Escape from Monkey Island

Escape from Monkey Island

Developers
	LucasArts
Mac OS (Classic)	Aspyr Media
Engines
	GrimE
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	April 9, 2001
macOS (OS X)	November 17, 2001[citation needed]
Reception
Metacritic	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Comedy, Piracy
Series	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

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com		v1.1.
Humble Store
Steam		v1.1. DRM-free when launched directly from executable.

Demos are available from ScummVM.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.1 is the latest patch, available from Disney's support page.

All digital versions have already been patched to v1.1.

Replacement installer and launcher (only essential for retail copies)

Bennyboy's Replacement Installer enables installing the game on modern systems.

It includes an Improved Launcher, which enables high resolutions and windowed mode. It can also download and install the v1.1 patch.

DREAMM

DREAMM enables running multiple Lucasarts games on modern systems.

Limited graphical options, especially compared to dgVoodoo.

Restore content from the PS2 version

The PS2 version of the game includes better quality audio tracks for the videos, some extra dialogue lines omitted from the PC version, and a help chart for the Monkey Kombat minigame.

Follow the instructions on the SCUMMVM forum post.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\efmi.cfg
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\efmi*.gsv
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings

In-game video settings. Note: There is no multiplayer mode in the game. "Multiplayer Options..." is a joke.

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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract it. 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. Make sure to leave Filtering in the Texturing section of the Direct3D tab set to App driven to avoid broken backgrounds. Ensure that the Enable Direct3D launcher setting is selected. The launcher defaults to OpenGL every time it starts, unless Direct3D is explicitly chosen. Notes If shadow rendering is broken, set Shadow Effects to Minimal in the in-game video settings.

Input

Key configuration.

Joystick configuration.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Movement controls cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is unsupported.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		The Joystick/Gamepad setting must be enabled via keyboard before a controller can be used.
Controller remapping		Movement controls cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

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

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		The Joystick/Gamepad setting must be enabled first.
Haptic feedback
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
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only: "Fuga da Ilha dos Macacos" (EA Brasil).
Spanish

Issues fixed

The game won't install

Use Replacement installer and launcher[citation needed]

Guybrush sometimes gets stuck in non-default walking and standing animations

Run Game in a single core. In windows "start /affinity 1 Monkey4.exe"

Reload an earlier save

Avoid skipping cutscenes

Wait for the issue to resolve itself later in the game

Issues unresolved

Jambalaya Island rowboat moves extremely slowly at higher framerates

Cap framerate to 30 FPS

Try holding down the "run" button while moving in the rowboat

Random lines of dialogue are skipped even though the skip button wasn't pressed

Reboot your PC

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 ScummVM.
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 ScummVM.
Linux					Use ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System, iMUSE
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

macOS (OS X)

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