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− | {{ii}} An official release of the soundtrack was never made. A project to restore the soundtrack to 44.1 kHz stereo from the original composer's backup tapes (compared to the 11.025 kHz mono found in-game<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF66z7lVRZ4 A Technical Look at LEGO Island's Soundtrack - YouTube]</ref>) can be found on the [https://projectisland.org/music/ Project Island website]. | + | {{ii}} An official release of the soundtrack was never made. A project to restore the soundtrack to 44.1 kHz stereo from the original composer's backup tapes (compared to the 11.025 kHz mono found in-game<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF66z7lVRZ4 A Technical Look at LEGO Island's Soundtrack - YouTube]</ref>) can be found on the [https://projectisland.org/music/ Project Island website]. |
− | {{ii}} The Italian release uses {{DRM|SecuROM}} copy protection <ref>[https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/index.php/SecuROM SecuROM - LEGO Island Wiki]</ref> | + | {{ii}} The Italian release uses {{DRM|SecuROM}} copy protection.<ref>[https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/index.php/SecuROM SecuROM - LEGO Island Wiki]</ref> |
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{{ii}} The game locks its framerate 90 FPS when exploring the world and either 30 or 90 FPS in certain indoor environments. | {{ii}} The game locks its framerate 90 FPS when exploring the world and either 30 or 90 FPS in certain indoor environments. | ||
{{--}} Since the game was never intended to run this fast (it was designed with 10 FPS in mind), many timer issues also arise as a result; for example, turning is very sensitive and many of the animations run too fast. A 30FPS cap is recommended, to prevent animations from running too fast. | {{--}} Since the game was never intended to run this fast (it was designed with 10 FPS in mind), many timer issues also arise as a result; for example, turning is very sensitive and many of the animations run too fast. A 30FPS cap is recommended, to prevent animations from running too fast. | ||
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{{Fixbox|description=Use [[#LEGO Island Rebuilder|LEGO Island Rebuilder]]|<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/index.php|title={LEGO Island Wiki|date=2020}{{Refcheck|user=Mrpenguinb|date=2020-11-18}}}</ref>|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Use [[#LEGO Island Rebuilder|LEGO Island Rebuilder]]|<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/index.php|title={LEGO Island Wiki|date=2020}{{Refcheck|user=Mrpenguinb|date=2020-11-18}}}</ref>|fix= |
Revision as of 08:20, 4 October 2021
Developers | |
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Mindscape | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 26, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure |
Vehicles | Automobile, Bicycle, Helicopter, Track racing, Truck |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Contemporary, Comedy |
Series | Lego Island |
Lego Island | |
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Subseries of Lego | |
Lego Island | 1997 |
Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge | 2001 |
Island Xtreme Stunts | 2002 |
Key points
- Modern systems need workarounds for some compatibility problems; see Installing on modern versions of Windows.
- Keyboard control is extremely twitchy due to the game being programmed for low framerates. Using the LEGO Island Rebuilder is recommended.
General information
- Unofficial Lego Wiki
- Brickimedia
- Rock Raiders United - A fan forum for all of the classic Lego games.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | See Run without a CD |
- An official release of the soundtrack was never made. A project to restore the soundtrack to 44.1 kHz stereo from the original composer's backup tapes (compared to the 11.025 kHz mono found in-game[1]) can be found on the Project Island website.
- The Italian release uses SecuROM DRM copy protection.[2]
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
LEGO Island Rebuilder
- Allows for frame rate capping, patching the notoriously-twitchy keyboard controls, and music replacement.
- Runs on hardware near-contemporaneous with the original release; see Frame rate (FPS)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mindscape\LEGO Island[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use dgVoodoo 2.53 to force wide screen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Use dgVoodoo 2.53 to force wide screen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Edit the registry or use ICU Windower. This feature is incomplete; it always uses the same rendering mode regardless of what is chosen. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See Frame rate (FPS). |
Frame rate (FPS)
- The game locks its framerate 90 FPS when exploring the world and either 30 or 90 FPS in certain indoor environments.
- Since the game was never intended to run this fast (it was designed with 10 FPS in mind), many timer issues also arise as a result; for example, turning is very sensitive and many of the animations run too fast. A 30FPS cap is recommended, to prevent animations from running too fast.
Cap the framerate |
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Use LEGO Island Rebuilder |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Danish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Published by Noviy Disk in 2002 | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Installing on modern versions of Windows
Use alternate installer[citation needed] |
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Install with workarounds[citation needed] |
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Progress Doesn't Save
Close the game with Alt+F4[citation needed] |
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Run without a CD
Change the cdpath registry value[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 120 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Direct3D-compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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).