Monkey Island 2 - LeChucks Revenge

[Kosta]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review + buy link (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/20)

[auhsor]

Argh!! How can people not give this game 5 stars? This is one of the best adventure games ever made and produced, and is worth the money going to buy it bcause it is just so great. Read the review: purchase and play play play!!

[Havell]

I agree!!! 5 stars!!! :x

[xndr2181]

I also agree!! This game is in my opinion one of the best graphic adventures, it has hours worth of game play, great humor, beatiful graphics(for it's time) I mean come on!! They just don't make games like this anymore.
-Sean

[wormpaul]

only in this part he looks like a idiot...not so cool more as he was in part 1 :sneaky:

[Rogue]

I had this game on Amiga, and then came with LA Archive Collectors CD, so I still have it. It's just amazing game, but I never finished it. :blink:

I'll give it a try when I'm done with this semester.

[auhsor]

Originally posted by wormpaul@Nov 16 2004, 10:41 PM
only in this part he looks like a idiot...not so cool more as he was in part 1 :sneaky:
Heh only cos he now sports a beard. He doesn't llok like an idiot I think.

But anyways... get this game everyone. If you enjoy adventure games, then this very game must rate in the top 3 of the best adventure games ever on probably 80% of adventure gamers. It is so awesome. My favourites are the bone dance... so rrandom yet so funny and cool, and also the ending which didn't and still doesn't make sense.

For those who don't know, the ending was supposed to be explained in number 3, but Ron Gilbert (the creater of 1&2) didn't get to make it.

[dumpling321]

can anyone tell me what was sopposed to happen between mi2 and mi3 i just beat mi2 (having already beat mi3 and i cant see how guybrush got into the bumpercar

[Havell]

I think that is supposed to be left to the imagination, if you think where MI2 ending then it would be logical that bumper cars would be around, how he got to be grown up again and floating in the sea I don't know.

[The_X]

When is this game gonna be abandoned?

[Guest]

Uh... sorry for the dumb question, but can anyone explain to me about the ending? I don't understand it.

[Mr. Barman]

i think monkey island 2 is a great game, but i think its just got a slightly different style to mi1, its hard to explain just what the difference is but its there and its something that would make me only give a 4 out of 5 but its still a fantastic game

[Ronny]

This game was great i remember playing it back when i was about 8 on my first pc, however i no longer have it :crazy:
and if it were still available from lucas arts i would purchase it but to quote from there site on "the 3rd monkey island" linked from this review.
The first two Monkey Island games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, are no longer available.
:cry: so what options do i have???

[ReamusLQ]

Originally posted by Ronny@Feb 10 2005, 04:35 PM
The first two Monkey Island games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, are no longer available.
:cry: so what options do i have???
Ebay, Amazon, or bargain bins at computer game stores. Sorry :blink:

[auhsor]

Originally posted by Guest@Jan 29 2005, 01:01 PM
Uh... sorry for the dumb question, but can anyone explain to me about the ending? I don't understand it.
Ok I can help you here...

If you read this (http://www.sylpher.com/OldForum/SecretMi.htm) thread (archived from the old AGS board) you will probably spend a whole day, but at least you might be a little wiser in knowing what happened between MI2 and MI3. :) But if you want the short answer, that is Ron Gilbert (developer of MI1 and MI2) didn't get to make MI3 and to the developers had to make the game without knowing what the end of MI2 meant either.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Originally posted by wormpaul@Nov 16 2004, 11:41 PM
only in this part he looks like a idiot...not so cool more as he was in part 1 :sneaky:
Are you kidding?

He looked like a total geek in the first, with the high riding pants, the tucked in shirt and the pulled up socks, in this one he actually looks like a pirate. A big improvement if you ask me.

[AndreasII]

Originally posted by Ronny@Feb 11 2005, 12:35 AM
The first two Monkey Island games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, are no longer available.
:cry: so what options do i have???


You'll have to use scummvm to run Monkey Island 2

[Mad-E-Fact]

Originally posted by Iron_Scarecrow+Feb 11 2005, 01:06 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Iron_Scarecrow @ Feb 11 2005, 01:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-wormpaul@Nov 16 2004, 11:41 PM
only in this part he looks like a idiot...not so cool more as he was in part 1* :sneaky:
Are you kidding?

He looked like a total geek in the first, with the high riding pants, the tucked in shirt and the pulled up socks, in this one he actually looks like a pirate. A big improvement if you ask me. [/b][/quote]
And don't forget: in part 2 he finally has a pirate-beard! :D

[Strange Oddysee]

For those looking for 1 & 2...

