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{{++}} Customisable interface that can be moved around freely
 
{{++}} Customisable interface that can be moved around freely
 
{{--}} Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See [[#Running the game on 64-bit Windows|Running the game on 64-bit Windows]]
 
{{--}} Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See [[#Running the game on 64-bit Windows|Running the game on 64-bit Windows]]
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|OSfamily = Mac OS
 
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 17 March 2023

Widget Workshop:
The Mad Scientist's Laboratory
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory cover
Developers
Elliott Portwood Productions
Publishers
Maxis
Release dates
Windows 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1995
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory guide on StrategyWiki
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory on MobyGames
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png

Key points

Customisable interface that can be moved around freely
Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Running the game on 64-bit Windows

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Mac OS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Always windowed. Can be adjusted to fit any screen size.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Native Windows cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

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

Issues fixed

Running the game on 64-bit Windows

Although the game installer is 16-bit, the actual game is 32-bit. There are two ways of running the game:

#1: Run the game directly from the disk

Running the exe from the disk[citation needed]
  1. In the Widget Workshop CD, go to the WIN95\WIDGET folder.
  2. Run the WIDGET.EXE file to play the game.

#2: Manually install the game

This also allows the game to no longer require a CD to use
Setting up the game manually[citation needed]
  1. Somewhere on the computer (ex. the Desktop), create a new folder called "Widget Workshop".
  2. In the Widget Workshop CD, go to the WIN95\WIDGET folder.
  3. Copy the contents of the folder and paste them into the folder that was created before.
  4. When everything has finished copying, go into the installation folder and run the WIDGET.EXE file to play the game.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1 95
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 DX4 100 MHz Intel Pentium 133 MMX
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 MB 10 MB
Video card (GPU) 512 KB of VRAM
DirectX 5.0 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7.5
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 color graphics


References