Author Topic: Monkey Island, XBLA, Steam, 3DFx, and a very special message from McT to Ginsu. (Read 4036 times)

versapak · « **on:** July 15, 2009, 01:39:12 pm »

For those that haven't yet played this Lucas Arts classic adventure game, or for those that may just want to visit the fond memories of old...

It has been released on Xbox Live Arcade today, with majorly updated graphics and voice acting.

Though I did play many of these adventure games back in the day, this is one that I never actually did play, so I am getting to enjoy this one as brand new. You can instantly toggle between the updated version and the original, and it is really interesting to see just how updated it actually is.

I'd say at 800 points ($10) this one is definitely a must have.

Here is a Gamespot interview that shows the comparisons between the original and updated.

That vid shows an impressive difference, but with its low res and high compression still doesn't do the actual difference justice.

hatrick · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2009, 01:57:37 pm »

Sweet. I loved this game back in the day. I'm torn between getting it on XBLA or waiting for the rumored iPhone version.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:05:05 pm »

You know, as much as I love Lucasarts adventures, I never did play any of the Monkey Island games. It's time I play catch-up.

Blanka · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:09:41 pm »

I'll pop my CD in and launch it again with SCUMM VM.
Old Elaine was much prettier, despite the pixels.
Old Elaine:

New Elaine:

More info:
http://www.scummbar.com/tx/games/mise/

versapak · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:17:58 pm »

That Gamespot video I posted addresses the new art style among other things.

It isn't just an update to the gfx though. There are some gameplay/control tweaks for a more console controlled experience and it has the Curse of Monkey Island voice actors reprising their roles for this one.

I can see the nostalgia factor leading one to prefer the original style, though I imagine anyone new to the game will have a much more enjoyable time with the update. The good thing is that you can literally switch between the 2 instantly on the fly. You can play the whole game with the new style and toggle to the old for your Elaine oggling.

Blanka · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:20:46 pm »

So you still have to say "I am rubber, you are glue" to get further at a certain point? How awesome is that!

GaryMcT · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2009, 04:35:23 pm »

We just release it on Steam today too!

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2009, 04:47:58 pm »

GaryMcT · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:19:13 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 04:47:58 pm

We?

Valve. I'm a coder here.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:24:12 pm »

Just checking. That was the only acceptable answer

Edit: Ahhhh, Gary McTaggart. You've worked on some nice games.

GaryMcT · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:35:01 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 05:24:12 pm

Just checking. That was the only acceptable answer

Edit: Ahhhh, Gary McTaggart. You've worked on some nice games.

Thanks! Funny thing is that I only really want to play old arcade games these days.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:36:11 pm »

Funny thing is, I just fixed my computer and have been playing your games.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:31:01 pm »

I just got home from work and found a private message waiting for me from Gary. I won't reveal the contents of it, but I'll say this.....Gary McTaggart is one cool mofo! If any of you see him asking a question on here, by all means, ANSWER IT.

versapak · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:41:00 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 06:31:01 pm

I just got home from work and found a private message waiting for me from Gary. I won't reveal the contents of it, but I'll say this.....Gary McTaggart is one cool mofo! If any of you see him asking a question on here, by all means, ANSWER IT.

Blah blah blah...

I got no cool msg, so as far as I am concerned, he is just some dude steaming up my thread.

GaryMcT · « **Reply #14 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:50:05 pm »

Quote from: versapak on July 15, 2009, 06:41:00 pm

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 06:31:01 pm
I just got home from work and found a private message waiting for me from Gary. I won't reveal the contents of it, but I'll say this.....Gary McTaggart is one cool mofo! If any of you see him asking a question on here, by all means, ANSWER IT.

Blah blah blah...

I got no cool msg, so as far as I am concerned, he is just some dude steaming up my thread.

Sorry!!

I'll play it soon and have something to contribute to your thread rather than noising it all up.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:58:03 pm »

removed by Ginsu

versapak · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2009, 09:08:55 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 15, 2009, 06:58:03 pm

removed by Ginsu

Too late. I already saw, and ran to the corner crying.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm »

Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a long long time. I can easily recall Charlie, Marc, Gabe and Doug. I even remember the announcements when Dhabih joined up. But, Gary McTaggart wow... that's a name requiring some scraping of ye ol' brain matter.

I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware, bought my share of Ritual games and practically lived under Valve's umbrella for years. You would think I ought to recall more names more easily.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2009, 12:11:31 am »

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm

I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware

I was still using a Voodoo³ up until the year before last. I hated that I couldn't use it anymore, but it does still work and will be in a MAME cab at some point.