I dont know if its still available but I got monkey island 1 & 2 in a special collecters pack that contained all four games and had 1 % 2 running from a cd.
The only place I ever saw the pack was in Myers though and cost around $60.

[Mr.X]

I agree also monkey island 1 and 2 are great games :ok:


NO WAREZ!!! :angry: :ranting:
-Tom

[Mr.X]

If u want nice site everything about monkey island!!!!! go [/CODE]tohttp://www.worldofmi.com/[CODE] it is world of menkey island :D :D Bye :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan:

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Tsk Tsk Tsk, the Admins are not going to be happy about this.

EDIT But I must also give thanks. :ok:

No, you musn't. (+1 warning for promoting warez!)
-Tom

[Mr.X]

Originally posted by Mr.X@Mar 6 2005, 07:58 AM
If u want nice site everything about monkey island!!!!! go [/CODE]tohttp://www.worldofmi.com/[CODE] it is world of menkey island :D :D Bye :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan: :Titan:
I must repair that go to [CODE]http://www.worldofmi.com it is everything about monkey island!!! :w00t:

[Mr.X]

Tom u just cant see that Monkey Island 1 and 2 are ABANDONWARE!!!! They are not selling they re are old games they Are ABANDONWARE :ranting: . I was on one site and Monkey Island 1 and 2 are ABANDONWARE!!!! :ranting: :ranting: .I was on one forum and there was monkey island 1 and 2 for free i didnt see any monkey island for money!!!It is oldgame it is ABANDONWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :ranting: Here is the site again and it is not WAREZ!!! ok removed u must click zde again zde and then stahuj :ok: PS This is not WAREZ!! IT IS ABANDONWARE!!! :ranting:


Most of the reason that MI is not avalible for downlaod here is lucasart's attitude to its games being distributed for free. Now learn to type and don't use so many pointless smilies. - Havell

[Mr.X]

Quote containing link also removed

PS I am here to help u :angel: If it would be posible i would buy it

[Mr.X]

I was on Lucas arts and there wasnt anything about MONKEY ISLAND 1 AND 2!!!!! MONKEY ISLAND 1 AND 2 ARE ABANDONWARE!!!! :ranting: :ranting: .PS I just want to help!!! :ranting:

[Tom Henrik]

LucasArts is a dangerous company to piss off. For that reason we will not host or link to any sites with Monkey Island games.

We are considering making a deal with them, but for the moment MI is out of the question.

[Guest_fred]

i have monkey island 1 and 2

[MdaG]

Originally posted by Guest_fred@May 3 2005, 08:06 PM
i have monkey island 1 and 2
I know you're trying to be friendly, but if you keep offering "warez" (like you just did), you will probably get banned by the admins.

[Guest_fred]

thanks for the advice MdaG :ok:

[Guest-DeeJayE-Jay]

For those interested the first three games can be bought (most probably legally) at amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ce&s=videogames (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B441/qid=1115432834/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-0629220-4676102?v=glance&s=videogames)
amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...8455719-3278004 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UBJN/qid=1115432965/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_10_6/026-8455719-3278004)

I can understand and agree with those who believe MI1 and 2 should be abandonware, I myself having gotten them of the net long ago (don't know where). But I also understand why abandonians are reluctant at uploading them, Lucasarts beeing the anal-retentive company it has become.

[MdaG]

Originally posted by Guest-DeeJayE-Jay@May 7 2005, 02:39 AM
For those interested the first three games can be bought (most probably legally) at amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ce&s=videogames (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B441/qid=1115432834/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-0629220-4676102?v=glance&s=videogames)
amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...8455719-3278004 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UBJN/qid=1115432965/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_10_6/026-8455719-3278004)

I can understand and agree with those who believe MI1 and 2 should be abandonware, I myself having gotten them of the net long ago (don't know where). But I also understand why abandonians are reluctant at uploading them, Lucasarts beeing the anal-retentive company it has become.
?77.5 for Monkey 1, 2 & 3 !?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

Heeeeeeell no!!!

I'll just buy of off Ebay for a reasonable price instead :D

[Havell]

Or, if you're like me, you've already bought the bounty pack for ?10 while was still for sale! :bleh:

*points and laughs at losers who don't have the games*

[MdaG]

Originally posted by R Havell@May 7 2005, 02:37 PM
Or, if you're like me, you've already bought the bounty pack for ?10 while was still for sale! :bleh:

*points and laughs at losers who don't have the games*
I have the them... on floppies for the Amiga. I want the CD versions for the PC.

