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[Ozymandias]

Awesome update of a classic, brilliant game. Go get it.

[jhocking]

You mean the original VGA one? hot damn, I wish I had an XBox

[october1983]

I'm pretty sure they're also planning on releasing the Special Edition version for Mac, if they haven't already, which includes the original VGA version!

[jhocking]

That would be sweet. While looking it up I discovered it's been released on iPhone, I'm tempted.

ADDITION: ooo http://www.scummvm.org/

ADDITION2: OH MY GOD I AM PLAYING THE ORIGINAL MONKEY ISLAND ON MY LAPTOP

OH MY GOD I CAN GO GET MANIAC MANSION TOO

[Darke]

If you've got ScummVM you should go ahead and get LeChuck's Revenge as well. Superior to the original Monkey Island in almost every respect.

[Ozymandias]

You mean the original VGA one? hot damn, I wish I had an XBox

It's the Special Edition, which is the original VGA one + a graphically update version with voice acting, which you can switch between on the fly while playing.

[jhocking]

If you've got ScummVM you should go ahead and get LeChuck's Revenge as well. Superior to the original Monkey Island in almost every respect.

You're right that I should get it because I've never played it, but I can't imagine how it could be better to the original. Insult swordfighting was a brilliant game mechanic.

[bicostp]

If you don't have an Xbox and want to play it, Steam has the PC version for $10.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/

As far as I can tell from playing it, they didn't change the script when they made the update. The "classic" mode is more or less a perfect re-creation of the original game.

[Eris]

That was one of the things they made sure of. They wanted it to basically be the same game with better graphics and voice acting, not a reimagining of the game or whatever. Note to self: get ben to get that/ see if he has it on steam

[Ozymandias]

Which is also why you can switch between the two on the fly.

[Darke]

If you've got ScummVM you should go ahead and get LeChuck's Revenge as well. Superior to the original Monkey Island in almost every respect.

You're right that I should get it because I've never played it, but I can't imagine how it could be better to the original. Insult swordfighting was a brilliant game mechanic.

That is basically a carbon copy of what I said to someone who told me MI2 was better than the first. The puzzles get stupidly difficult and lacking in logic towards the end, but other than that the game is absolutely superb.

[Spluff]

If you've got ScummVM you should go ahead and get LeChuck's Revenge as well. Superior to the original Monkey Island in almost every respect.

LeChuck's revenge is not superior to the original. The puzzles seem to come completely unhinged from any sort of logic as the game goes on, not to mention how the plot takes a massive nose dive in the later sections. One of the worst plot twists of all time.

[Boro_Bandito]

Holy shit you can get Maniac Mansion? I mean, err, well, I already have it on my laptop, not exactly legally...

[Caleb]

I was using ScummVM to play Monkey Island and Beneath a Steel Sky on my Dreamcast a few years ago.

The Xbox Version was on sale again during the Black Friday Live sale but I think I am going to wait until I can get the PC version.