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Threepwood4Life

07/08/2011, 02:41 am

from xbox360achievements.org

Activision has announced that it's set to publish the Monkey Island Special Edition Collection for release later this year, bundling The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge into one neat package with additional bonus content from the Lucasarts vault.

Both games will be available in their entirety on the retail disc, with remastered HD graphics, the remastered score, full voiceover and a hints system to help you out should you get stuck. And yes, you'll still be able to seamlessly switch between the classic and HD versions of the game at the touch of a button, and you'll still get the commentary from creators Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman on Monkey Island 2.

Both full games will come with new, newver-before-seen bonus content on the disc too, including environment and character concept art from the Special Editions and the original and re-recorded soundtracks. There'll also be storyboards and concept art from an Industrial Light & Magic animated Monkey Island movie that never saw the light of day.

Monkey Island Special Edition Collection will be flying the Jolly Roger and setting sail to retail stores on September 9th, 2011. If you can't wait that long though, you could always download the games from the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points each.

Best news ever and good to see LucasArts MI back in stores.

Tjibbbe

07/08/2011, 02:58 am

Wait, they're officially releasing the Monkey Island movie concept art and storyboards? That's pretty big news! I might just have to buy this collection...

Alex IDV

07/08/2011, 04:01 am

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/310843/monkey-island-special-edition-collection-announced/

Activision's announced the Monkey Island Special Edition Collection.

As you no doubt probably guessed, it's a collection of all the Monkey Island HD Special Editions to date.

That includes Special Editions for The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's revenge. The collection will also feature never-before-seen bonus content from the LucasArts vault.

Included in the bonus content is environment and character concept art, remastered and re-recorded soundtracks for both games, plus storyboards and concept art from an Industrial Light & Magic exploration of a Monkey Island animated movie that was never released.

To see how good the Monkey Island Special Editions look, and for a jolt of nostalgia, have a look at the Monkey Island 2 Special Edition shots compared with the original back in March.

The Monkey Island Special Edition Collection will release on September 9 for PS3, 360 and PC in Europe.

This... is very cool.

Laserschwert

07/08/2011, 04:05 am

Holy fuck, official soundtracks???? Woohoo!!!

Alexrd

07/08/2011, 04:45 am

Indeed.

Threepwood4Life

07/08/2011, 05:13 am

Don't worry to anyone whos wondering, this collection is coming out on all 3 formats, PC, 360 and PS3

Radogol

07/08/2011, 05:21 am

Activision?

Davies

07/08/2011, 07:04 am

Brilliant news. I already own both games on the PC and for the PS3 but I'll be buying this collection for both formats. That'll mean I'll have four copies of each game, so no-one can say I don't support my favourite genre.

Hopefully, if this retail release does well, then LucasArts will finally get off its bloated arse and take notice. Then maybe they'll get the gears moving towards a Monkey Island 6.

coolsome

07/08/2011, 07:11 am

Is this only on Xbox360? Cos il have to dig mine out.

Davies

07/08/2011, 07:39 am

Is this only on Xbox360? Cos il have to dig mine out.

As Threepwood4Life pointed out only a few posts above...

Don't worry to anyone whos wondering, this collection is coming out on all 3 formats, PC, 360 and PS3
:D

coolsome

07/08/2011, 07:40 am

As Threepwood4Life pointed out only a few posts above...

:D

Opps :P but YAY I wont have to hunt in my attic for my Xbox.

Alexrd

07/08/2011, 08:02 am

Activision?

LucasArts publisher in Europe.

DAISHI

07/08/2011, 08:08 am

I'm sure the official soundtracks will be professional, but the fan releases have been pretty amazing. The boys over on the mojo boards put together three or four versions that were pretty dang good.

jeeno0142

07/08/2011, 08:24 am

And there goes more of my money. :D This is awesome news. I never expected Lucasarts to put it in retail form.

Ash735

07/08/2011, 08:42 am

A chance to own Monkey Island on the PS3 with a Blu-ray case AND on PC, I have to say, if priced well, I'll be buying it twice.

Scarlet Spider

07/08/2011, 09:02 am

Really hope it's a DVD version.

