Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Imagine a place of wonder,where magic and technology hold equal sway, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle…
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Troika Games, released 21 August 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Troika Games and released in 2001. It was published by Activision. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Arcanum begins with a cut scene of the IFS Zephyr, a luxury zeppelin, on her maiden voyage from Caladon to Tarant. Two monoplanes, piloted by Half-Ogre bandits, close in on the craft and commence attack runs, succeeding in shooting it down. An old gnome who is a passenger aboard the Zephyr is now in his death throes under charred debris and tells the player to bring a silver ring to "the boy," and promptly dies. Being the only survivor of the crash, the main character is proclaimed as "The Living One," a holy reincarnate, by the only witness to the crash, Virgil. The story follows the player's path as he searches for the origin of the ring.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.0 GHz, 256 MB RAM and DirectX 7 Compatible 3D Card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura launched on 21 August 2001, within three weeks of Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Golden Sun and Wario Land 4.
Released around the same time: Advance Wars, Devil May Cry, Golden Sun, Wario Land 4.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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