[Guest-DeeJayE-Jay]

Originally posted by MdaG+May 7 2005, 02:32 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MdaG @ May 7 2005, 02:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>******QuoteBegin-Guest-DeeJayE-Jay@May 7 2005, 02:39 AM
For those interested the first three games can be bought (most probably legally) at amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ce&s=videogames (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005B441/qid=1115432834/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-0629220-4676102?v=glance&s=videogames)
amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...8455719-3278004 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UBJN/qid=1115432965/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_10_6/026-8455719-3278004)

I can understand and agree with those who believe MI1 and 2 should be abandonware, I myself having gotten them of the net long ago (don't know where). But I also understand why abandonians are reluctant at uploading them, Lucasarts beeing the anal-retentive company it has become.
?77.5 for Monkey 1, 2 & 3 !?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

Heeeeeeell no!!!

I'll just buy of off Ebay for a reasonable price instead :D[/b][/quote]
Well I didn't make those prices.

But your'e right. this is way to much to ask for even for such a classic, but it's still cheaper than this new copy of MI2 for 299.95$!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/store...0629220-4676102 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B0009IBYVC/all/ref=dp_pb_a/102-0629220-4676102)

[DeathDude]

Okay that's just way too pricey, I honestly wonder if someone will buy it for that much...

[MdaG]

There, just bought Monke Island 1 & 2 on CD for ?4. That's a reasonable price :D

[Oldie Goldie]

One of the best games ever created. Sadly it is not so good as Monkey Island 1.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Oldie Goldie@May 14 2005, 06:09 PM
One of the best games ever created. Sadly it is not so good as Monkey Island 1.
Do you think so? Why? This game is longer, the graphics are better, you can go to more different places and the music is great. Although I liked Monkey Island a lot (it was one of the first games I played), I've probably played Monkey Island 2 a great deal more often.

[DeathDude]

It's a good game no doubt, I liked it a little more than Monkey Island, music was nice, graphics was good, fun game, kinda missed the sword fighting though, but oh well.

[Oldie Goldie]

Do you think so? Why? This game is longer, the graphics are better, you can go to more different places and the music is great. Although I liked Monkey Island a lot (it was one of the first games I played), I've probably played Monkey Island 2 a great deal more often.

For me the jokes in Monkey Island 1 where better. :bye:

PS: More legendary scenes in Money Island 1 than in Monkey Island 2. :D


http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-mo...hots-bild8.html (http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-monkey1-Screenshots-bild8.html)

http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-mo...ots-bild10.html (http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-monkey1-Screenshots-bild10.html)

http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-mo...ots-bild22.html (http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-monkey1-Screenshots-bild22.html)

http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-mo...ots-bild27.html (http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-monkey1-Screenshots-bild27.html)

http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-mo...ots-bild21.html (http://www.adventureclassics.de/galerie-monkey1-Screenshots-bild21.html)

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/secret-o...ameShotId,3169/ (http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/secret-of-monkey-island/screenshots/gameShotId,3169/)

http://www.milegend.com/screenshots/images/0/crew.gif

http://www.milegend.com/screenshots/images/0/cannonboat.gif

[A. J. Raffles]

You're right, those were all great moments (my personal favourite was Guybrush's Sierra death :D ), but Monkey Island 2 has great scenes as well. I'm too lazy to search the web for screenshots now, but (in no particular order) what about the tongue-twisters? The rat in the vichyssoise? The spitting contest? The monkey-wrench? Guybrush at the fancy dress party? The "She named the dog Guybrush??" scene? The dancing skeletons? The envelopes in three different colours: manila, vanilla and gorilla? The visit to the street from Monkey Island 1? Stan selling the coffins? The books in the library catalogue?
Those may not be legendary, perhaps, but they're definitely memorable.:)

[DeathDude]

Yeah both games have their memorable scenes, the dancing skletons was definitely one of my favourites.

[hessekopp]

EVERY BODY KNOWS MONKEY ISLAND i think........ :ok:

[Frodo]

Hessekopp

I just have to say

Brilliant avatar. :w00t:

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Anyone that hasn't heard of MI deserves to be shot through the heart... twice.

99999999/10

[lootineer]

I had a question regarding MI2. MI1 (CD version) has awesome CD quality music. Was MI2 ever released in the same manner, or is midi music all it ever had? If they ever rereleased an enhanced version of MI2, I'd love to get my hands on it. Thanks!

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Sorry, no. There is a LucasArts package that the games are on a CD. MI2 is included. I don't know whether the music is different. ebay for it (http://www.ebay.com). :) Or look on The International House Of Mojo (http://mixnmojo.com) for more info. I don't think there was a CD version of MI2 released on it's own.