Irishmile

07/08/2011, 02:17 pm

I think we all knew it would come out eventually... too bad it wasnt being released with MI3 playable on modern PC (without third party software) the PS3 and 360...

Grojak

07/08/2011, 03:24 pm

LucasArts publisher in Europe.

Wait, Activision are a subsidiary of LucasArts? Cos we still get games with LucasArts stamps on over here, so...

coolsome

07/08/2011, 04:35 pm

Maybe they will fix guybrush's hair in the first SE.

Ash735

07/08/2011, 05:18 pm

Maybe they will fix guybrush's hair in the first SE.

Or use the MI1 Guybrush who appears in MI2 during the flashback, surprised we never saw a mod for that actually.

Irishmile

07/08/2011, 06:24 pm

Maybe they will add the voice acting to the original game too.

ObiWanThreepwood

07/08/2011, 06:33 pm

Is it too optimistic for me to believe this is a positive sign for more Monkey Island in the future? Lucasarts new management has shown at least a PASSING interest in the Monkey Island franchise, so long as another publisher fronts the bill. Perhaps they'd be interested in letting Telltale publish a season 2 of Tales of Monkey Island?

Udvarnoky

07/08/2011, 08:31 pm

Wait, Activision are a subsidiary of LucasArts?

No, but Activision has a longstanding partnership with LucasArts as their distributor for European territories. I believe the agreement gives Activision a certain degree of freedom with the LEC catalog, which would explain why just about every retail release of an LEC adventure game in the past ten years wasn't enjoyed by North America - Activision can put out a Monkey Island release in the UK if they see fit, while it would be up to LucasArts itself to handle a re-release stateside.

Irishmile

07/08/2011, 10:19 pm

coolsome

07/09/2011, 03:37 am

Scarlet Spider

07/09/2011, 04:01 am

http://www.jvn.com/jeux/articles/une-compilation-monkey-island-en-magasin.html#images

You can see the box version here guys, it says that special contents(bonus) are included. :)

Wait... an animated movie? Lucasarts is really back in the Monkey business, good news for a second season of ToMI! :D

FitzoliverJ

07/09/2011, 05:33 am

Wait... an animated movie?

Nah. They considered a Monkey Island movie but it never went ahead. Allegedly some of the plans for the earlier live-action movie snuffled their way into the POTC movies.

Am I alone in thinking that this package is going to be Lucasrts' ONLY non-Star Wars activity for the near future?

"All those bozos want another Monkey Island game? Let's shove out the old ones again, that'll keep them quiet. Now, who'd win between C-3PO, Bobba Fett, and a chainsaw?"

Alex IDV

07/09/2011, 06:24 am

coolsome

07/09/2011, 06:28 am

It combines the best of both box arts.

Scarlet Spider

07/09/2011, 07:36 am

LeChuck is weird, but better than the one on the box of the second special edition. And Guybrush is pretty cool too. :)

Scarlet Spider

07/09/2011, 07:37 am

Nah. They considered a Monkey Island movie but it never went ahead. Allegedly some of the plans for the earlier live-action movie snuffled their way into the POTC movies.

Oh, yeah, THAT movie. :(

Scnew

07/09/2011, 11:24 am

How come Activision is publishing it? They don't own Lucasarts do they?

Davies

07/09/2011, 12:07 pm

How come Activision is publishing it? They don't own Lucasarts do they?

Because LucasArts don't do anything anymore. They don't make games, they don't publish games. They just absorb the lucrative royalties whilst destroying dreams.

Man, I wish I were joking. :(

Profanity

07/09/2011, 12:08 pm

How come Activision is publishing it? They don't own Lucasarts do they?

Nah, Activision only distributes Lucas Arts game.

Ash735

07/09/2011, 01:23 pm

Wow, that cover actually looks rather decent, it's like it's trying to correct the flaws of the previous Special Edition covers, and MI2 Guybrush in that pose is a lot more convincing than MI1 Guybrush was!

cheepwhistle

07/09/2011, 02:06 pm

only in europe <:(

Irishmile

07/09/2011, 03:04 pm

I have to believe it will hit the states too..... I HAVE TO!
But it is true that Europeans seem to embrace adventure games more than Americans...

coolsome

07/09/2011, 03:08 pm

Because LucasArts don't do anything anymore. They don't make games, they don't publish games. They just absorb the lucrative royalties whilst destroying dreams.

