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Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by Chazprime »

dudul wrote: post #14
germinalphrase wrote: post #3

I was just the right age when ‘Monkey Island’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis’ appeared in my life. That kind of in-world puzzle solving seems absent from a lot of what I see my early-teenage nieces/nephews (choose to) play now.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is the true 4th Indiana Jones movie in my book. And yes, I'll die on that hill.

This.

I bought my Indiana Jones bluray set a few years back and promptly dropped the fourth movie in the trash with the wrapping.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by curiousllama »

Tangentially related -

For some reason, I love the universal impulse to throw ironic shade at millennials/Gen Z whenever a floppy disk comes up. Like, we’ve all independently decided to embrace our deepest boomer tendencies when it comes to a single innocent topic.

It’s nice.

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curiousllama wrote: post #62

Tangentially related - For some reason, I love the universal impulse to throw ironic shade at millennials/Gen Z whenever a floppy disk comes up. Like, we’ve all independently decided to embrace our deepest boomer tendencies when it comes to a single innocent topic. It’s nice.

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Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by dudul »

Chazprime wrote: post #61
dudul wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is the true 4th Indiana Jones movie in my book. And yes, I'll die on that hill.

This. I bought my Indiana Jones bluray set a few years back and promptly dropped the fourth movie in the trash with the wrapping.

I did the same only because it was cheaper to buy the set of 4 movies instead of the first 3 movies separately. I even bought an empty 3-Bluray case to just keep the 1st 3 movies.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by kvn_95 »

FpUser wrote: post #17

Oh sweet memories. I did not play the game, my daughter did. But I absolutely loved the music and still have it in my playlist.

I played it using a basic Soundblaster card in the 90s and it’s already amazing. Lately I used DosBox with the MT32 emulation and was blown away by how good it sounds.

Here’s an instruction on DosBox MT32 emulation if you’re curious: https://blog.zyrain.org/2016/11/roland-mt-32-and-emulating-i...

Here’s a clip of the MT32 opening soundtrack if you just want to have a listen https://youtu.be/i3dB0qEcG20

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by willismichael »

kej wrote: post #32
willismichael wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're in the middle of playing this game for the first time with our kids, after literally decades of having people trying to tell me that I really need to play it. As a first-time player I can say that yes, almost everything about Monkey Island stands the test of time, no nostalgia required.

How old are your kids? I'm wondering if mine are ready for this (I've also managed to avoid playing it for decades, despite many attempts to get me to play it).

We have a spectrum of ages. I think the seven year old is the youngest one who "gets it" enough to be involved with solving the puzzles.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by willismichael »

dleslie wrote: post #8

I'm still not willing to accept that it's all the imagination of a child running wild at a theme park.

We're part way through playing the first game, and my daughter's pet hypothesis is that it takes place in a far future post-apocalyptic society.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by driverdan »

dep_b wrote: post #7

I remember my brother playing (and me dicking around a bit with) Zack McKracken first and then Monkey Island. It's always the sword fighting part I remember the most. It's a pity I don't have time for anything anymore, I would love to revisit them some time.

It takes a tenth of the time to play after the first play through. You could play 10 min at a time and get through it reasonably quick.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by Bayart »

I played Monkey Island ten years ago, when they launched the Remaster. It was such a great game. And I've got to say the follow up ranks as one of the best games I've ever played.

It's funny that having played Monkey Island 1 & 2 well into my adulthood, I still get somehow very nostalgic and tender vibes from it.

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