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Old 20-05-2009, 11:12 AM   #1
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Monkey Island: Special Edition
I was a total Monkey Island fan!

News: The Secret of Monkey Island coming to XBLA - Official Xbox 360 Magazine
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Old 20-05-2009, 11:14 AM   #2
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
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Said it on your twitter but ill say it again, superb news.
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Old 20-05-2009, 11:15 AM   #3
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
one of the funniest game i ever played.
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Old 20-05-2009, 11:38 AM   #4
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Guybrush Threepwood!! Get in!

And no swapping disks like the myriad of the little buggers on the Amiga
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Old 20-05-2009, 12:02 PM   #5
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Fantastic news
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Old 20-05-2009, 12:18 PM   #6
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Excellent news! This could be the start of an ongoing Lucasarts rollout! We must all purchase!
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Old 20-05-2009, 1:26 PM   #7
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
I will gladly pay 1200 points for this! Great news.
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Old 20-05-2009, 2:10 PM   #8
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Great news! Would love HD visuals but not so sure about voice overs.

Bring on Day of the Tentacle!
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Old 20-05-2009, 2:34 PM   #9
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
woooo loved this used to play on my mates amiga good stuff what with this and battlefield were really are starting to get spoilt for choice.
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Old 20-05-2009, 5:29 PM   #10
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
The best news i have heard all day bring it on !!
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Old 20-05-2009, 5:45 PM   #11
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
I hope they release it as a double pack of 1 and 2, now that would be sweet!
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Old 20-05-2009, 6:54 PM   #12
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Great news! Would love HD visuals but not so sure about voice overs.

Bring on Day of the Tentacle!
DOTT - That was my second thought after TSOMI too
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Old 21-05-2009, 10:46 AM   #13
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Also Full Throttle too please
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Old 21-05-2009, 10:49 AM   #14
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I hope they release it as a double pack of 1 and 2, now that would be sweet!
Thats would be awesome but wont happen as they could get more money form two releases, plus im guessing this one is to test the water first.
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Old 21-05-2009, 10:56 AM   #15
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
I'll see your Day of the Tentacle and raise you a Broken Sword and Discworld game
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Old 21-05-2009, 1:39 PM   #16
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Great news a defo purchase. But Fate of atlantis was the best lucasarts adventure i would dehydrate if that came to xbla!
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Old 21-05-2009, 4:00 PM   #17
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
how about Full Throttle?
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Old 21-05-2009, 4:02 PM   #18
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
Incredible news!

Hope more Lucasarts titles follow, maybe some Delphine too?
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One of the funniest games ever. Brilliant comedy!
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Old 22-05-2009, 9:18 AM   #20
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I am rubber you are glue
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Old 22-05-2009, 11:54 PM   #21
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Guybrush Threepwood!! Get in!

And no swapping disks like the myriad of the little buggers on the Amiga
Yeah i remember that, what was it 11 disks i think?lol. I had an extra drive on the Amiga so it wasnt so bad.
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Old 23-05-2009, 9:31 AM   #22
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I am rubber you are glue
Lol, playing through Monkey Island was the first time I'd ever heard that expression! Ah, happy memories. Learning the taunts to beat the Swordmaster was one of the most fun parts of any game ever. Just brilliant.

It makes me sound very old, but they don't make 'em like this any more...
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Old 24-05-2009, 5:26 PM   #23
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Hopefully this will open the floodgates for a lot of the old point-and-clickers, preferrably sub-1k MS points however. I know I'm like a broken record here lol just want cheaper games
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Old 25-05-2009, 2:13 PM   #24
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Any word on a release date yet? Or even confirmation that it's definitely being released?! (the OP posted a link to an article which said the German classification board rated the game, not that it was 100% coming out here )
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Old 27-05-2009, 1:43 PM   #25
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Brilliant news! I loved this game so much.
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Great games, the later ones lost their way a bit, but 1 & 2 were awesome.

The Monkey games and many others run on the SCUMM engine. If they've ported that the 360, we could get everything from Manic mansion and Loom through to Indy, Full Throttle and The Dig. No more work required, (unless they want to update the GFX) just plug the data files in.

I've used SCUMMVm on my PC and DS, it's an open source version of the SCUMM engine. That runs all these SCUMM games.

I'll just point out a few non-LucasArts ones that may raise some interest:

Beneath a Steel Sky
Broken Sword
Broken Sword 2
Lure of the Temptress
Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2
King's Quest I - IV
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Police Quest
Space Quest I & II
The Legend of Kyrandia
Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2

They'd be making money for nothing on these old titles with little or no conversion work required. I'm sure a few of them will appear on XBLA.
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
I would have preferred 'Grim Fandango' but hopefully this will pave the way for that.
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Grim Fandango used the GrimE engine, it was tweaked and used again for Monkey 4 and then never seen again.

There is an emulator for GrimE called Residual
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Re: Monkey Island coming to Xbox Arcade
“Look behind you, a Three-Headed Monkey!”

Guybrush: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Carpenter: A woodchuck would chuck no amount of wood since a woodchuck can’t chuck wood.
Guybrush: But if a woodchuck could chuck and would chuck some amount of wood, what amount of wood would a woodchuck chuck?
Carpenter: Even if a woodchuck could chuck wood and even if a woodchuck would chuck wood, should a woodchuck chuck wood?
Guybrush: A woodchuck should chuck wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood, as long as a woodchuck would chuck wood.
Carpenter: Oh shut up.


Great news
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Lol, playing through Monkey Island was the first time I'd ever heard that expression! Ah, happy memories. Learning the taunts to beat the Swordmaster was one of the most fun parts of any game ever. Just brilliant.

It makes me sound very old, but they don't make 'em like this any more...

I can still remember the sword fighting lines.

Who remembers the comebacks to these?

1. You fight like a dairy farmer!
2. People fall at my feet when they see me coming!
3. I've spoken with apes more polite then you.
4. I hope you have a boat ready for a quick escape.
5. Nobody's ever drawn blood from me and nobody ever will.
6. I'm not going to take your insults sitting down!
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