Man, I wish I were joking. :(

At lest it increses the chances of TMI 2 since all they will do is sit back and let TTG do all the work.

cheepwhistle

07/09/2011, 03:59 pm

What is lucas arts even doing now? i haven't even seen previews for a new internal game from them for a while. The only things that they are developing right now are star wars kinect and the old republic right?

corruptbiggins

07/09/2011, 04:13 pm

Scarlet Spider

07/09/2011, 04:16 pm

I'm european and I've grown up with Monkey Island. :D

It's Bioware which develops The Old Republic no? :confused:

cheepwhistle

07/09/2011, 04:20 pm

No idea. And they're not developing the Old Republic, BioWare is.

so they aren't really ultra busy then are they? Perhaps they are making another special edition

Scarlet Spider

07/09/2011, 04:23 pm

If the sales work well with this game( in a box version, that will help I think ), we can hope a second season of ToMI or a new Special Edition of Lucasarts 90' point&click, at least I hope so.

Irishmile

07/09/2011, 08:45 pm

You know times are hard when Lucasarts is not grinding out 5 Star Wars titles a year.

Scarlet Spider

07/10/2011, 02:21 am

I didn't see any Star Wars game this year(only Lego Star Wars III), and The Old Republic will be out next year. Poor Lucasarts:(

Teeth

07/10/2011, 05:11 am

I'm wondering if these'll be any different from the downloadable versions. As it's a mainstream retail release I would've thought they'll polish the games up and include some updates to the graphical mistakes and glitches, but I've got a nagging suspicion they'll just chuck them on the disc as they are...

coolsome

07/10/2011, 05:16 am

I hope they make it on the first SE that you can hear voices in classic mode.

Scarlet Spider

07/10/2011, 05:32 am

I hope they'll change Guybrush's hair in the first special edition, and add voices to the classic edition.

Alex IDV

07/10/2011, 05:43 am

Since LucasArts doesn't seem to be directly involved, I can't really see them changing around Guybrush's hair or remaking the dancing monkeys opening in MI2.

Alex IDV

07/10/2011, 06:06 am

(cross-posted from Mix 'n' Mojo)

While I really like the boxart, LeChuck looks kinda weird, and I think it's due to his pupils.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9313667/Box%20Art/MISEC%20LeChuck%20comparison.PNG

Quick and dirty edit by me. Doesn't he look much better without the pupils?

Thankfully, this is really easy to photoshop away, so I think I'll scan the box art and print out a pupil-less version of it once the game is released.

coolsome

07/10/2011, 06:49 am

The eyes don't rly bother me. I think they make him look more angry.

Alex IDV

07/10/2011, 06:52 am

To me, the one with pupils looks more "hurr durr I'm a pie rat" than a zombie pirate, but maybe that's just me.

Davies

07/10/2011, 11:29 am

Perhaps they are making another special edition

Ahhhhahahahahahahaha haha ha ha, good 'un mate.

... oh wait, you were serious!

Irishmile

07/10/2011, 11:57 am

Alexrd

07/10/2011, 02:09 pm

How come Activision is publishing it? They don't own Lucasarts do they?

Activision is LucasArts distributor in Europe. It's still a LucasArts game being published by themselves.

Because LucasArts don't do anything anymore. They don't make games, they don't publish games.

Not true. They do publish many games, and recently made and published both 'The Force Unleashed' games.

Ash735

07/10/2011, 05:22 pm

I doubt they are going to make any changes.. I would bet this is one last try to grab some cash from loyal MI fans and people who had been holding out for a physical copy... I doubt they are willing to put more manpower into that they need to.. to add things like voice to the classic version or fixing graphical errors.. Throwing art on there isn't really hard for them to do so they are doing that because they know fans that do not care if they own a disc will want that too.... so its win win for them.

Its just going to be here are the games on a disc... MONEY PLEASE.

And you know what? Its going to work I will buy it for PC and Ps3.

The sad thing is, same here! I'm annoyed at myself, I have these on Steam, Xbox Live, Playstation Network and even MI1 SE from Telltales Store and I'm STILL going to buy these just because it comes with some extras and has new artwork.

