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Revision as of 21:59, 15 June 2023
This page is for the sandbox survival game. For the unrelated adventure game, see Return to Mysterious Island.
Developers | |
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Calaris Studios | |
Engines | |
IC | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 24, 2004[1] |
Key points
- This game was re-released as freeware in 2015.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
itch.io | Authentication servers down since at least 23 July 2022.[2][3] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Mysterious Island\Data\*.sav[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 1920x1080 only. Mistakenly listed as duplicate entry for 1280x960x32. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | The in-game setting cannot be toggled. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
- Advanced graphics options can be accessed with <path-to-game>
\Mysterious Island\TheMysteriousIsland.exe setup
or using a Start Menu shortcut.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sliders for Speech and Ambient Sounds. Music and Sound Effects can only be toggled. | |
Surround sound | 4.0 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Polish | Original release. Released as Tajemnicza Wyspa. | |||
Russian | Released as Таинственный остров. |
Issues fixed
Certain transparent textures are not rendered properly
Start the game using the launcher |
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|
- This setting is not saved by the game. The fix only works for the current playthrough.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8, 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia Riva TNT2 16 MB of VRAM | Hardware T&L support |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Mysterious Island - itch.io store - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ The Mysterious Island - Servers down? - last accessed on 2023-06-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Macgovern on 2023-06-15
- When attempting to run any provided version of the game, the main menu states authentication servers cannot be found, even with a confirmed Internet connection, and the game refuses to go past the main menu.