft |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | 1995 |
Windows | 1995 |
Linux | Source ports only |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Battle Isle |
Battle Isle | |
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Battle Isle | 1991 |
Battle Isle 2 | 1994 |
Battle Isle 3 | 1995 |
Incubation: Time Is Running Out | 1997 |
Battle Isle: The Andosia War | 2000 |
Key points
- Released as Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor in North America.
- Customisable interface that can be moved around freely
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Available as "Battle Isle Platinum". Includes Battle Isle, Battle Isle 2, Battle Isle 3, Incubation: Time Is Running Out, Historyline: 1914-1918, and their respective expansions. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Available as "Battle Isle Platinum". Includes Battle Isle, Battle Isle 2, Battle Isle 3, Incubation: Time Is Running Out, Historyline: 1914-1918, and their respective expansions. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Linux |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SDI\SAV[Note 1] |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 | ||||
German | Retail only; download for GOG.com release |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 6 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 6 | |||
Online play | ||||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Other information
API
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
Linux | 32-bit and ARM32 support requires M-HT SR. No ARM64 support is known to exist. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.11 | 95 |
Processor (CPU) | 80486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).