Monopoly (1995)

Monopoly

Developers
	Westwood Studios
Publishers
	Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 1995
Windows 3.x	September 30, 1995
Mac OS (Classic)	1996
Taxonomy
Series	Monopoly

Key points

Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Running the game on 64-bit Windows

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.3 are the latest patch available

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MONOPOLY.INI
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.MNO
Mac OS (Classic)

This is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Can set window size to desktop resolution, but actual game renders in 640x480 area.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		By default.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Unless the MIDI device can output surround sound.
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		6	Hot seat
LAN play		6
Online play		6
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	4850-4860

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

These are the default ports used. The starting port can be changed by the user via config file editing (an initial port is selected and the game reserves the next 9 ports afterwards). Full details can be found in the README.txt file

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:

Method 1: Run the game directly from the disk

Running the exe from the disk[citation needed]
In the Monopoly CD, go to the MONOPOLY folder. Run the MONOPOLY.EXE file to play the game.

Method 2: Manually install the game

Setting up the game manually[citation needed]

Somewhere on the computer (ex. the Desktop), create a new folder called Monopoly. In the Monopoly CD, go to the MONOPOLY folder. Copy the contents of the folder and paste them into the folder that was created before. In the Monopoly CD, go to the SETUP\WING folder. Copy WING32.DL_ to Windows SysWOW64. Open a COMMAND PROMPT as Administrator. CD to Windows\SysWOW64 Enter 'expand WING32.DL_ WING32.DLL' (without typing the single quotes). Go into the installation folder Apply Windows 95 or Windows 98/Me compatibility to the MONOPOLY.EXE Run the MONOPOLY.EXE file to play the game.

Method 3: Use updated 64 bit installer

1. Found here https://forums.cncnz.com/topic/14530-westwood-monopoly-update-92311/

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
WinG

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	VQA
Multiplayer	Westwood Online

System requirements

Windows 3.x

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Windows 3.x
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 33 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 MB

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.5
Processor (CPU)	68040 25 MHz
System memory (RAM)	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 MB