I mean, damn it, I laugh at Star Wars fans when they do this sort of thing, but here I am buying Monkey Island like 10x over! :p

coolsome

07/11/2011, 09:14 am

Will MI 1 SE have console controls like the 2nd one had cos point and click can be awkward on console. And truth be told I like being able to move Guybrush with the joystick.

Masta23

07/15/2011, 12:51 pm

Personally I don't see the point in buying them twice. I already have them on steam.

coolsome

07/15/2011, 12:56 pm

Personally I don't see the point in buying them twice. I already have them on steam.

For the extras :p Some fans are the type to buy anything with there fave series...fans like me :D

Masta23

07/15/2011, 01:14 pm

For the extras :p Some fans are the type to buy anything with there fave series...fans like me :D
well I prefer digital distribution for PC games now. The amount of games I buy, it's preferable. I already have all my xbox 360 and PS3 games lol

Guinea

07/15/2011, 11:57 pm

awesome

coolsome

07/22/2011, 06:29 pm

Play.com has Monkey Island SE collection for Pre Order. and heres the list of features it has.

Play them again for the first time with signature Special Edition features:
All new re-imagined contemporary art style presented in glorious HD detail
Renewed music score using live instruments
Complete voice over that brings the story and characters to life like never before
Scene-for-scene hot swap between special edition and classic modes
Plus, an in-game puzzle hint system keeps the puzzles fresh and fun
Includes unique all new Special Edition features:
Intuitive direct-character controls provide a more interactive gameplay experience
Interactive object highlights provide quicker clues for useful objects
Scene-for-scene Creator commentary by Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer chronicling the original development of Monkey Island 2
Plus, an in-game art viewer provides a glimpse of the fantastic artwork generated for the classic and Special Edition games
Plus, special bonus content including never-before-released "making of" materials and your own Monkey Island avatar code:
Unreleased concept art from both original and SE versions of each game
Making of webdocs and CG Trailer
Full length remastered game soundtracks
Complete director commentary with Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman
ILM animated film storyboard
Avatar codes

Irishmile

07/22/2011, 06:44 pm

If this doesn't come out stateside.. I will lose all faith in humanity..

coolsome

07/22/2011, 08:40 pm

I pre ordered it! Heres the UK cover cos the Spanish one is the most common when you look for images.

http://images2.playserver1.com/ProductImages/6/3/3/4/0/4/1/2/21404336_300x300_1.jpg

prizna

07/23/2011, 09:44 am

There shouldnt be a problem with buying the UK version for PC if it isnt released outside of Europe, since PC games have no region.

Irishmile

07/23/2011, 09:55 am

I will do that if I have to... but I was hoping for a PS3 copy as well as a PC copy...

Alex IDV

07/23/2011, 11:20 am

I can't wait~ :)

Threepwood4Life

07/24/2011, 03:32 am

and here are some snippets of the commentary vids that will feature in the collection, found them on YouTube and posted on mixnmojo

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgM2QEuR7c&feature=player_embedded

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8CH-UlVuQ&feature=player_embedded

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XayIIHQzRo&feature=player_embedded

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCuJ06Yr-98&feature=player_embedded

Merekat

08/03/2011, 05:39 am

So I'm assuming since this is a European release, this would include Australia & New Zealand as well? Since we are PAL regions as well...

And it is about time the mac users get a bit of love too.

...But other than that, I'm quite happy about it all. :D

Spooky666

08/30/2011, 04:44 pm

Monkey island Special Edition Collection for my PC and PS3, sounds awesome. But something worries me. :(

The monkey island special edition download content only had english speech, and german subtitles. I'm german. So will the retail disc version of this package finally have german speech, or only subtitles once again? That would be stupid. I mean, I own the classic versions of SOMI and Le Chucks Revenge anyway.

The HD graphics are beautiful, but thats not enough to convince me of buying that thing. I want to enjoy it, with german speech. Why should somebody rerelease a game as a remastered version/special edition, when people from foreign countries only get subtitles anyway? :eek: For me the speech seems to be the even more important reason to buy it. Even more important than the hd graphic.

