The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Engines | |
SCUMM | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 15, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | July 15, 2009 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
IGDB | 80 |
Taxonomy | |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Comedy, Piracy |
Series | Monkey Island |
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.
Key points
- To switch between Classic and Remastered mode, press F10
- Complete voice over using the original Monkey Island franchise cast.
General information
- Monkey Island Wiki
- The Legend of Monkey Island - A fan site for the entire series.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Monkey Island Explorer
An explorer tool for Monkey Island Special Edition, it lets you play, dump and compile audio, images, text, as you browse through the files.
Hair Patch
- The Hair Patch changes Guybrush's hair to resemble the classic version of the game.
Ultimate Talkie Edition for the Original Secret of Monkey Island
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition contains the original version of The Secret of Monkey Island
Script designed to convert the original, classic version of The Secret of Monkey Island into a standalone talkie version that can be loaded in ScummVM or DOS.
- Note: If, after running the script, there's a file without an extension called
MI1_Ultimate_Talkie_Edition
, delete the file, create a folder with that name, and rerun the script
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32360/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32360/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Allows to set the resolution but only the menu is displayed in ultrawide | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enable by default | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 | Music, SFX, Voice | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | Fan translation. Download here. | |||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «PRCA/ENPY Studio» | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Crash when installed in a 3 TB+ hard drive partition
The game will refuse to run when installed on a large partition.
Installing the game on another partition will fix this issue[1] |
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Will Not Launch on Latest Nvidia Drivers
- Game opens with a white screen and error dialog, quitting out
Update to the latest version of Windows 10[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[3] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3000+ |
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System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (XP) 512 MB (Vista) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 512 MB of VRAM |
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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32360/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32360) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.