Monkey Island 1: Special Edition?

grimm2005

Rumours are goin around that Lucasarts are re-releasing MI1 on Xbox 360 through arcade:

http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1893

If this is true (which i hope it is) i'd buy it in a heartbeat. Not sure how the controls would work though. the "special edition" tag is also quite intruiging. Could it new puzzles or an HD upgrade?

Overheal

Ive got termites in me leg just fathoming it.

Stephen

Now if they'd let me connect a wireless mouse to the 360 this would be perfect...

Maximilian

Guybrush: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Carpenter: A woodchuck would chuck no amount of wood since a woodchuck can’t chuck wood.
Guybrush: But if a woodchuck could chuck and would chuck some amount of wood, what amount of wood would a woodchuck chuck?
Carpenter: Even if a woodchuck could chuck wood and even if a woodchuck would chuck wood, should a woodchuck chuck wood?
Guybrush: A woodchuck should chuck wood if a woodchuck could chuck wood, as long as a woodchuck would chuck wood.

Oh the memories.

Leprachaun

:O

MONKEY ISLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Ahem... Seriously if this happens,I'll cream pie everywhere.

Grayditch

I like playing it on the DS when I'm in work, but I dont think I'd sit down at a console and do it.

Creamy Goodness

hmm is this the reason i may have to break my ban on buying an xbox?

it's a ****ing good reason to tbh.

grimm2005

Ok, this is sort of amazing. Not only is Lucasarts releasing MI1 Special Edition for both PC and 360 with updated music, graphics and voice work (http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/) but LA and Telltale games are working together to bring monthly MI episodes called Tales of Monkey Island starting July (http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland).

Now i havn't been much of a fan of telltales episodic stuff so far but new monkey island can only be a good thing

milly4ever

grimm2005 wrote: »

Ok, this is sort of amazing. Not only is Lucasarts releasing MI1 Special Edition for both PC and 360 with updated music, graphics and voice work (http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/) but LA and Telltale games are working together to bring monthly MI episodes called Tales of Monkey Island starting July (http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland).

Now i havn't been much of a fan of telltales episodic stuff so far but new monkey island can only be a good thing

this is great news! i will order it as soon as i find out how!

ElBarco

Oh yes. I remember having a weird problem playing this back in that where a certain green colour the game used crashed my pc. Oh the memories...

Stephen

Just watched the video on lucasarts.com. WANT.

grimm2005

just looked at the video myself. looks like its being really well done aswell, giving a fresh look to the game while not making it look horribly different from the original. Love that dominic armato is back to do the voice of guybrush (don't think these guys will be happy though: http://speechproject.mixnmojo.com/)

Hopefully if this is and the tales episodes are a success it might actually prompt LA to go back to their adventure roots rather than keep pumping out sh!te sw games (or hopefully, at the very least release an SE for MI2)

Antar Bolaeisk

For the PC and everything! Brilliant.

Never got to play these when they were first released so will definitely be buying them considering Monkey Islands near legendary stature.

I have never ever ever felt as giddy or excited over anything before. This looks amazing. I cannot wait to hear the Cannibals I really really like the fact you can move between the new version and the old version seemlessly, plus the new version seems a lot cleaner since the "Push, Open, etc etc" is being replaced.

Want.

Want now.

CiaranC

I wish they would just leave the classics alone

Antar Bolaeisk

Apparently they are as the game allows you to seamlessly swap between the classic look and the updated version (see some of the posts above, including the one directly above , and the website)

Mr E

Some pics of the game are up on Kotaku.
It compares the new screens with the original screens so you can see what they've done.

http://kotaku.com/5274117/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition-in-pictures/gallery