Does anyone have information about that? I can't find anything. Amazon says: "Language:German"

Thats fine, but if you mean "german subtitles" i will feel cheated :mad:

Laserschwert

08/31/2011, 03:43 am

Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit wird keine deutsche Sprachausgabe dabei sein... ich habe mal bei Norman Matt (Guybrushs deutscher Stimme) nachgefragt, und er wurde jedenfalls nicht für Sprachaufnahmen angefragt.

Seltsamerweise steht auf dem deutschen Cover "Komplett in Deutsch", was aber vermutlich nur übermäßig optimistisch oder einfach falsch war.

Vainamoinen

08/31/2011, 08:54 am

Seltsamerweise steht auf dem deutschen Cover "Komplett in Deutsch", was aber vermutlich nur übermäßig optimistisch oder einfach falsch war.

All right, without Norman Matt... you know, there's a third possibility. Better not think about it. That would be like Back to the Future without Sven Hasper. :D

Spooky666

08/31/2011, 11:51 am

Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit wird keine deutsche Sprachausgabe dabei sein... ich habe mal bei Norman Matt (Guybrushs deutscher Stimme) nachgefragt, und er wurde jedenfalls nicht für Sprachaufnahmen angefragt.

Okay, dann wirds nicht gekauft. Für mich die Enttäuschung des Jahres. :mad:

Und ich habe so oft davon geträumt wie nett es wäre, MI1 und MI2 mit Sprachausgabe zu haben. Schon seit jahren.

Dummerweise gehen sehr viele davon aus, daß es mit deutscher Sprachausgabe sein wird.

Denn.........................

Seltsamerweise steht auf dem deutschen Cover "Komplett in Deutsch", was aber vermutlich nur übermäßig optimistisch oder einfach falsch war.

Die müssen schon wissen was sie tun. Für mich ist das Täuschung am Kunden.

Ich finde es schon sehr dreist wenn man da liest, daß die neue Sprachausgabe angepriesen wird, als Teil der Erneuerung der klassischen Spiele, wenn man dann letztendlich feststellt, daß man deutschen text bekommt.

# Sprachausgabe: Eine komplette Sprachausgabe von Mitgliedern des original Monkey Island-Teams bringt die Geschichte und die Charaktere zum Leben wie nie zuvor.

So wird es beworben. Für den deutschen handel. Da geht doch niemand davon aus, daß es englische Sprachausgabe ist. Das täuscht aber denjenigen massiv der nicht weiß, daß es lediglich englische Sprachausgabe ist.

Naja, ich werde zumindest erst mal die ersten Käuferrezensionen abwarten. Ich drücke mir selbst mal die Daumen daß es doch resynchronisiert wurde. Aber vorbestellen kommt da für mich nicht in Frage.

ich habe mal bei Norman Matt (Guybrushs deutscher Stimme) nachgefragt, und er wurde jedenfalls nicht für Sprachaufnahmen angefragt.

Kann auch heissen, daß der Sprecher ausgetauscht wurde, würde mir auch nicht gefallen, wäre aber (insofern man einen halbwegs vernümftigen Ersatz hat) noch halbwegs zu verkraften.

Kann aber auch heissen, daß Norman Matt längst involviert ist, und die Spannung hochhält. Okay, eher unwahrscheinlich, aber man hat schon Pferde kotzen sehn.

Ich habe mal Activision direkt angefragt, mal sehn was die meinen.

Alex IDV

08/31/2011, 12:05 pm

Could you guys please post in English? At least provide an English translation/summary of your post :)

Spooky666

08/31/2011, 12:36 pm

I will try my best. :D

Laserschwert wrote:

Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit wird keine deutsche Sprachausgabe dabei sein... ich habe mal bei Norman Matt (Guybrushs deutscher Stimme) nachgefragt, und er wurde jedenfalls nicht für Sprachaufnahmen angefragt.

Seltsamerweise steht auf dem deutschen Cover "Komplett in Deutsch", was aber vermutlich nur übermäßig optimistisch oder einfach falsch war.

I'm quite sure that there won't be any german speech for the retail version of "Monkey Island Special Edition". I asked Norman Matt (the german speaker for guybrush in curse, escape and tales) and he did not know anything about it.

Strange that you can read "complete german" on the DVD-Cover, but i think thats simply false optimism.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My answer:

Okay, dann wirds nicht gekauft. Für mich die Enttäuschung des Jahres.

