LEGO Island is one of my favorite childhood games and I thought it'd be a fun project to do some hacking/modding. I've consolidated all my patches so far into one tool: the LEGO Island Rebuilder. It's a LEGO Island launcher/mod tool that currently does the following things:
* Set turn and movement speeds. If you're sick of turning too fast on modern PCs, use this to slow it down to a more sane speed (or turn up the movement speed to cheat in races).
* Set windowed/full screen mode without editing the registry/administrator privileges (software rendering modes only)
* Keep the game active even when defocused (windowed mode only)
* Extract and insert music. No sound effects yet, but all music can be replaced with other music of any length or quality.
* Doesn't require administrator privileges to run
* Patches at runtime - doesn't permanently modify any files.
* Can redirect LEGO Island's save files to %APPDATA% so the game doesn't require administrator privileges either (September build only)
* Supports Windows 98+ (requires .NET Framework 2.0)
Obviously this is a work-in-progress (and your mileage may vary depending on your setup), but check it out if you're interested in LEGO Island! http://itsmattkc.com/rebuilder