Castle of Illusion


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Mickey Saves the Day: 3D Adventure	2001
My Disney Kitchen	2002
Mickey's Typing Adventure	2012
Castle of Illusion	2013
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two	2013
Where's My Mickey? XL	2013

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Remake of Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990)

Developer minisite

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\pcrun.cfg^{[Note 1]} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SSA\COI\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/227600/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\227600\remote\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/227600/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Enabled by default. Can be disabled in the graphics driver.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 67 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Edit pcrun.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `pcrun.cfg`. Change `borderlesswindow` from `false` to `true`.

High frame rate

Edit pcrun.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit pcrun.cfg.
Change framelimit from true to false.
For 60 Hz users, disable Vsync in the graphics driver.

Notes

In Toyland Act 3, there's a bug where Mickey falls below the floor and gets stuck. Enable the frame limiter to prevent it from happening.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Three presets only.
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Achievements menu opens in Steam Overlay (`⇧ Shift`+`Tab ↹`).^{[citation needed]}
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Supported on OS X.
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Button/key prompts will not switch over while the game is running.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Narration can be toggled.
Surround sound		Verified up to 7.1 output.^[1]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian				1) Fan translation by « ZoG Forum Team» 2) Fan voice-over by Team Raccoon & R.G. MVO
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Castle of Illusion.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile.`Note:` Game is very unstable, see here

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2	macOS/OS X only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2	7
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8600 DirectX 10 compatible	ATI Radeon HD 4850 Nvidia GeForce 8800 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.5	10.9.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	900 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

The following graphics cards are not supported on OS X: ATI Radeon X1xxx series, ATI Radeon HD2xxx series, Intel HD3000, Nvidia 7xxx series, Nvidia 8xxx series, Nvidia 9xxx series, Nvidia 3xx series and Nvidia 1xx series.

Notes

↑ 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%\VirtualStore on 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>/227600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (227600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/227600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (227600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Sega Studios Australia
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Sega
OS X	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 4, 2013
macOS (OS X)	July 24, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Mickey Mouse