Chicago 1930: The Prohibition
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| Developers | |
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| Spellbound Entertainment | |
| macOS (OS X) | RuneSoft |
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| Retail | Wanadoo |
| OS X | Virtual Programming |
| Digital | Microids |
| Digital (itch.io) | Plug In Digital |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 17, 2003 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 28, 2007 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | Stealth, Strategy |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Interwar, North America |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Chicago 1930: The Prohibition is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric stealth and strategy game.
General information
- Released as Chicago 1930 in retail versions; The Prohibition was originally part of the game's working title.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Unknown DRM. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Digital version. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Digital version. | |
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| Steam | |
Digital version. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Original and digital versions in separate installers. The original version (labeled as Classic Edition) is bundled with DDrawCompat. |
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Version differences
- The digital version was recompiled and features an overhauled interface.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Configuration[Note 1] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Savegame[Note 1] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/623920/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings (original retail version)
Graphics settings (digital version)
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | In the digital version only; defaults to desktop resolution. Text does not scale. | ||
| 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 | Capped to 62 FPS | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
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 |
Audio
Sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, dialogue, effects, comments. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Retail only.[1] | |||
| Spanish |
Issues unresolved
Changing characters broken on digital versions
- If swapping out alive characters, the game will glitch and revert the selected characters once starting a mission in all digital versions.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 7 |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | FMOD | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Retail version
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.3.9 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3, G4, G5 800 MHz Intel |
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| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | |
Digital version
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 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>/623920/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (623920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.