Difference between revisions of "Escape from Monkey Island"

Revision as of 01:23, 29 March 2019

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island	1990
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	1991
The Curse of Monkey Island	1997
Escape from Monkey Island	2000
Tales of Monkey Island	2009
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition	2009
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge	2010
Return to Monkey Island	2022

Key points

CD/ISO installer is 16-bit and doesn't run under modern systems. See: Issues fixed.

No resolution option, game set to 640 x 480 without modifications

General information

Monkey Island Wiki

The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia

SCUMM Bar - Comprehensive fan site for the series

The World of Monkey Island - Another great fan site

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.1 is the latest patch.

Replacement installer and launcher

Bennyboy's Replacement Installer enables installing the game on modern systems. It includes his Improved Launcher which enables CD-less play and can also install the latest patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\efmi.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Key mapping.

Controls mapping.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio and input settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish

Issues fixed

The game won't install

Use Replacement installer and launcher^{[citation needed]}

(alternative) Run the game using ResidualVM^[1]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
OpenGL	1.2	Set in the launcher.

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System, iMUSE
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz	Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 MB	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	PCI or AGP 3D accelerator card 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible	AGP 3D accelerator card 8 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	16-Bit Sound card

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 233 MHz	PowerPC G3 333 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	96 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage Pro 3dfx Voodoo3 OpenGL 1.2 compatible	8 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/730830/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ResidualVM: Running GrimE games

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/730830/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/730830/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] ResidualVM: Running GrimE games

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
-|acceleration option       = no
+|acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
 |mouse sensitivity         = false
@@ Line 122: / Line 122: @@
 |mouse menu                = false
 |mouse menu notes          = Mouse is not used by the game.
-|invert mouse y-axis       = no
+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |controller support        = true
@@ Line 164: / Line 164: @@
 |simultaneous input        = unknown
 |simultaneous input notes  =
-|light bar support         = false
+|steam input api           = unknown
-|light bar support notes   =
+|steam input api notes     =
 }}
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 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music, Sound Effects, Voice
-|surround sound           = no
+|surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          = Adjustable speed.
-|closed captions          = no
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = English
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = true
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = French
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
-  |audio     = yes
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = yes
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = German
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
-  |audio     =
+  |audio     = unknown
-  |subtitles = yes
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Italian
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
-  |audio     =
+  |audio     = unknown
-  |subtitles = yes
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Portuguese
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
-  |audio     =
+  |audio     = unknown
-  |subtitles = yes
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Spanish
-  |interface = yes
+  |interface = true
-  |audio     = yes
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = yes
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 238: / Line 238: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===The game won't install===
 {{Fixbox|description=Use [[#Replacement installer and launcher|Replacement installer and launcher]]|ref={{cn|date=August 2018}}|fix=
 }}

Developers

	LucasArts
Engines
	GrimE
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	November 17, 2001