Und ich habe so oft davon geträumt wie nett es wäre, MI1 und MI2 mit Sprachausgabe zu haben. Schon seit jahren.

Dummerweise gehen sehr viele davon aus, daß es mit deutscher Sprachausgabe sein wird.

Denn.........................

Okay, i won't buy it then. Thats the disappointment of the year. :mad:
I often dreamed about, how cool it would be to have MI1 and MI2 with speech. Unfortunately, most customers believe that this version will have german speech.

Cause............

# Sprachausgabe: Eine komplette Sprachausgabe von Mitgliedern des original Monkey Island-Teams bringt die Geschichte und die Charaktere zum Leben wie nie zuvor.

Speech: Complete speech pack with members from the original Monkey island Team, brings the story and characters to live, like never before

Die müssen schon wissen was sie tun. Für mich ist das Täuschung am Kunden.

Ich finde es schon sehr dreist wenn man da liest, daß die neue Sprachausgabe angepriesen wird, als Teil der Erneuerung der klassischen Spiele, wenn man dann letztendlich feststellt, daß man deutschen text bekommt. So wird es beworben. Für den deutschen handel. Da geht doch niemand davon aus, daß es englische Sprachausgabe ist. Das täuscht aber denjenigen massiv der nicht weiß, daß es lediglich englische Sprachausgabe ist.

Naja, ich werde zumindest erst mal die ersten Käuferrezensionen abwarten. Ich drücke mir selbst mal die Daumen daß es doch resynchronisiert wurde. Aber vorbestellen kommt da für mich nicht in Frage.

Thats what the advertising for german retail says. So no one who reads that, recognizes, that there is only english speech. For me thats cheating on customers.

They should know what the're doing. Its quite bold to commend a "remastered" product, commending the new speech as a part of the "remake", when customers only get sublines.

I will wait for the first reviews from customers. I will definately not preorder it. But I still really really hope to find out that it will have german speech.

Kann auch heissen, daß der Sprecher ausgetauscht wurde, würde mir auch nicht gefallen, wäre aber (insofern man einen halbwegs vernümftigen Ersatz hat) noch halbwegs zu verkraften.

Kann aber auch heissen, daß Norman Matt längst involviert ist, und die Spannung hochhält. Okay, eher unwahrscheinlich, aber man hat schon Pferde kotzen sehn.

Ich habe mal Activision direkt angefragt, mal sehn was die meinen.

That Norman Matt does't know anything about it could mean, that they changed the speaker for guybrush. I would'nt like that at all, but if they found someone good for the job it maybe could be better than nothing.

Also it could mean that Matt is already involved in the project, but he doesn't want to spoil the suspense.

Unfortunately the most probable thing seems to be, no german speech

I wrote an email to activision, hoping to get some facts

Hassat Hunter

09/04/2011, 06:13 am

Sweet. Would make up not getting LR:SE from TTG.

Let's hope they get it here too. Or have to ship it too from the UK.
Release date known?

Alex IDV

09/04/2011, 07:50 am

Sweet. Would make up not getting LR:SE from TTG.

Let's hope they get it here too. Or have to ship it too from the UK.
Release date known?

According to CDON.com, the game will be released on September 9th, aka in five days.

Threepwood4Life

09/04/2011, 12:48 pm

Well the collection is out in Europe this Friday, who will be buying on first day release? I assume most will be buying the PC version which on all sites are selling for £7.99.

Spooky666

09/04/2011, 12:52 pm

Well the collection is out in Europe this Friday, who will be buying on first day release? I assume most will be buying the PC version which on all sites are selling for £7.99.

I got an answer from Activision. Even these people don't know if there is german speech or not. They said i should ckeck that at the store. :p

So i will go to the store to check it out. If there is german speech i will buy it 2 times, for ps3 and for pc. If there is no german speech i won't buy anything.

Thats the way companies loosing their customers. :rolleyes:

The courious thing is, people from the states complain, that this is only an european release, and people in europe seem to get no speech localisation. Exept from the UK. Totally dumb.