[lootineer]

Thanks Bobbin, they have all the versions listed on the 'house of mojo' site. The music is the same for all versions of MI2. Too bad they never enhanced it, it would have been great :(

(My two cents worth) MI1 is definitely my favorite (but it was the very first RPG I ever played on a PC, so it holds a special value for me, hence the bias :D) Never played MI3 or 4, and I don't want to either :P

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by lootineer@Jul 9 2005, 05:03 AM
(My two cents worth) MI1 is definitely my favorite (but it was the very first RPG I ever played on a PC, so it holds a special value for me, hence the bias :D) Never played MI3 or 4, and I don't want to either :P
"The Secret of Monkey Island" an RPG? MI1 is my favourite ADVENTURE game!

I played even MI3 and MI4 and even if they aren't as good as the previous two, however they are very good, with quite the same humour and atmosphere!
Play them and you'll enjoy! :ok:

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by lootineer@Jul 9 2005, 03:03 PM
Thanks Bobbin, they have all the versions listed on the 'house of mojo' site. The music is the same for all versions of MI2. Too bad they never enhanced it, it would have been great :(

(My two cents worth) MI1 is definitely my favorite (but it was the very first RPG I ever played on a PC, so it holds a special value for me, hence the bias :D) Never played MI3 or 4, and I don't want to either :P
Your welcome. Glad I could help. :ok:

Monkey Island. An RPG. Somebody please shoot me. There was a rumor that Monkey Island 5 (: ???Revenge Of The Voodoo Lady???) was going to be slightly RPG styled. But only slightly.

[Quintopotere]

I found rumors about an MI5 here (http://www.scummbar.com/games/monkey5/), but nothing more... we are waiting!

[Bobbin Threadbare]

All websites on the LFN (http://www.lfnetwork.com) and the Mojo network (http://mixnmojo.com/hostedsites/) are good to go too for LucasArts info.

[Someone]

Originally posted by Guest@Jan 29 2005, 03:01 AM
Uh... sorry for the dumb question, but can anyone explain to me about the ending? I don't understand it.
The ending is simple. It answers the question in monkey 3 you are stuck in the carnaval of the damned called Big Whoop mistakened to be a child. In the third game you escape from this carnival with a bumper car. This carnival is on monkey island. Rememberin no. 1 you walk into hell through the giant monkey head. The Big Whoop carnival was built over it.

All these questions will be answered in Mi 3. :angel:

[jeppe93]

:blink:

Uuuh... why are u answering a question asked DEKADES ago!?
cant u see that the guy, forgot bout that years long man?!
the last thing he needs is a that late answer.

cutting it out -

until nexst time :bye:

[Jordan]

This game looks cool. My cousin has it. I might buy it. :)

[Kate]

Sound problems-
Ok I used DOSBOX for this and it worked fine, but now it wont save, so i tried the none-dosbox way and theres no sound :cry: Help!

[Quintopotere]

The best way to play the Lucas-games is using ScummVM :ok:

There you'll have both savegame and sound!

[Grendel]

It comes up a lot in monkey island 3: Guybrush has a fear of poercelan, every time you want him to touch or look at fx a vase he gets afraid of it.

Does anyone know why Guybrush Treapwood fears Poercelan?

[kr8uty]

1991 christ, has it really been that long? im getting old..........and why isn tthere any posts after summer 2005??

[The Fifth Horseman]

Cause you were reading only the first page of the thread, see?

[kr8uty]

yes i see now, i wrote that before i realised there was a forum, also most of the other games i looked at hadnt many recent posts

[oclane]

the whole monkey island series is great but i wish lucas arts would make more of them their so great :kosta:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Lay off the exclamation marks. That many are a clear sign of an unhinged mind.

And no amount of whining will get them to release that game, capice?

[Nazo]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman+****<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman)</div>
Lay off the exclamation marks. That many are a clear sign of an unhinged mind.

And no amount of whining will get them to release that game, capice?[/b]
******QuoteBegin-Terry Pratchett
"And all those exclamation points? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head."
-- Terry Pratchett, Maskerade ^_^

Originally posted by Guest

I can only say one thing.... CURSE YOU ESA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or perhaps LucasArts?

