Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
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Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Engines | |
SCUMM | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 7, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Relaxed |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Comedy, Piracy |
Series | Monkey Island |
Key points
- To switch between Classic and Remastered mode, press F1.
- Voice over: Complete voice over using original Monkey Island franchise cast members brings the story and characters to life like never before, now available for both the Special Edition and Classic modes.
- Original developer commentary – Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman.
- Renewed music score: Re-mastered and re-recorded musical score using live instruments.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 8 DRM in Special Edition Collection.[1] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\LucasArts\Monkey Island 2 Special Edition\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\monkey2.bin[Note 2] |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\32460\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 50:27 (~1.85) static aspect in Special Edition mode. 4:3 static aspect in Classic mode.[2] | ||
Multi-monitor | 50:27 (~1.85) pillarboxed. Game menu interfaces are stretched.[3] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | 50:27 (~1.85) pillarboxed. Game menu interfaces are stretched.[4] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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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 | Music, SFX and Dialog | |
Surround sound | Stereo.[5] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | Subtitles include captions for certain sound effects, such as phones ringing.[6] | |
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | Localization differs from that of the original release. This is most visible in the library, where the book titles are translated literally instead of being adapted to the spirit of the language. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «PRCA (original version)/ENPY Studio (adaptation for SE)» |
Changing language
- If the configuration file is deleted, the language selection prompt will appear next time the game is started.
- To change the language without losing other settings, edit the configuration file and modify the language=x line. Valid values are 0-English, 1-French, 2-Italian, 3-German, 4-Spanish.[7]
Issues fixed
Crash when installed in a 3 TB hard drive partition
- The Game will refuse to run when installed on a large drive partition.[8]
Installing the game on a smaller partition will fix this issue[citation needed] |
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DVD version launcher does not work on Windows 10
- Running Launcher.exe shows a black screen and "Failed to initialize renderer" pop-up
Set Launcher.exe to run in Windows 95 compatibility mode[9][10] |
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Choppy scrolling or low FPS
- The game's built-in FPS limiter may cause choppiness or low framerates
- Game executable needs to be de-obfuscated using Steamless before applying the fix.
Hex-edit the executable to remove the frame limiter[11] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | iMUSE |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3000+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compliant |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/32460/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ List of DRM-free retail games
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-29
- Tested at 2560x1600 resolution
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-29
- Tested at 2560x480 custom resolution
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-29
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-29
- Tested with Orban Loudness Meter.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-29
- ↑ How to Change The Language in The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition
- ↑ Games will not start in 3 TB drives - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/32360/discussions/0/810925579944630794/
- ↑ https://cloakedthargoid.wordpress.com/monkey-island-se/
- ↑ https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/topic/4736-monkey-island-2-se-low-fps-bug/?do=findComment&comment=13862