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Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by knicholes »

dirktheman wrote: post #23

Ah... Monkey Island. I have such fond memories of not just MI, but also other Lucasarts/Sierra adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam&Max, Full Throttle, Willy Beamish, King's Quest, Space Quest, etc. I owe a large part (if not most!) of my English skills to these games. Recently, I bought my daughter an old '99 ibook Clamshell on a yard sale. I upgraded the RAM and substituted the hard drive for a CompactFlas…

If you didn't also play the Leisure Suit Larry series, you have really missed out. Hopefully that was included in your "etc."!

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by carbide »

jsingleton wrote: post #34
dirktheman wrote: post #23

Ah... Monkey Island. I have such fond memories of not just MI, but also other Lucasarts/Sierra adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam&Max, Full Throttle, Willy Beamish, King's Quest, Space Quest, etc. I owe a large part (if not most!) of my English skills to these games. Recently, I bought my daughter an old '99 ibook Clamshell on a yard sale. I upgraded the RAM and substituted the hard drive for a CompactFlas…

Don't forget the Indiana Jones games. Fate of Atlantis was a great game. There is also Beneath a Steel Sky which is fantastic and now free. http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky

I never understood why George Lucas went with some nonsense alien plot for his new Indiana Jones. Fate of Atlantis was brilliant. It was pure Indy. It would have made a perfect 4th movie.

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by carbide »

dirktheman wrote: post #23

Ah... Monkey Island. I have such fond memories of not just MI, but also other Lucasarts/Sierra adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam&Max, Full Throttle, Willy Beamish, King's Quest, Space Quest, etc. I owe a large part (if not most!) of my English skills to these games. Recently, I bought my daughter an old '99 ibook Clamshell on a yard sale. I upgraded the RAM and substituted the hard drive for a CompactFlas…

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Quest for Glory series yet (originally Hero's Quest)

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by jamesrcole »

crivabene wrote: post #57
benihana wrote: post #22

If anyone is unaware, they've got some pretty good versions of MI 1 and 2 on the Apple App store. I played it on my iPad a couple of years ago, and it was great. The adventure format works really well on a tablet. You can even play with updated graphics or in classic mode. Easily worth the 10 bucks or however much it costed.

Unfortunately Disney pulled the iOS versions from the App Store in April. https://help.disney.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/About-The-Secret-...

Wow, I'm surprised.

From that page: "this will allow us to focus on building new and more engaging games" - I'd like to hear them explain that!

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by guybrushT »

As my username probably reveals, this is my favorite game, and one of the most enjoyable / funny gaming experiences that I have had. The part that I still remember, after all these years is sword fighting insults. Till today, my friends and I sign off our emails with some of these dialogue writing gems [1]

"Nobody's ever drawn blood from me and nobody ever will." "You run THAT fast?"

"People fall at my feet when they see me coming!" Even BEFORE they smell your breath?

"I'm not going to take your insolence sitting down!" "Your hemorrhoids are flaring up again eh?"

What a great game, and what a great era for gaming.

[1] http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/Insult_Sword_Fighting

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by EliRivers »

dirktheman wrote: post #42
justquestions wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you ever play "Martian Memorandum", one of the Tex Murphy series?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I've been looking for years for this! I thought the name of the game was "under a red moon" or something like that but I couldn't remember. There were some shards of memory from a secret moon base and a head in a water cooler, but I just couldn't recall the name, franchise or anything else to put me in the right direction. AFK right now...

If you liked the Tex Murphy games, a new one was made recently with a kickstarter campaign; http://www.bigfinishgames.com/games/tesla-effect

As games go it's a bit hit and miss, but if you already like Tex Murphy, it's a winner.

Re: Happy Birthday Monkey Island

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Post by mosdave »

snake_plissken wrote: post #70
dirktheman wrote: post #23

Ah... Monkey Island. I have such fond memories of not just MI, but also other Lucasarts/Sierra adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam&Max, Full Throttle, Willy Beamish, King's Quest, Space Quest, etc. I owe a large part (if not most!) of my English skills to these games. Recently, I bought my daughter an old '99 ibook Clamshell on a yard sale. I upgraded the RAM and substituted the hard drive for a CompactFlas…

although it came later, don't forget Outlaws! Maybe the most underrated and unknown top-10 game of all time.

hahahahaha I completely forgot about this one!
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