Actually though, I do agree. ESA is spending insane amounts of money and time to threaten, sue, and otherwise prevent people from hosting anything that they protect. This is fine for things that need protecting, but, for some reason they seem to be a bit obsessive about it to the extent that they insist on still protecting things that not only are no longer being sold, but, in some cases where the original company that made it no longer even exists! I think I have even read about some case where an original author really wanted to release it to the public, but, the ESA wouldn't allow it. Heck, Sierra stopped selling games like Quest for Glory or Gabriel Knight (god I wish there were more games like GK1) a long time ago after all. In fact, Sierra as those of us in here know them no longer exists. Now it's just a name to stamp on a box (they officially closed the doors more than a year ago now I think.) Of course, that doesn't prevent the ESA from not allowing people to download those classics. Many people will never be exposed to this quality of game because the only option to get it is to dig all over the internet and to maybe buy some old used scratched up CD off of ebay or give your credit card information to a company running the cheapest site you've ever seen. Many just aren't going to do it, but, would gladly give such things a shot if it were just a free download. (This especially annoys me because, besides the fact that people like me who remember these old things can't go back and get them if we lost our original discs, there is also the fact that since people aren't exposed to the kind of quality you used to get, they think games like Halo are the greatest thing since sliced bread, when, in fact, they are just a different way of slicing the stale old bread that has been around since 1990 or so whenever Wolfenstein 3D was released.)

All that said, they can't let you put up links, so please don't do so. It's not their fault, but, if they allow people to start posting links to a game that's no longer sold in any form but is protected by the ESA, the ESA will get on their backs about it with threats or even actual lawsuits (and typically people who provide free services funded only by a small banner can't afford to keep providing services AND pay off lawsuits...) The fact is, the sites that do allow links go down and the links go bad in a hurry, so I know you might be thinking that it's better to let a link be on here, but, it will get cut down so fast that it's generally worthless anyway.

Anyway, back on track a bit. I had been meaning to try these games out sooner or later, but, I must admit I just never got around to it. I picked up a couple of CDs a good while back (sorry, don't remember where anymore) and have never gotten around to it. Now that DOSBox is starting to get reliable (somehow ScummVM just doesn't seem to be right for me) and I get nice things like 2xSaI shaders while the games actually run an acceptable speed, I'm starting to dig out old discs. I think Monkey Island 1 and 2 will be one of the first things I dig out. Speaking of which, why does only Monkey Island 2 seem to be on this site?

[A_W]

Hey there, I was wondering if anybody could tell me what site I could buy either Monkey Island, or Monkey Island 2 at? I used to play them on my mom's amiga as a kid, and would really like to have it again. Any info would be awesome.

Thanks

[Frodo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(A_W @ Nov 14 2006, 12:58 AM) 266820</div>


Hey there, I was wondering if anybody could tell me what site I could buy either Monkey Island, or Monkey Island 2 at? I used to play them on my mom's amiga as a kid, and would really like to have it again. Any info would be awesome.

Thanks
[/b]

You can buy the Monkey Island games from Amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_vg_h_/...s=monkey+island (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_vg_h_/202-4715961-3715005?url=search-alias%3Dvideogames&field-keywords=monkey+island)

:ok:

[Guest]

I see that the games are now available again...what happened?

[The Fifth Horseman]

This happened. (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13536)

[Guest]

I can't seem to get past the copy protection screen :blink: am i doing something wrong? as far as i remember you placed the "cut" of the recipe in the ingredient's column and then entered the combination...no?

[CJ Marren]

If you use SCUMM VM, it should bypass it I believe... I could be wrong though?

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CJ Marren @ Jan 9 2007, 01:13 AM) 273981</div>
If you use SCUMM VM, it should bypass it I believe... I could be wrong though?
[/b]

I'm using DOSBox. It's strange because i do have the spinner here

[crazedloon]

If you run the monkey_k.exe file instead of the other one, the copy protection screen will allow you to enter any values and get through (this _k executable is modded so that a compare-jump somewhere was replaced with an unconditional jump, I think).

This is a bizarre game.. I've been curious about it for some time so I downloaded it to try it out, but I just don't think it's so great as everyone's been saying.

[Icewolf]

This is like... blasphemy!!!!
OK, I like the first part more but still - :kosta: to MI

[hyper]

ok ive a problem when i start the game there is a screen that reads unable to initialize sound driver! can anyone help me please!

[The Fifth Horseman]

Use DosBox to run the game.

[Guest]

Where did the game go?

[Icewolf]

They are debating if the game really shall become abandonware. Sorry, dude! :(

[narkooegle]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Icewolf @ Jan 22 2007, 03:28 PM) 275980</div>
They are debating if the game really shall become abandonware. Sorry, dude! :(
[/b]
damn, :( i would have liked to played it again. I had it on Diskette - but they dont work anymore.
It is ok, that they protect their products (lucasarts). But then they should also be avaliabe on CD in the stores as a monkey island collection i think.
I just think it is unfair to not market it, or make it avaliabe (unless it is on the market, i havent checked :tomato: )
They should market it in a collection with all the 4 monkey island games, like they did with the collection they marketed with "Grim Fandango" "Sam and Max" "Full throtlle" and "the dig" a few years ago. If they put it in a cheap box-set, then ill be happy to support real quality-games by actually buying it.
I just cant stand that they keep them from us in every legal or practical way.

