Escape from Monkey Island

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

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 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
Humble Store
Steam

Demos are available from ResidualVM.

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

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

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game runs at 640x480, higher resolution can be forced using dgVoodoo 2 or improved launcher.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use the `-w` command line argument.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Direct3D: Use dgVoodoo 2 and force in dgVoodoo control panel. OpenGL: Force in graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Direct3D: Use dgVoodoo 2 and force in dgVoodoo control panel. OpenGL: Force in graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always on in Direct3D mode; always off in OpenGL.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

dgVoodoo 2

Can be used to force anti-aliasing and higher resolution.

Instructions^[1]

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract it (verified working on version 2.55.4).
Copy all the files from the MS 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 resolution that is 640x480 scaled (like 1280x960) and set scaling mode to Centered.

Notes

If shadow rendering is broken, in in-game video settings set Shadow Effects to Minimal.

Input

Key configuration.

Joystick configuration.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is not used by the game.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging		Joystick/Gamepad setting must be enabled first.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Options menu.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound effects and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Adjustable speed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

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^[2]

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					For 64-bit, use ResidualVM.
macOS (OS X)					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 ResidualVM.
Linux					Use ResidualVM.
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)	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

↑ ^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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/730830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Antrad on May 22, 2019
↑ 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/730830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[refcheck_Antrad-3] Verified by User:Antrad on May 22, 2019

[4] ResidualVM: Running GrimE games

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

Developers
Cover image missing, please upload it
	LucasArts
Mac OS (Classic)	Aspyr Media
Engines
	GrimE
	ResidualVM
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	April 9, 2001
macOS (OS X)	November 17, 2001^{[citation needed]}
Reception
Metacritic	86
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Comedy, Piracy
Series	Monkey Island