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Latest revision as of 23:40, 8 April 2024

Montezuma's Return!
Montezuma's Return! cover
Developers
Utopia Technologies
Publishers
WizardWorks
Take 2 Interactive
Software 2000
Engines
UVision[1]
Release dates
DOS December 1997
Windows December 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
Art styles Realistic
Themes North America
Series Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Return! on MobyGames
Montezuma's Return! on Wikipedia
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Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge 1984
Montezuma's Return! 1997

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Includes Montezuma's Revenge for DOS.
DOS
Windows
A demo is available.
This game is not available digitally.

Version differences

Some releases do not include the DOS version.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement utopia1.smk[2]
  1. Install the game with the Huge install size.
  2. Apply the Montezuma's Return! intro skip.

Notes

The title screen will still be shown.

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\Monte.cfg[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\player.lst[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\<user-id>.plr[Note 1]

Video

External video settings.
External video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
800x600 max.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Use dgVoodoo2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Called Page flipping.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Since version 1.20.
Mouse input in menus
Since version 1.26.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Since version 1.20.
Controller
Controller support
Since version 1.20.
Full controller support
In-game mouse/joystick settings cannot be navigated.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Requires entering to the in-game joystick settings.
Unplugging the controller during the game may cause errors.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

  • In-game general joystick settings.

  • In-game advanced joystick settings.

  • In-game joystick button map settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, music
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game freezes

Replace Mss32.dll and Smackw32.dll[3]
  1. Download the updated files
  2. Extract the contents of the download to <path-to-game>\

Incorrect colors

See DirectDraw troubleshooting

3dfx version does not work

Download and install nGlide[4]

3dfx version crashes with "integer divide by zero" on ARM devices

Download and apply the idiv patch[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Glide 2.4
DOS video modes CGA, VGA, SVGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 3.6B, 3.6E since version 1.20
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology 3.1f

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 MB 225 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. ↑ Utopia Technologies - UVision - last accessed on 2000-06-17
  2. ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 2018-08-18
  3. ↑ Forum | Zeus Software - Montezuma's Return
  4. ↑ Zeus Software - nGlide - Compatibility list - last accessed on May 2023
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Nastys on 2022-03-02