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The game follows an assistant pig farmer named Taran, who must get Henwen back and defeat the evil Horned King.
The game follows an assistant pig farmer named Taran, who must get Henwen back and defeat the evil Horned King.
==Game Variants==
==Game Variants==
The MS-DOS, Apple II, and Atari ST versions are similar in terms of graphics.  The Amiga version used an extended palette.
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.
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 [https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/use_scummvm/game_files.html user documentation].
'''''All platforms'''''
* *VOL.* (e.g. GRVOL.0, KQ4VOL.11, VOL.1)
*OBJECT
*<nowiki>*DIR* (e.g. PQDIR, MH2DIR, DMDIR, DIRS, LOGDIR, PICDIR, SNDDIR, VIEWDIR)</nowiki>
*WORDS.TOK
and if available
*PAL.*
'''''Apple IIGS'''''
These files are needed to enable music playback
*<nowiki>*.SYS16 (e.g. KQ.SYS16, LL.SYS16, MG.SYS16, BC.SYS16, SQ2.SYS16)</nowiki>
*SIERRASTANDARD
==Controls==
==Controls==
=== Predictive input dialog===
=== Predictive input dialog===
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