Alex IDV

09/04/2011, 01:52 pm

Preordered the PC version today! This is so exciting! :)

Vainamoinen

09/05/2011, 08:35 am

Preordered the PC version today! This is so exciting! :)

Right, exiting it is in every case. :D

Threepwood4Life

09/07/2011, 11:06 am

Just got email from Amazon to say its dispatched, not long now :)

coolsome

09/07/2011, 11:07 am

I hope play.com will dispatch my copy so il get it in time.

ryannumber1gamer

09/07/2011, 11:21 am

hey coolsome if its not too much trouble could u do a unboxing video on youtube i really want to see wat u get in the collection! O.o

Alex IDV

09/08/2011, 06:04 am

Got my copy of it today! I have some school stuff to do before I can check it out, though :/

Teeth

09/08/2011, 07:33 am

Tell us if they're any different from the online versions, like updated or patched or whatever.

Threepwood4Life

09/08/2011, 08:36 am

Debbie82

09/08/2011, 02:18 pm

Collection just turned up, simple DVD case and Manual isn't much to run home about, for some reason the manual covers not just the PC keyboard layout but the 360 controller layout, no mention of PS3 controller and its only 8 pages.

Mixnmojos quote is on the back of the DVD case which is great news to see.

Its one installer so both SE get installed onto your hard drive and a launcher which shows you the features. Trying to get some screenshots if I can.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/392857789.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1315503020&Signature=0AW7cJcM8Fz0nDHZ7uCK0fJSCi0%3D

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/392857950.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1315503174&Signature=%2FaHEDRMGteqSFUSPGOChBcQa94g%3D

All I see are two red x's, so that means your pics may have expired. :(

Threepwood4Life

09/08/2011, 03:16 pm

All I see are two red x's, so that means your pics may have expired. :(

The pics are up on mixnmojo.

Debbie82

09/08/2011, 06:23 pm

I see them now. Thanks. :)

Aise

09/09/2011, 09:12 am

No PC version in Italy... Whyyyyyyyyy??

Vainamoinen

09/09/2011, 09:53 pm

Amazon.de has updated the product description.

Sprachausgabe: Eine komplette Sprachausgabe von Mitgliedern des original Monkey Island-Teams bringt die Geschichte und die Charaktere zum Leben wie nie zuvor. Hinweis: Das Spiel ist in englischer Sprachausgabe mit deutschen Untertiteln.

So it's just subtitles for the German folks, and the suggestion of the "original team" was nothing more than a direct translation from English.

Merekat

09/10/2011, 03:37 am

I see that there is no mac compatibility with the pc vers.

Well that's disappointing.

Alex IDV

09/10/2011, 04:15 am

Turns out quite a lot of concept art, and the complete story board for the MI film is included, and it's awesome. It takes place before Secret, and includes an un-un-dead Murray, and LeChuck as a human. Guybrush is a Mighty Fisherman by profession.

Teeth

09/10/2011, 09:23 am

Wow. I always wondered what a human Murray would be like.

*wishes he had money*

coolsome

09/10/2011, 09:26 am

Damn my slow mail man!

Spooky666

09/12/2011, 10:35 am

Hmm. Something confuses me.

http://www.weltbild.de/9/Monkey+Island+special+edition+collection.html?fc=1 00000&tt=1&ts=1

Releasedate: October 31

???

In some other german stores you can find the same thing. Now some people are saying, this could be the version with german voice over. :mad::confused:

Whatever, why don't we get some clearly information?

By the way, the PS3 Version has a bug. Everytime you shut down your PS3 you have to install the game once again. :mad:

Ash735

09/12/2011, 01:10 pm

So when it says Soundtracks, it it properly done stuff? Are they on the Disc? DAMN IT HMV WHERE IS MY COPY?

Laserschwert

09/13/2011, 01:32 am

So when it says Soundtracks, it it properly done stuff? Are they on the Disc?
Well, they aren't MP3s you can just throw on your iPod... you can actually only play them through the game's launcher (and stupidly switching to another window while it plays mutes the music). There are ways though to extract the music from the data files and convert it to whatever format you like. We're discussing this over at Mojo (http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=207860) as well.

As for "properly done", yeah, they're properly mixed, mastered and (in case of MI2's iMuse-stuff) edited.

