Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
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| Developers | |
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| Game Atelier | |
| Publishers | |
| FDG Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 25, 2019 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| OpenCritic | 86 |
| IGDB | 79 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Scrolling, Side view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Platform |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Wonder Boy |
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action, adventure and platform game in the Wonder Boy series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOG.com | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Purchase includes an Xbox X/S/One version. | |
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| Steam | |
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- A demo is available from Steam.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete or rename movie files[1][2] |
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Game data
In-game game settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Monsterboy\sys.dat |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/449610/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Configuration file is not human-readable.[3]
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Monsterboy\monsterboy*.dat |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/449610/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Hor+ gameplay, windowboxed and pillarboxed cutscenes.[4] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay,[5] windowboxed and pillarboxed cutscenes. Ultrawide HUD Position controls whether the HUD is centered. Ultrawide Border Design affects the background of the menu pillarboxes. |
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| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | [citation needed] | ||
FOV at 16:9 resolutions
FOV at 21:9 resolutions (dynamic HUD position)
FOV at 48:9 resolutions (static HUD position)
Input
- Controller prompts can be set manually in-game.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game controller settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts | Switch Pro controller prompts. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sound Effects, Music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Toggle with Pause When Unfocused game setting. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Monster Boy e o Reino Amaldiçoado. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. | ||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 Quad Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5000 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/449610/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (449610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-07-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-07-26
- ↑ PCGamingWiki Discussion - How do you view or edit the settings file? - last accessed on 2019-09-02
- ↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-26
- Tested with GOG release at 5760x1080.
- ↑ Nothing beats gaming on the weekends - last accessed on 2019-07-26