Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

This page is for the original game. For the remastered edition, see Jamestown+.

Jamestown
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

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam.^[1] Linux support was removed at some point.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Gunpowder, Treason, & Plot	DLC can no longer be purchased for Linux.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.jamestown/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Jamestown\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.jamestown/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-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
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
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
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

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op Allows for any combination of keyboard, mouse or gamepad controls.
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]}
Pause the game. Select "Rebind Controls" on the pause menu. Have all players select "Ready". Unpause the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	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)
	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
	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 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>/94200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (94200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

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

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/94200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (94200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:AmethystViper on July 8, 2017

[3] Verified by User:Andytizer on 6 February 2013

[4] Blur Busters Forums • View topic - HALL OF SHAME: List of games with locked frame rates (60fps) - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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Developers

	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