LogicDeLuxe

09/13/2011, 03:58 am

Does it have copy protection? If so, what kind?

coolsome

09/13/2011, 04:57 am

The PS3 comes with a free Voodoo Doll for Playstation Home.

Spooky666

09/13/2011, 05:28 am

I would not buy the PS3 Version. That installation bug sucks.

coolsome

09/13/2011, 07:57 am

I would not buy the PS3 Version. That installation bug sucks.

I have the PS3 version and don't have that glitch.

ryannumber1gamer

09/13/2011, 08:11 am

wat did u get in the ps3 version? did u get any avators????

coolsome

09/13/2011, 08:30 am

wat did u get in the ps3 version? did u get any avators????

Oh Yh theres a free Voodoo Doll for PSHome. I can't find how to get the Avatars though.

Edit Damn it got the instalation glitch!!! and I cant find the free bloody avatars.

ryannumber1gamer

09/13/2011, 09:06 am

Oh Yh theres a free Voodoo Doll for PSHome. I can't find how to get the Avatars though.

Edit Damn it got the instalation glitch!!! and I cant find the free bloody avatars.

btw wat online games do u got? i got black ops mw2 little big planet and ghostbusters

coolsome

09/13/2011, 09:42 am

btw wat online games do u got? i got black ops mw2 little big planet and ghostbusters

I don't really play online games:P mainly cos Id get slaughtered hehe.

ryannumber1gamer

09/13/2011, 09:46 am

I don't really play online games:P mainly cos Id get slaughtered hehe.

XD i love playing zombies on black ops soooo wanna be friends on psn???

coolsome

09/13/2011, 09:50 am

XD i love playing zombies on black ops soooo wanna be friends on psn???

I only use Psn to buy games off the store. :p

ryannumber1gamer

09/13/2011, 10:05 am

I only use Psn to buy games off the store. :p

XD good idea! althrough i like using playstation home btw do u live in uk? or euorpe for that matter? jw

Ash735

09/17/2011, 09:29 am

Ohh, now have the soundtrack dumped to my desktop, Laserschwert I thank you and the guys in that thread, once I got the AWS file, I threw that into Audacity and was presented with all the tracks ready to dump. :P

Jenny

10/22/2011, 01:57 pm

Is this hardcopy version only being sold in Europe? Or has there been one released for the states previously?

I let my guard down for a second and they come out with something I want to buy. :p

Alex IDV

10/26/2011, 07:34 am

Is this hardcopy version only being sold in Europe? Or has there been one released for the states previously?

I let my guard down for a second and they come out with something I want to buy. :p

Yeah, this one is a Europe exclusive. PC games don't have a region lock, though, so you could always import it. It's worth it just for the soundtrack and the movie storyboards, in my opinion.

ATMachine

10/28/2011, 11:45 am

Yeah, this one is a Europe exclusive. PC games don't have a region lock, though, so you could always import it. It's worth it just for the soundtrack and the movie storyboards, in my opinion.
Yeah, I had to import it but it's really worth doing so.

prizna

11/02/2011, 04:49 am

Did the people who imported this in, just get it off eBay?

Alex IDV

11/02/2011, 05:24 am

prizna

11/02/2011, 06:17 am

While I didn't have to import it, as I live in Europe, there are other options

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monkey-Island-Special-Collection-DVD/dp/B005CLPO1C/
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=188403

Both HMV and Amazon ship internationally.

Thanks for the reply, I took a look at Amazon and after getting to checkout it said that it cant ship to Australia, but I will take a look at HMV thanks.

The Real Jaybles

06/28/2012, 07:26 am

Holy fuck, official soundtracks???? Woohoo!!!

idd, that i really gotta get my hands onto, if/when it gets released!!!

Jennifer

07/21/2012, 09:18 am

idd, that i really gotta get my hands onto, if/when it gets released!!!
The special edition collection comes with the official soundtracks, which are only playable in a program included with the bundle.

However, bgbennyboy released the Monkey Island Music Extractor (http://quick.mixnmojo.com/software/monkey-island-music-extractor) which extracts the music from the extract the music from the launcher.pak file into individual music files so you can use the digital soundtrack wherever you like. :)

Hudomonkey

08/27/2012, 03:26 am

Now all they need to do is re-release Monkey island 3 and 4