It is a utility used to create the famous LucasArts adventure games like the Monkey Island series and also gave ScummVM its name. It's currently not documented what those boot params do precisely.įinally, boot params not covered by the list below will be interpreted as raw room numbers and cause the game to start in that room. SCUMM stands for ' S cript C reation U tility for Maniac Mansion '. To be precise, if you give the number x, then you get sent to room (x-700).įurthermore, in the CD/Mac versions of Monkey (target 'monkey', not 'monkeyvga' or 'monkeyega), you can specify a boot param between 30 (including both numbers). In addition to the boot params listed below, you can use values greater than 900 to be teleported to specific rooms. Those are marked with an asteriks (*) symbol (except for the cases we overlooked -). Some of the boot params listed in the following table only work in the CD/Mac version of Monkey Island (and not in 'monkeyega' and 'monkeyvga'). Switches between 'Speech only', 'Speech and Subtitles' and 'Subtitles only'ĭisplays the original save/load window, if the game has one.įor more information on using boot params, see the Boot Params wiki page. For more information, see the user documentation Hotkey To change these controls, use the Keymaps tab in the global or game-specific settings.
Do note that by using this method, only the classic mode is playable in ScummVM.įor more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.Ītari ST, PC EGA Floppy, PC VGA Floppy or PC Demo It is possible to extract the files of the V5 VGA DOS CD version ("classic" mode) and make them playable via ScummVM. The high-resolution data ("modern" mode) in the Special Edition is not supported by ScummVM. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) Escape from Monkey Island (2000) Tales of Monkey Island (2009) (not supported by ScummVM) There were also special editions of the first two Monkey Island games where the SCUMM engine was also adapted for high resolution art and music that sits on top of the original V5. The Special Edition version (based on the VGA DOS CD version with high-resolution assets laid over the original V5 script data).
Fixed display of Chinese, Japanese and Korean pause and restart dialogs. These fixes also include some improvements to the common text display (mainly the formatting of wrapped texts). Thanks to the people who helped us play this game in the best conditions on Linux platform.
During install please let all options by default. The SCUMM V5 versions (VGA DOS floppy, Amiga, Atari ST, FM-TOWNS, Macintosh, Sega/Mega CD, VGA DOS CD) SCUMM: Fixed Chinese, Japanese and Korean text display for The Dig and for The Curse of Monkey Island. This script will facilitate you install of this game on Linux OS: 'The Curse of Monkey Island' provided by GOG using Lutris ScummVM runner.
The Secret of Monkey Island was released in several different versions.