Terminal Velocity

This page is for the original DOS game. For the 2023 remaster, see Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition.

Terminal Velocity
Terminal Velocity	1995
Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition	2023

Terminal Velocity is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person vehicle combat game in the Terminal Velocity series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for the game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD-ROM or floppies. Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox).
GOG.com		Comes as a bonus with Boosted Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5]
Steam		Comes as a bonus with Boosted Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
ZOOM Platform		Pre-packaged with DOSBox-staging.
Official website (unavailable)		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox make the following changes:

Optimal DOSBox configuration file values^[6]

Change cycles=auto to cycles=max
Change memsize=16 to memsize=24
Change timed=true to timed=false
Change rate and oplrate to match the frequencies set in Sound Options in-game.

Leave all other settings at their defaults.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\TVI
Delete or rename DEPA.TVI and LOGO.TVI.

Notes

The 3D Realms and Terminal Reality logos will still be shown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\VOX.INI
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVE*.DAT
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 (VGA) or 640x480 (SVGA) only.
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		Frame rate is capped at 70 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Limited native remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and Music.
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.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation; download.
Russian				Fan translation by forum users of Old-Games.ru (floppy and CD versions); download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		Use Classic Gaming Arena

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Joystick controls are unresponsive

Change joystick timing^[6]
Edit the DOSBox configuration file. Change `timed=true` to `timed=false` Save the changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	486	486 DX2/66
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	40 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA	SVGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	128 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	40 MB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (358370) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Terminal Velocity - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Release: Terminal Velocity ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ an-ovel.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity

[DOSBox_mounted-7] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 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).

[Proton_path_note-8] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (358370) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (358370) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Terminal Velocity - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Release: Terminal Velocity ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[3] January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[4] -ovel.com - last accessed on May 2023

[5] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[ADG-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity

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Developers

	Terminal Reality
Publishers
Retail, digital (original)	3D Realms
Digital (current)	Ziggurat Interactive
Mac OS	MacSoft
Engines
	Photex
	Terrain Engine 1
Release dates
DOS	May 1, 1995^[1]
Mac OS (Classic)	1996
Windows (DOSBox)	November 15, 2012^[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	January 24, 2013^[3]
Linux (DOSBox)	May 12, 2015^[4]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Terminal Velocity