GaryMcT · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2009, 12:19:13 am »

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm

Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a long long time. I can easily recall Charlie, Marc, Gabe and Doug. I even remember the announcements when Dhabih joined up. But, Gary McTaggart wow... that's a name requiring some scraping of ye ol' brain matter.

I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware, bought my share of Ritual games and practically lived under Valve's umbrella for years. You would think I ought to recall more names more easily.

I don't do much press, so I'm surprised that anyone has heard of me.

GaryMcT · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2009, 12:20:27 am »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 16, 2009, 12:11:31 am

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm
I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware

I was still using a Voodoo³ up until the year before last. I hated that I couldn't use it anymore, but it does still work and will be in a MAME cab at some point.

I just found this the other day. What a blast from the past! I'd love to get an SF Rush machine at some point. We had four of them at 3Dfx back in the day.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_arcade.htm

Yup, we've totally destroyed this thread.

Ummm, I guess I'll go download Secret of Monkey Island now.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #21 on:** July 16, 2009, 06:14:23 am »

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm

Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a long long time. I can easily recall Charlie, Marc, Gabe and Doug. I even remember the announcements when Dhabih joined up. But, Gary McTaggart wow... that's a name requiring some scraping of ye ol' brain matter.

I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware, bought my share of Ritual games and practically lived under Valve's umbrella for years. You would think I ought to recall more names more easily.

"Members of the Valve staff come from numerous places around the globe, including Florida, Virginia, California, Washington, New York, and the countries of Texas, England, and Australia"

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #22 on:** July 16, 2009, 08:22:26 am »

Texas may not be *A* country, but one thing is for sure, Texas IS country.

massive88 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 16, 2009, 10:19:40 am »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 16, 2009, 08:22:26 am

Texas may not be *A* country.

Depends on your time frame.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #24 on:** July 16, 2009, 11:08:35 am »

Nice new title for this thread. Sorry it went so far off course.

versapak · « **Reply #25 on:** July 16, 2009, 11:12:22 am »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 16, 2009, 11:08:35 am

Nice new title for this thread. Sorry it went so far off course.

All is good. Except that there is no special message for Versapak.

Small community in this console section means that probably everyone that was gonna see it did.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2009, 01:45:33 am »

Quote from: GaryMcT on July 16, 2009, 12:19:13 am

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm
Wow, that's a name I haven't seen in a long long time. I can easily recall Charlie, Marc, Gabe and Doug. I even remember the announcements when Dhabih joined up. But, Gary McTaggart wow... that's a name requiring some scraping of ye ol' brain matter.

I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware, bought my share of Ritual games and practically lived under Valve's umbrella for years. You would think I ought to recall more names more easily.
I don't do much press, so I'm surprised that anyone has heard of me.

I used to hang out with some major hardcore fans of Half-Life. At the peak, I had many GB of HDD space dedicated to keeping copies of HL and gaggles of mods and many burned CD's of archived mods. I'm as old school as they come with Half-Life. If your name appears on the Valve site, the hardcore fans know the name.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2009, 01:54:48 am »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 16, 2009, 12:11:31 am

Quote from: SavannahLion on July 15, 2009, 11:51:37 pm
I was a HUGE hog of 3Dfx hardware
I was still using a Voodoo³ up until the year before last. I hated that I couldn't use it anymore, but it does still work and will be in a MAME cab at some point.

I still have my matching pair of Voodoo² cards. Sadly, I lack updated drivers.

I had to put the cards into storage when I got a GeForce3. Despite all the stuff I loved about the pair, the GF3 spanked the SLI V² cards on all the new games. On top of that, the GF3 soaked up so much juice from the poor motherboard, I couldn't keep it and two voodoos powered without having all sorts of problems. So it was either keep the V²'s paired with the TNT or ATI Rage Fury and deal with sluggish performance on the new games or bump it up to the GF3 and drop the V²'s.

Removing the Voodoos was probably one of the hardest decisions I made with any of my computers.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2009, 08:29:54 am »

I never had dual Voodoo² cards, but I started out with a single, then upgraded later to the Voodoo³. I guess it's just because those were the first badass 3D cards and because they cost so damn much new (at the time), that it was just hard to let go. 3Dfx really opened up a whole new world to PC gamers, but also did a lot for arcade gaming.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2009, 11:55:29 pm »

Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 17, 2009, 08:29:54 am

3Dfx really opened up a whole new world to PC gamers, but also did a lot for arcade gaming.

That they did. Damn shame that that what won them so many accolades from gamers is also what killed them off.


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