LucasArts to make curse special edition?

[coolguy721]

lucasarts should remake escape and have Alexandra Boyd voice Elaine to fit the rest of the games.

[doodo!]

Originally Posted by hamza721

lucasarts should remake escape and have Alexandra Boyd voice Elaine to fit the rest of the games.

We made a thread about this a little while back. I don't know where it's currently at.

[jannar85]

They should not only remake MI4. They should make it all over again.

[GuybrushWilco]

I don't see how CMI could be improved with a special edition. Also, you can turn your Indiana Jones into Guybrush in Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine

[Hayden]

Originally Posted by GuybrushWilco

I don't see how CMI could be improved with a special edition.

Well, actually, there is room for improvement, as we have discussed over in this thread.

I don't wanna come across as a control freak, but guys, can we please keep all discussion to the thread in the link, rather than have it spread across three threads?

[ryannumber1gamer]

if they do make it i wonder will they put the missing song that got cut i think it was called plank of love

[TomPravetz]

Originally Posted by jannar85

They should not only remake MI4. They should make it all over again.

EfMI:SE

*opening cutscene*
GB: Hi! I'm Guybrush Threepwood, and I want to be a pirate!
EM: Guybrush!
LC: Threepwood!
JJJ: I don't exist. Carry on.
HT: I'm a crazy lunatic! Pineapples!
GB: Papapishu!
*closing cutscene*
*credits*

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by TomPravetz

EfMI:SE

*opening cutscene*
GB: Hi! I'm Guybrush Threepwood, and I want to be a pirate!
EM: Guybrush!
LC: Threepwood!
JJJ: I don't exist. Carry on.
HT: I'm a crazy lunatic! Pineapples!
GB: Papapishu!
*closing cutscene*
*credits*

Wheres Ozzie Mandrill?

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Wheres Ozzie Mandrill?

And what's J. Jonah Jameson doing in Monkey Island?

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Ribs

And what's J. Jonah Jameson doing in Monkey Island?

I NEED PICTURES, THREEPWOOD. PICTURES OF SPIDER-MONKEY!

[TomPravetz]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Wheres Ozzie Mandrill?

Australia. Where he belongs!

[scutheotaku]

Originally Posted by jannar85

MI1:SE
MI2:SE

and then hopefully
CMI:HD Extended version* :P

*widescreen

Of course, that would mean they would rescan and paint more on the backgrounds, and walkable areas and stuff. But still, that would be awesome. And higher quality on speech and music, maybe..

Actually, when I think of it, I wouldn't mind paying full price for that.

Oh, and Ron Gilbert's Monkey Island 3 would be more awesome...

While it may be more work for CMI, they basically redrew everything for the first two SEs, so why not CMI?

I really really hope they do this...While in a way the game has aged pretty well, the resolution is killing me...

[Leplaya]

I said it once before and I will say it again. Curse of monkey island is great as it is, and it doesn't need to be remade. Do you really want to see updated versions of something that looks like it was updated? Heck no!

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Leplaya

I said it once before and I will say it again. Curse of monkey island is great as it is, and it doesn't need to be remade. Do you really want to see updated versions of something that looks like it was updated? Heck no!

If they make it like the first 2 SE's you can switch back so then everyone wins. Plus I want to play it on full screen agian.

[scutheotaku]

Originally Posted by Leplaya

I said it once before and I will say it again. Curse of monkey island is great as it is, and it doesn't need to be remade. Do you really want to see updated versions of something that looks like it was updated? Heck no!

The key is a higher resolution and better compatibility. CMI looks great at the native resolution (640x480) - but no one works at anything close to that resolution anymore, and it looks pretty bad stretched out. It would be absolutely amazing to have CMI with high resolution graphics, higher quality audio (though this should really only happen for the music since the voices are good as they are), etc...

On top of that, this would also make it available on consoles and mobile platforms (along with native support on modern operating systems), and would bring in a whole new generation of Monkey Island lovers. I realize that the first to SEs may have already done this, but imo CMI is the most visually attractive entry in the series which makes it the most likely to bring in today's very visual-oriented gamers.

[Lucoshi]

i have the original but lecgdi.dll got an error! the YUSetDIBitsToDeviceError: 87

[scutheotaku]

Originally Posted by Lucoshi

i have the original but lecgdi.dll got an error! the YUSetDIBitsToDeviceError: 87

I'm not sure about that specific error, but try ScummVM - it'll let you play CMI (and most other SCUMM games) on newer computers without much issue.

http://www.scummvm.org/

[Grojak]

Originally Posted by scutheotaku

I'm not sure about that specific error, but try ScummVM - it'll let you play CMI (and most other SCUMM games) on newer computers without much issue.

http://www.scummvm.org/

That's true, but ScummVM doesn't like the disc change in CMI, causing the game to crash, or the cut-scene for part 3 to have to be skipped.

Though you are right ScummVM is the way to go, just thought I'd also add, that you need to copy the files from your CMI CD's into a set file on your computer and run it from there (on ScummVM) this fixes the game completely. You need all the files from Disc 1 and only the files on Disc 2 that aren't included on Disc 1 or have 2 in there name. I suck at explaining, but there is a full explanation of how to do it online.

Hope that helps.

[Alex IDV]

Originally Posted by Grojak

I suck at explaining.

Okay

The Curse of Monkey Island on ScummVM in 12 simple steps (Windows)
A simple guide by Alex IDV

1. Create a folder called "The Curse of Monkey Island".
2. Put CD 1 in your disc drive.
3. Copy the following from the CD to your "The Curse of Monkey Island" folder:
   • COMI.LA0
   • COMI.LA1
   • The folder "RESOURCE"
4. Put CD 2 in your disc drive.
5. Copy the following from the CD to your "The Curse of Monkey Island" folder:
   • COMI.LA2
   • The folder "RESOURCE".
6. Windows will ask you if you want to merge the "RESOURCE" folders. Say yes.
7. Launch ScummVM. (the latest version can be found here: http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/)
8. Click "Add game...".
9. Navigate to your "The Curse of Monkey Island" folder.
10. Click "Choose".
11. Click "OK".
12. Choose "The Curse of Monkey Island" in your ScummVM game list, and click "Start game".

[cheepwhistle]

Escape from monkey island total change is never going to happen. A special edition with the new Elaine (or technically older) voice is much more likely