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.
Key points
- CD installer is 16-bit and doesn't run under modern systems (see: Issues fixed).
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 Legend of Monkey Island - another great fan site.
- GOG.com Community Discussions - for game series.
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Demos are available from ScummVM.
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 an Improved Launcher which enables CD-less play and can also install the latest patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
dgVoodoo 2
- Can be used to force anti-aliasing and higher resolution.
Instructions[2]
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- Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract it (verified working on version 2.55.4).
- Copy all the files from the
MS/x86 folder and paste the files into the game installation folder.
- Run dgVoodooCpl.exe and in the DirectX tab set the resolution and anti-aliasing.
- For best results use a 4:3 resolution matching your vertical resolution (for example 1440x1080 for 1080p or 1920x1440 for 1440p) and set scaling mode in the General tab to Centered.
Notes
- If shadow rendering is broken, in in-game video settings set Shadow Effects to Minimal.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, sound effects and voice. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Adjustable speed. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
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Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Portuguese |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only: "Fuga da Ilha dos Macacos" (EA Brasil). |
Spanish |
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Issues fixed
The game won't install
{{Fixbox|description=(alternative) Run the game using ScummVM}
Guybrush sometimes gets stuck in non-default walking and standing animations
Run Game in a single core. In windows "start /affinity 1 Monkey4.exe"
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Reload an earlier save[3]
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Avoid skipping cutscenes[4]
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Wait for the issue to resolve itself later in the game[5]
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Issues unresolved
Jambalaya Island rowboat moves extremely slowly at higher framerates
Try holding down the "run" button while moving in the rowboat[6]
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Random lines of dialogue are skipped even though the skip button wasn't pressed
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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OpenGL |
1.2 |
Set in the launcher. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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For 64-bit, use ScummVM. |
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After the initial Mac OS release, an OS X patch arrived in November 2001. The game never received a universal binary release after its OS X patch. Therefore, all Intel-based OS X versions require ScummVM. |
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Use ScummVM. |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
Windows |
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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) |
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Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
8.6 |
9.1, 10.1 |
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
References