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Revision as of 21:37, 27 February 2014

Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory cover
Developers
Elliott Portwood Productions
Publishers
Maxis
Release dates
Windows 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1995
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory on Wikipedia

Key points

Customisable interface that can be moved around freely
Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Running the game on 64-bit Windows

General information

Moby Games entry

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Running the game on 64-bit Windows

Although the game installer is 16-bit, the actual game is 32-bit. There are two ways of running the game:

#1: Run the game directly from the disk

Instructions

#2: Manually install the game

This also allows the game to no longer require a CD to use
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 DX4 100 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 MB
Video card (GPU) 512 KB or greater DirectX 5 compatible video card
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) System 7.5 or higher
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 100 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 color graphics