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General Information

Graphics

Sound

Requirements

MS-DOS

Minimum OS:	MS-DOS 5.0
Minimum CPU:	Intel i386 DX33
Minimum RAM:	4 MB
Minimum Video RAM:	N/A
Graphics Modes:	VGA
Audio Hardware:	Sound Blaster,Sound Blaster Pro,Sound Blaster 16,Sound Blaster AWE32,Pro Audio Spectrum,General MIDI,Covox Sound Master,Disney Sound SourceSound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE32, Pro Audio Spectrum, General MIDI, Covox Sound Master, Disney Sound Source
Input Devices:	Keyboard, Mouse, Analog Joystick, Thrustmaster WCS, FCS and rudders, Flightstick Pro
Media (Diskette version):	5 3.5" diskettes
Media (CD-ROM version):	1 CD-ROM disc

Exploring Game Resources

Resources Used

External Resources

Resource Tools

• None known

Patches

• Official Earthsiege 1 Patch   ZIP File [667 KB]
  Notes:

Earthsiege 1.01 Patch

• Earthsiege Gravis UltraSound Update (esgrav)   ZIP File [27 KB]
  Notes:

This patch will correct a sound card problem experienced by Gravis Ultrasound users with Earthsiege. This patch is specific to Earthsiege and will not work with other Sierra or Dynamix products.

New Installer

• SHP New Earthsiege 1 for DOSBox Installer Setup File [1.00 MB]
  

Works with both floppy version and CD versions. If installing a CD version, it will install the entire CD game to the hard drive for CD-less play. If installing the floppy version, be sure you have DOSBox installed in Program Files\DOSBox before running installer. If you do not, you must be online to when you install the game to allow the installer to download and install DOSBox for you or the audio file will not be decompressed. To accomodate PCs without a floppy drive, for the floppy version this installer is designed to work by using the files from the original media copied to the harddrive. Because some files are named the same, the files from multiple disks often need to be kept separate to avoid overwriting each other. To install these games:

• Create a temporary folder on the hard drive.
• Inside this folder, create a numbered folder for each disk, i.e. "1" for disk 1, "2" for disk 2, etc. one for each disk.
• Copy the contents (files and folders) of each disk into its appropriately numbered folder,
• Copy DOSBox installer for the game into the same temporary folder.
• Run the installer from this same folder.

Debug Modes

None known.

References

Related Links

• Metaltech Earthsiege/Starsiege/Tribes Universe