Escape from Monkey Island
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| Developers | |
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| LucasArts | |
| Engines | |
| GrimE | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 8, 2000 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | November 17, 2001 |
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Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- CD/ISO installer is 16-bit and doesn't run under modern systems. See: Issues fixed.
- No resolution option, game set to 640 x 480 without modifications
General information
- Monkey Island Wiki
- The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia
- SCUMM Bar - Comprehensive fan site for the series
- The World of Monkey Island - Another great fan site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.1 is the latest patch.
Replacement installer and launcher
Bennyboy's Replacement Installer enables installing the game on modern systems. It includes his Improved Launcher which enables CD-less play and can also install the latest patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\efmi.cfg[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/730830/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Launcher video settings.
In-game video settings.
Input settings
Key mapping.
Controls mapping.
Audio settings
Audio and input settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
The game won't install
| Use Replacement installer and launcher[citation needed] |
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| (alternative) Run the game using ResidualVM[1] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 | |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | Set in the launcher. |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||||
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System, iMUSE | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium II |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000) |
64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | PCI or AGP 3D accelerator card 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | AGP 3D accelerator card 8 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | 16-Bit Sound card | |
| Mac OS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 9.2.2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 233 MHz | PowerPC G3 333 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 96 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 500 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro 3dfx Voodoo3 OpenGL 1.2 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/730830/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (730830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.