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ScummVM

  • 23-09-2010 12:05pm
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I've played a few old classics with ScummVM and they run really nicely on Linux. However, I can't figure out either the technical or legal aspects of getting Monkey Island to run on it.
    I used to have it on the Amiga way back when so technically I kind of own a licence to it. I don't have the disks any more but even if I did I don't understand how I would get the data files from them to use in Scumm.

    I assume there must be some licencing issue with the CMI games or they'd be available directly from the ScummVM site. I also know that it is possible to play CMI with Scumm but can't figure out how.


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    You owned a license to use the game on the Amiga. Any other platform requires a license for that platform to use it on.


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    So are there licences avaialble for playing it on linux and if so who sells them?


  • #4
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Not necessarily, no. If the game was ever released formally on Linux, then that's the licensed version.


  • #5
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    You should be able to pick up a PC version CD on ebay cheap enough.


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