Day of the Tentacle Remastered
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Developers | |
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Double Fine Productions | |
Linux | Josh Bush |
Engines | |
SCUMM | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 21, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | March 21, 2016 |
Linux | July 11, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
OpenCritic | 85 |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Comedy, North America |
Series | Maniac Mansion |
Maniac Mansion | |
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Maniac Mansion | 1988 |
Day of the Tentacle | 1993 |
Maniac Mansion Deluxe (unofficial) | 2004 |
Maniac Mansion Mania (unofficial) | 2005 |
Day of the Tentacle Remastered | 2016 |
Key points
- Includes a "classic" mode which faithfully recreates the original Day of the Tentacle. It can be extracted to run in ScummVM.
- Includes the original Maniac Mansion, which can be played in-game (by accessing Weird Ed Edison's computer) or in ScummVM (by extracting the
Maniac
folder from the data file using DoubleFine Explorer).
General information
- Double Fine Action Forums
- The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
itch.io | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere | |||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savedata\settings.ini[Note 1] %APPDATA%\Doublefine\DayOfTheTentacle\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/dott/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savedata\[Note 1] %APPDATA%\Doublefine\DayOfTheTentacle\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/com.doublefine.dottosx/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/dott/savedata/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Run classic mode in ScummVM
Use DOTT reMONSTERed and DoubleFine Explorer[1] |
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Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Plays at desktop resolution. 16:9 aspect only (4:3 when using verb bar), other resolutions are anamorphic. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
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 and 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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PlayStation controllers |
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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 | Mouse conflicts with analog stick. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects and Voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Old-Games.RU» | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Audio clipping/crackling/stuttering on Windows 10
- Setting the game to Windows 8 compatibility mode may alleviate some of the audio issues.
Set Windows 8 Compatibility mode[2] |
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Use the --DisableFMODDSP parameter[2]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [3] | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core 1.7 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 DirectX 11 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | 10.11 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo | Intel Core i3/i5/i7 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core 1.7 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
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).