These games are part of sub-culture, they are a part of our lives. Just like movies, they need to get preserved. So they should make them avaliabe. Free, very good, or for a cheap price, which could be OK.


Either way: i hope lucasarts decides soon. We have the right to play such a cool game :bleh:


PS: besides guybrush, Vodoo-lady, buisness-Stan, Lechuck and Elaine are there other people from the game, who was in ALL the first 3 games??

[Icewolf]

I think Herman Toothroot returns as well. But I'm not sure.

[Tito]

I've recently played Monkey Island 3 and I'm quite sure Herman Toothroot wasn't there. Those four characters are the only ones that appear in the three games, I think.

[Guest]

toothrot appears, thought its not the live one, but rather the puppet one. hes in the leChucks rollercoaster...

then, theres the three men without morale (pirates).

they appear as themselves in no. 1 and 2; and they act out as barbers in part 3... (eventhough its not mentioned its really THEM, but they are so similar, its got to be them... the big strong one with the beard, the slick one with the moustache and the small, fat, bald guy... its GOT to be them...!)

[Guest]

oh, and you could find the cannibals as mardi-gras-costumes in no. 2 i think

[JBU]

Hey, I downloaded the game from Abandonia. It has some kind of copy protection. I printed out the two wheels, so what do I do next?

[silz]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JBU @ Feb 4 2007, 12:06 AM) 277875</div>
Hey, I downloaded the game from Abandonia. It has some kind of copy protection. I printed out the two wheels, so what do I do next?
[/b]

I've entered any number and it played just fine.

[Guest]

get scummVM (try google on that buzzword) and dont care about the codewheels.

or cut the code-wheels out, align them on each other, cut out the marked areas on the smaller one and enter the amounts of each ingredient...

[cruelanais]

hello :) I am trying to translate this game's review and saw this sentence: It was also the first game to use spit in a puzzle.

what is this "spit"? is it literally saliva, or something technical?

a little help please :sos:

good day!

[Sebatianos]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gökçe @ Mar 18 2007, 12:12 AM) 284036</div>
what is this "spit"? is it literally saliva, or something technical?

a little help please :sos:

good day!
[/b]
It really is saliva as you put it.

The game had a spitting contest (who can spit the saliva further).

Good luck translating!

BTW: there is a translating subforum just for questions like these. You should contact Kosta (or one of the Admins) to give you acces to the translating forum - if you're serious about translating Abandonia game reviews into your native language).

[walt]

any update on the ESA Protection on Monkey Island 2?

[Guest]

i cant run the game?!!!!!!!!!!!

i start it, but it crashes :( who can help me?!!!!!

[Tito]

Have you tried DosBox? Is a program that emulates the old DOS opperating system. You can find it in the main page, here: LINK (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=programs) along with a guide on how to use it.

[Halindir]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, Anyways:

In Monkey Island 2 I used paper on Largo's spit, then i went to wally's house and picked up another piece of paper. Though i disapears later when you give the voodoo woman the paper with Largo's spit on it.

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NO2 VAPORIZER (http://no2vaporizer.net)

[Sebatianos]

Yes, that's because you only need the paper for picking the spit up. After that you don't need it anymore and it dissapeares from the inventory. If you'd need it, it would still be there.

And don't worry, you asked in the right place - game discusion for a game. :ok:

[Pipster]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 18 2007, 11:43 AM) 287306</div>
i cant run the game?!!!!!!!!!!!

i start it, but it crashes :( who can help me?!!!!!
[/b]

That's odd, if you're operating system is XP it should work, although it probably won't work if said copy is illegal( Then you would have to run it in DosBox or some sort of program to make the rip work )

[Paco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pippin @ Jun 28 2007, 01:09 AM) 296802</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 18 2007, 11:43 AM) 287306
i cant run the game?!!!!!!!!!!!

i start it, but it crashes :( who can help me?!!!!!
[/b]

That's odd, if you're operating system is XP it should work, although it probably won't work if said copy is illegal( Then you would have to run it in DosBox or some sort of program to make the rip work )
[/b][/quote]

or use the ScummVM. It work good with Lucasfilm-Games.

[Its0nlyFuN]

one of the best games i've ever played =)

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sebatianos @ Jun 24 2007, 09:48 PM) 296156</div>
Yes, that's because you only need the paper for picking the spit up. After that you don't need it anymore and it dissapeares from the inventory. If you'd need it, it would still be there.

