The Black Cauldron
| The Black Cauldron | ||
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| First release | 1986 | |
| Also known as | Black Cauldron | |
| Developed by | Sierra | |
| Published by | Sierra | |
| Distributed by | Sierra | |
| Platforms | MS-DOS, Amiga Apple II, Atari ST | |
| Resolution | 320x200, 16 colors | |
| Engine | AGI | |
| Support | Since ScummVM 0.10.0 | |
| Available for Purchase |
No | |
The Black Cauldron was an adventure game based on the Disney movie of the same name, which was based on the Chronicles of Prydain books by Lloyd Alexander. The evil Horned King stole the pig HenWen, who has mystical abilities that allow observers to see what they seek through the pig's thought projections. The Horned King sought the mystic Black Cauldron that would release the dead and allow him to rule the land.
The game follows an assistant pig farmer named Taran, who must get Henwen back and defeat the evil Horned King.
Game Variants
The MS-DOS, Apple II, and Atari ST versions are similar in terms of graphics. The Amiga version used an extended palette.
As an FYI, Black Cauldron is the only game to have been made in AGI v1 (version 1.1K, 1.1M), v2 (v2.00) and v3 (v2.10) formats.
Installation
Required data files
For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.
All platforms
- *VOL.* (e.g. GRVOL.0, KQ4VOL.11, VOL.1)
- OBJECT
- *DIR* (e.g. PQDIR, MH2DIR, DMDIR, DIRS, LOGDIR, PICDIR, SNDDIR, VIEWDIR)
- WORDS.TOK
and if available
- PAL.*
Apple IIGS
These files are needed to enable music playback
- *.SYS16 (e.g. KQ.SYS16, LL.SYS16, MG.SYS16, BC.SYS16, SQ2.SYS16)
- SIERRASTANDARD
Controls
Predictive input dialog
The Predictive Input Dialog is a ScummVM aid for running AGI engine games (which notoriously require command line input) on devices with limited keyboard support.
For more information, see the AGI/Predictive Dialog wiki page.