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== August Build == | == August Build == | ||
Sometimes known as "Version 1.0", its files date to August 8th 1997 making this is the earliest build known to have had a retail release. Both this build and the September build predate LEGO Island's official release date (September 26, 1997), making it unclear why it circulated retail in the first place, considering a newer build was produced before release. It's theorized that perhaps Mindscape had manufactured some copies of this build in preparation for release, and the last minute fixes made in the September build weren't considered important enough to | Sometimes known as "Version 1.0", its files date to August 8th 1997 making this is the earliest build known to have had a retail release. Both this build and the September build predate LEGO Island's official release date (September 26, 1997), making it unclear why it circulated retail in the first place, considering a newer build was produced before release. It's theorized that perhaps Mindscape had manufactured some copies of this build in preparation for release, and the last minute fixes made in the September build weren't considered important enough to discard units already manufactured. | ||
As far as we know, this version was only ever released in English. | |||
== September Build / v1.1 == | == September Build / v1.1 == | ||
Sometimes known as "Version 1.1", its files date to September 8th 1997. This is by far the most common version of LEGO Island and the most likely version that any copy will be since it existed before the official release date and it's the latest official version to be made. | |||
=== Differences compared to the August build=== | === Differences compared to the August build=== | ||
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Through interviews with the game's original developers, it's claimed that a patch was written to fix the infamous [[Turn Speed|turn speed bug]] but it never made it into any release or patch. If the source code hasn't been lost, it could be possible to produce another version with this (and any other patches that could have been made later on) implemented. But this is only speculation for the time being. | Through interviews with the game's original developers, it's claimed that a patch was written to fix the infamous [[Turn Speed|turn speed bug]] but it never made it into any release or patch. If the source code hasn't been lost, it could be possible to produce another version with this (and any other patches that could have been made later on) implemented. But this is only speculation for the time being. | ||
== Identifying | == Identifying Your Version == | ||
To identify which version you have, you can check the "last modified date" of the files for whether the files were last modified in August or in September. Additionally, below are MD5 hashes of all relevant files to determine which version you have: | To identify which version you have, you can check the "last modified date" of the files for whether the files were last modified in August or in September. Additionally, below are MD5 hashes of all relevant files to determine which version you have: | ||