Monkey Island Treasure Hunting!

[joeldee]

Someone asked if WiiWare customers will have to wait until the Wii version releases to hunt ... well, you all can get started in the free demo version of the PC game right now if you're keen to get started.

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by joeldee

Someone asked if WiiWare customers will have to wait until the Wii version releases to hunt ... well, you all can get started in the free demo version of the PC game right now if you're keen to get started.

Yes, but will it still at least be on the wiiware version.

[PinkPig]

The "avatars.zip" file is corrupt for me too. I also only get the 2 maps, so I guess the third wasn't supposed to be there!

[WinterSnowblind]

Pretty easy to complete, but still pretty fun. I definitely enjoy these puzzle based things more than those racing segments from Sam & Max (which are fun until they become frustratingly hard).

The unlockables are pretty cool, but I'd definitely love to see different outfits we could unlock for Guybrush. Being able to use his MI1 and MI2 looks would be super awesome.

[The Tingler]

Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

The unlockables are pretty cool, but I'd definitely love to see different outfits we could unlock for Guybrush. Being able to use his MI1 and MI2 looks would be super awesome.

Brilliant idea! Do this Telltale!

[kruador]

Originally Posted by PinkPig

The "avatars.zip" file is corrupt for me too. I also only get the 2 maps, so I guess the third wasn't supposed to be there!

Techy bit:

It's a ZIP file stuffed inside the GZIP format. Possibly Telltale's webserver is trying to compress it (pointless, it's already compressed) but not declaring it as compressed with the appropriate HTTP header, so the browser doesn't remove the GZIP wrapper.

Rename it as avatars.zip.gz and some tools will have a better chance with it. I found 7-zip could understand it.

[LewisKerr]

I tried launching the game today for the first time since I completed it a week or two back and it just comes up with an error message :"Telltale Games has encountered a problem" etc etc... I re-downloaded the game to see if this helped but still the same problem. Any suggestions?

[PinkPig]

Originally Posted by kruador

Techy bit:

It's a ZIP file stuffed inside the GZIP format. Possibly Telltale's webserver is trying to compress it (pointless, it's already compressed) but not declaring it as compressed with the appropriate HTTP header, so the browser doesn't remove the GZIP wrapper.

Rename it as avatars.zip.gz and some tools will have a better chance with it. I found 7-zip could understand it.

Awesome, will do that! (Still a bug though)

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Fulvio75

so if i want to wait for all the episodes to be released before playing i'll miss this in the whole?

Yep. If you wait until Star Wars comes out on DVD, you can no longer go to Taco Bell and get a cup with a picture of Yoda on it which might let you win a free can of Pepsi, too. In other words, in the grand scheme of things, it's probably not a big deal if you miss the treasure hunt. It's a fun thing to do during the wait between episodes, to get psyched up, etc, and you might win something, but it's as far from an essential piece of the game as you can get.

[sidoch]

Will the fact that I live in europe affect my chance of winning prizes? The tresure hunters from the states will probaly discover the maps before me, so do I have to stay up alle night if I want to win a cool prize too?

( btw, sorry for the poor english)

[Jake]

I think you'll be fine regardless of where you live!

[der_ketzer]

Did anyone say prices?

[Ahoy De Fancypants]

I got the two prizes, and am lovin' the wallpaper. The four tarot cards just scream chapter-centric clues.

[Disease refers to C2, Scientist to C3, Victim to C4 and Transformation for C5 methinks]

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by Jake

Yep. If you wait until Star Wars comes out on DVD, you can no longer go to Taco Bell and get a cup with a picture of Yoda on it which might let you win a free can of Pepsi, too. In other words, in the grand scheme of things, it's probably not a big deal if you miss the treasure hunt. It's a fun thing to do during the wait between episodes, to get psyched up, etc, and you might win something, but it's as far from an essential piece of the game as you can get.

but still, I wont miss it if I wait to treasure hunt on the wiiware version right?

[Novotnus]

Originally Posted by sidoch

Will the fact that I live in europe affect my chance of winning prizes? The tresure hunters from the states will probaly discover the maps before me, so do I have to stay up alle night if I want to win a cool prize too?

( btw, sorry for the poor english)

It's the same time in States and here in Europe. Just that it's called 8 AM in States and 4 PM here ; )

[Duster W.]

Ha, how cool is this?!

I'm curious how this treasure hunt will play out. All this Monkey Island stuff going on right now after years of nothing...ness. I'm in geek-heaven

[Maratanos]

Originally Posted by LewisKerr

I tried launching the game today for the first time since I completed it a week or two back and it just comes up with an error message :"Telltale Games has encountered a problem" etc etc... I re-downloaded the game to see if this helped but still the same problem. Any suggestions?

Hey, you wouldn't by some freaky happenstance happen to be using a 64-bit operating system, would you?

[Crushem]

This is an Awesome addition that no one was expecting. Love the wallpaper and other prize.

As was stated earlier, it would be nice to see some really difficult ones since these were super simple. Maybe one even more complex then the second map in the game?

Either way, AWESOME!

Continuing to be my Heroes

[WinterSnowblind]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

but still, I wont miss it if I wait to treasure hunt on the wiiware version right?

Most of the stuff is wallpapers and icons, etc that wouldn't be useful on the Wii. And again, if we can win discounts and so forth, I imagine they'll only be for use on the Telltale store.

So I wouldn't think the Wii version will have this, I guess it could link your Wii account to the website.. but that seems like more effort than it's worth. It is pretty fun to solve these little puzzles, but you're not really missing much. They're very similar to one of the puzzles in the game, and took less than two minutes each.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Ahoy De Fancypants

I got the two prizes, and am lovin' the wallpaper. The four tarot cards just scream chapter-centric clues.

[Disease refers to C2, Scientist to C3, Victim to C4 and Transformation for C5 methinks]

Scientist obviously refers to DeSinge, with Disease referring to the Pox. Transformation probably refers to LeChuck's form, and Victim...perhaps Elaine? Perhaps the pirates on Flotsam? Not completely sure. But I think they mostly refer to Chapter 1 or the series as a whole, rather than pertaining to specific chapters.