Get Medieval
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| Developers | |
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| Monolith Productions | |
| Publishers | |
| Monolith Productions | |
| Europe | Microids |
| Engines | |
| Windows Animation Package 32 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 31, 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Hack and slash |
| Art styles | Pre-rendered graphics |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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Get Medieval is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view hack and slash game.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Simple disc check. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\MEDIEVAL.USR[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\MEDIEVAL.SAV[Note 1] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. | ||
| 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) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| 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 | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound Effects, Music, Voice | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 4 | Co-op |
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| LAN play | 4 | Co-op |
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| Online play | 4 | Co-op |
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| Asynchronous multiplayer | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game doesn't install on 64-bit versions of Windows
- This game comes with a 16-bit InstallShield installer, which doesn't work on 64-bit versions of Windows.
| Use a 32-bit installer[1] |
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"Unable to set the DirectDraw display mode. (33004)" error at startup
| Use dgVoodoo 2[1] |
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Very low framerate on modern operating systems
| Use dgVoodoo 2[1] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw | 5 | [2] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 100 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM | |||
| Other | 4X CD-ROM drive | 6X CD-ROM drive | ||
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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2025-08-25
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-06
- According to System Informer, the game loads ddraw.dll. According to DebugView++'s logs, dgVoodoo2's traces point to DirectDraw 5 (e.g: "DirectDrawSurface3:BltFast" and "DirectDrawSurface3::Flip").