Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony
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This page is for the original game. For the remastered edition, see Jamestown+.
Developers | |
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Final Form Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 8, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | December 13, 2011 |
Linux | December 13, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Pixel art |
Themes | Steampunk, Sci-fi |
Series | Jamestown |
Jamestown | |
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Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony | 2011 |
Jamestown+ | 2019 |
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view shooter game in the Jamestown series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam | Can be played without Steam.[1] Linux support was removed at some point. |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Gunpowder, Treason, & Plot | DLC can no longer be purchased for Linux. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/.jamestown/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94200/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Jamestown\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/.jamestown/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94200/pfx/[Note 1] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretch or maintain aspect ratio. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Only displays at 1024x640 resolution. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Windowed.[2] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 62 FPS.[3] |
Widescreen resolution
- The game's native resolution is 512x320 (16:10).
- Pixel Perfect - "Fills as much of the window as possible, while preserving aspect ratio and clean pixel scaling".
- Proportional stretch - "Fills as much of the window as possible, while still preserving the aspect ratio".
- Crazy stretch - "Fills the entire window, disregarding aspect ratio".
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op Allows for any combination of keyboard, mouse or gamepad controls. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Ship movement stuck in one direction
- When using a controller, the game re-calibrates directional input at the start of each level. Holding a direction at the beginning of a level can result in this issue.
Force game to recalibrate controller input[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | 10.6.3 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (94200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on July 8, 2017
- ↑ Verified by User:Andytizer on 6 February 2013
- ↑ Blur Busters Forums • View topic - HALL OF SHAME: List of games with locked frame rates (60fps) - last accessed on 9 June 2023