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Tales of Monkey Island

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Tales of Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island cover
Developers
Telltale Games
Publishers
LucasArts
Athlon Games
Engines
Telltale Tool
Release dates
Windows July 7, 2009
macOS (OS X) February 11, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Genres Adventure
Themes Comedy, Piracy
Series Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island on HowLongToBeat
Tales of Monkey Island on IGDB
Tales of Monkey Island guide on StrategyWiki
Tales of Monkey Island on MobyGames
Tales of Monkey Island on Wikipedia
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 macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Telltale Community
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 1
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 2
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 3
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 4
Steam Community Discussions for Episode 5

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Retail version is DRM-free.
Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete Pack.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Complete Pack.
Windows
Humble Store
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Complete Pack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Complete Pack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The GOG.com version contains low quality sound; see Poor voice quality (GOG.com). The issue is not present in the Steam version of the game.[citation needed]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Configuration files are located in folders corresponding to each episode
System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Tales of Monkey Island - Chapter *\prefs.prop
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Launch of the Screaming Narwhal\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Siege of Spinner Cay\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Lair of the Leviathan\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood\prefs.prop
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Rise of the Pirate God\prefs.prop
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/31170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Save files are located in folders corresponding to each episode
System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Tales of Monkey Island - Chapter *\*.save
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Launch of the Screaming Narwhal\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Siege of Spinner Cay\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Lair of the Leviathan\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood\*.save
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\Rise of the Pirate God\*.save
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/31170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 ratio only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use the Tell Tale Games Custom Resolution Tool to play at 16:9 pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
AA is always active even at the lowest quality preset. Can be forced off in driver settings.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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
Very limited support. A mouse is still needed to select items.
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by «Tolma4 Team»
Official translation by «Buka»
Spanish
Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Issues fixed

Poor voice quality (GOG.com)

The GOG.com version is behind on updates, one of which fixed an audio bug in Episode 2.
Replace voice files[2]
  1. Download the updated file from here or here.
  2. Copy the file to <path-to-game>\The Siege of Spinner Cay\Pack\ or <path-to-game>\Episode 2\Pack\, depending on how your game's folders are set up.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.
Note:Game has 2 different profiles for diffeent game versions (retail, steam)

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5 or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Not Recommended For: Macs with integrated graphics


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/31170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (31170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References