And don't worry, you asked in the right place - game discusion for a game. :ok:
[/b]

thats not true, you DO need the paper later on, exactly the one you carried largos spit around with.
Guybrush writes down something on this paper that will spare you a lot of searching at a later stage of the game... dont want to give too many hints, in case someone wants to puzzle it out... but its a riddle that can make your ... headbone... hurt, if you dont read guybrushs notes...

as to the question:
you WILL need the paper largo spat on
you will NOT need another paper you may have picked up from wallys place, thus guybrush drops this...

[lazylisa]

I recently played through Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3. MI2 was completely ridiculous! I mean it was still funny/entertaining, and it looked and sounded great... but some of those puzzles were insane. I don't like when the only way you can solve a puzzle is by just trying every random object from your inventory in random places until something works that seems to make no sense anyway... especially when your inventory is huge. MI1 and 3 had some of that too, but it seemed like they were more helpful in giving slight nudges in the right direction. I know that without the walkthrough in MI2 I would NEVER have thought to [SPOILER] put the picture of Kate Capsize over your wanted poster (why would you want her arrested? she seemed nice!) or to use the monkey on the waterfall valve or whatever. I get it, monkey wrench, but come on. (Poor monkey!) And it goes on.

Anyway I don't mean to sound too grouchy, as overall I still really enjoyed the humor of the game and it did have a lot of classic moments. I laughed out loud when Guybrush started bopping along to the skeleton song. I just didn't feel the satisfaction that I did after MI1 (and that totally unsatisfying ending didn't help either!). Am I the only one that thought the puzzles were unnecessarily convoluted?

Oh well.

[Mighty Midget]

Agree that the ending of MI2 was disappointing, but I don't remember the puzzles being that far fetched. I remember the monkey, and it made perfect sense (then again, I might be completly insane). Some puzzles I remember as being hard, but not really far fetched. It's all about your line of thoughts, I suppose.

[MinigunFiend]

I always felt that MI1 and MI3 were better than MI2, but there we are.

Murray (my namesake) was absolutely hilarious, although MI2 did have its brilliantly funny moments, as lazylisa said above, the dancing with the skeletons was classic.

[Borodin]

Just my opinion, but I'd have to agree: I thought M1 was the best, and the humor in M2 was generally pretty tired. M3 was almost as good as M1. I'll never forget that pirate chief with his sad tale of how "real men never bend their knees" when picking heavy objects up. :D

[Dave]

I didn't like MI4 like the other 3, however my favourites are the first and the second.

Now I'm playing the second...I have just participated to the match for spitting.
Absolutely lovely :D.

[red_avatar]

Just my opinion, but I'd have to agree: I thought M1 was the best, and the humor in M2 was generally pretty tired. M3 was almost as good as M1. I'll never forget that pirate chief with his sad tale of how "real men never bend their knees" when picking heavy objects up. :D

Seriously? Did you play MI1&2 after MI3 perhaps? Because i found MI3's humour really tired - using old jokes (the singing barbers to only name ones) to the extreme. The more detailed graphics took away the feel of the game too - it was more Broken Sword now in feel.

[MinigunFiend]

it was more Broken Sword now in feel.

You say that like it's a bad thing :p

[blackboard]

Seriously? Did you play MI1&2 after MI3 perhaps? ... The more detailed graphics took away the feel of the game too.

While I prefered the look&fell of MI1 and MI2, I did like MI3 more than MI2. The beginning of MI2 was ok, but the end part... Really weird. MI1 was the best of the three, but the others were fine, too.

[Mighty Midget]

The best MIs, in my opinon, were #1 followed closely by #3, then down there somewhere; #2 and waaay down there #4 (although I did laugh like a madman when I gave Herman his memory back :D)

[lazylisa]

I agree with most of you guys, I'd rank the games the same way... I still feel that some of the puzzles in MI2 were just a little too much, but maybe it was just me after all. I didn't have a hard time with the other two so maybe I just wasn't in a twisted enough state of mind when I played MI2. :)

SPOILER: However, I'm not sure why I felt bad for the monkey and for Kate, yet rather enjoyed nailing Stan into the coffin. Hilarious scene... "Thank God this is the deluxe model" hehehe.

[Dave]

I didn't like the Monkey puzzle too, but about Kate, well you can always open the jail with the key ;)

[Doink]

Played MI2 first and the rest dont really come close :(

[Doubler]

I guess opinions differ vastly then.
Recently played the first three in sequence. Personally I thought MI2 was easily the least enjoyable of the bunch :wondering:
I liked MI3 best myself. Although that's in part due to the hilarious voicing. Remove that and I'm torn between 1 and 3.

