Gilbert and the chemystical island
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Developers | |
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Pir New World Media AB | |
Publishers | |
Snille Publishing AB | |
Levande Böcker | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 1998 |
Key points
- Works perfectly on modern Windows, see fixes
General information
- Gilbert page on Snille’s website (Archived)
- Levande Böcker’s info page (Archived)
- Gilbert in Swedish, Levande Böcker (Archived)
- Gilbert in Norwegian, Levande Bøker (Archived)
- Gilbert in Danish, Levende Bøger (Archived)
- Gilbert in Finnish, Elävät Kirjat (Archived)
- Chemistry Promotion Ltd (sw: Kemifrämjandet) vision of the Gilbert franchise (Archived)
- Step by step solution provided by Levande Böcker (Archived)
- Swedish FAQ on game provided by Levande Böcker (Archived)
- Finnish FAQ on game provided by Levande Böcker (archived)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Game does not require physical CD to run. |
- This game is not available digitally
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Mutes when minimized | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Published by Levande Böcker* | |||
Danish | Published by subsidiary Levende Bøger* | |||
Finnish | Published by subsidiary Elävät Kirjat* | |||
Norwegian | Published by subsidiary Levende Bøker* | |||
Swedish | Original Language. Published initially by Snille Publishing AB, and later re-published by buyer Levande Böcker*. The game intro of the former has a male voice, while the intro of the latter has a female voice. |
- * Translates to "Living Books" in each respective language.
Identify version
- The Swedish, English and Norwegian localization was released first,[1] followed by the Finnish[2] and lastly the Danish localization. Each localization has been released in different versions, which may provide helpful to know about while troubleshooting.
Language | Case | Publisher | Size on CD | Standard installation | Vignette on start | Vignette on quit | Gilbert.exe creation date on CD | Other |
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Swedish | CD-case | Snille Läroäventyr | 564 MB | 113 MB | Snille Läroäventyr, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | December 4, 1998, 2:27:40 PM | Published in a large big box |
Swedish | CD-case | Levande Böcker | 578 MB | 119 MB | Levande böcker, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | Published in a small big box |
Swedish | DVD-case | Levande Böcker | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
English | CD-case | Levande Böcker | 555 MB | 114 MB | Levande Böcker, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | Has no instruction booklet inside the case |
Norwegian | DVD-case | Pan Vision | 562 MB | 115 MB | Snille Läroäventyr, Kemifrämjandet, .pir | None | November 26, 1998, 3:39:02 PM | Has Rustbeskyttelsesmaling, Konsertrød leppestift and Såpe in inventory from start. |
Norwegian | CD-case | Levende Bøker | 564 MB | 115 MB | Levende bøker, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | |
Norwegian | unknown | Levende Bøker | 564 MB | 115 MB | Levende bøker, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | |
Danish | CD-sleeve of paper | Levende Bøger | 545 MB | 114 MB | Levende bøger, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | Branded with McDonald's as part of Happy Meal |
Danish | CD-case | Levende Bøger | 545 MB | 114 MB | Levende bøker, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM | |
Finnish | CD-case | Elävät Kirjat | 551 MB | 113 MB | Elävät Kirjat, Kemifrämjandet | .pir | April 25, 1999, 10:47:52 PM |
Issues fixed
Black screen on startup after intro videos (Windows 11 ARM)
Use a DirectDraw Wrapper |
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"This app can't run on your PC" (Windows 11 ARM)
The 16-bit installer is not supported. Manually install the application |
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Game doesn't work (Windows 10)
Use a DirectDraw Wrapper |
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Setup.EXE doesn't run (Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Service Pack 1)
Chose one of three workarounds |
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Can't save gameplay in-game
Rename all gilbert.ini-files that are not located in root |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Installer is 16-bit exe |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB recommended |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 114 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | 4 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | Sound Blaster |
References
- ↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ web.archive.org - last accessed on 9 June 2023