[Tito]

I think the best one is the first. Fresh jokes, great ambient and sound for the time and all that. Then the second, which added more freedom of movement and yes, harder puzzles. About the third one, it didn't felt that good to me. It was like a dated remake of the previous ones, with too many cliché characters and self references to the saga.

[DeathDude]

I think the 1st game is a classic no doubt, the 2nd one was a bit different but still classic and the 3rd one brought it full circle, probably my favourite of the 4, but 1 is right up there too, the voice acting did it for me too, especially Guybrush, Murray and LeChuck, Elaine not so much, but they fixed that in #4.

[MinigunFiend]

Personally, self-references in games like Monkey Island do nothing but add to the humour - the particular instance that sticks in my mind is in MI3 (I think?) when you stick your head out of a hole and reappear in a scene from the original game. I laughed pretty hard at that.

[Mighty Midget]

Agree with Minigun here. With these self references it becomes sort of a meta-game which can be hilarious at times. One good example is that one mentioen above.

[hkipgem]

Please, how can i download this game by here????

[_r.u.s.s.]

you can't cause esa is being a douchebag

[Blood-Pigggy]

Yes, the ESA is a single entity who is omniscient and does all this because it wants to.

It's the publishers who are being douchebags, not the ESA, they're just a bunch of lemmings.

[Sebatianos]

Personally, self-references in games like Monkey Island do nothing but add to the humour - the particular instance that sticks in my mind is in MI3 (I think?) when you stick your head out of a hole and reappear in a scene from the original game. I laughed pretty hard at that.

Well, in the case of Monky Island they acctually try to sort out the story. I mean, without LeChuck's Revenge (MI2) Monkey Island would be a great straight forward pirate adventure with a lot of humor. But that whole amusment part theme made everything so unnessesarily wierd it's a real shame that was allowed to happen (even though MI2 is still a great game). It took the series into a dead end street it's trying to escape from in a somewhat successful mannor, but so far it's still quite obvious they had no idea where and how to take the game from that point at the end of part two.

[donvercety]

Great game no doubt! I don't know about this organization ESA, but I think that these great games must be FREE do download... Thay are something like a part of the game culture a EVERGREEN if you like to put it this way. Even when the technology is so advanced these days I still enjoy to play some old classic games like this one becouse it is GREAT! :nuts: :) :wacko:

[The Fifth Horseman]

I don't know about this organization ESA, but I think that these great games must be FREE do download...
Jeez, another one.
The fact that LucasArts has left ESA doesn't mean their games automatically become free.
Our past experience with that company dictates we are very careful when dealing with games they published, so rather than act the way we usually do, we'll have to politely ask them for their permission first. Which might take a while.

[Kryievla]

Jeez, another one.
The fact that LucasArts has left ESA doesn't mean their games automatically become free.
Our past experience with that company dictates we are very careful when dealing with games they published, so rather than act the way we usually do, we'll have to politely ask them for their permission first. Which might take a while.

Jeez, another one of those comments.
I imagine he or she thought there were some developments since you stated over 3 years ago (03-06-2005 in this thread) that you were contacting them.

[Luchsen]

There were some developments. LucasArts was member of the ESA, and we made a deal for protection 15 years (for "common" games) to unlimited (for special games) which we consider as still valid till stated otherwise. As of May 23 2008 LucasArts left the ESA, and we haven't had a dialogue with them yet. Would be difficult anyway since the old deal went via the much more cooperative ESA.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Long story short, they didn't reply to any of our attempts to contact them. Period. Ever.

[leopat]

Just bought the new Tales of Monkey Island series. As soon as I got the info on that I had to go and buy it, because I love the series so much. The first Monkey Island I've got, eh, non-originally :embarassed: from a friend of mine. I loved it so much that I had to go and get the original game, just for the sake of having it, but that was after finishing it and getting the LeChuck's Revenge. I still have the whole series in they're original boxes, somewhere on the shelves, but I can say that this is, in my opinion, the best game in the genre ever created. And I'm talking about the LeChuck's Revenge. Never enjoyed much the newer graphics, but I love the story and the mood so much I just don't care for the terrible 3D graphics.

[arete]

I loved LeChuck's Revenge. Murray the talking skull was my favourite. That and the evil undead beard. "I'm Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate!" "You don't say..." Had it on an old 486 we bought years ago, when Pentiums were still the Next Big Thing. :) Maybe they'll release a compilation of all the old Monkey Island games as a tie-in to the new one.

[TheChosen]

Murray was in the third game

[gumpy]

Another SCUMM classic! :max:

[BranjoHello]

Very good sequel, when you finish Monkey Island 1 and you want MORE, there is this gem. ;)