Monkey Island - The Secret of Monkey Island
 

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Review + buy link

Monkey 1
 

I think Monkey Island is the most funny Adventure Game i have never played.

I passed the time playing this game for hours and i did´nt stop laught.

It´s easy to play and the story is wonderfull.

This is a game that averyone should play.

Sorry.... I don´t write in english very well. :D

I once played a demo for Monkey Island 3. I loved the demo so much i bought Monkey Island 4 ( I dont see what u guys are getting at the 3D suits the game) I then downloaded Monkey 1&2 of u guys before u started charging for it ( Which is very reasonable.. I think) now I just hav 2 wait 2 more weeks till a frien gets Monkey3 for me . AND THEN I WOULD HAVE LPAYED EM ALL.. regretebly I got stuck and beecuase their was a vast pool of walkthrough's availeble I kinda cheated.... BUT MONKEY ISLAND ROCKS .. LUCASARTS KICK THE ****** OUT OF SIERRA!! :mrgreen:

The period that the story of monkey island is set i believe is depicted better using hand-made graphics and not 3D. Of course Monkey Island isn't exactly set in the pirate era. The real pirates of that time were a lot different than those in Monkey Island. As lucasarts says, the game is in fact inspired from the "pirates of the carribean" in the theme park of Disney. Anyway... i do not believe that 3D's should be used everywere, there are some games that need to stay 2D. If a time comes that 3D will be so good as 2D in relation to detail etc then it will be ok to use them instead of 3D.

no I didn't think 3d ruined the game
I loved the 4th game as much as the other ones
but I did not like guybrush in the third one.. it was just wrong

I do agree with stroggy, guybrush was too stupid in the 4th game. Also one of my favourite things from the first 2 games are missing from the fourth. Where is the necklace of bloodshot eyeballs, the severed navigator heads, the voodoo dolls that rip peoples limbs off and all the humouros gory violence.. it seems lucasarts went for a different market audience in the 4th then they did in the 1st and 2nd.
8) :lol:

I don't know... the best character from all monkey island games for me is... Murray the powerfull demonic scull :P

Am i the only one who is getting a faint sniff of spam?

It's a second attempt of spam on many threads already...

Monkey Island
 

This game is great. I think the whole sword battles ruled. I use to play this game all the time on my Sega CD. I think anyone who enjoys graphic adventures should play this game, it is a definate must. I actually found myself enjoying all the versions, although I will admit, I still haven't played 4. I have so many great memories of this game!
-Sean

the use of the yellow alien avatar is considered a rip seeing as you have not obtained prior permission to utilize that character. i suggest contacting the owner before using it otherwise you might find yourself in a pickle.

Im confused :huh:

Wtf?... Who was that, some security-agent or something? :blink:
And by the way, that was really an off-topic spam. :angry:

Someone's idea of a joke, surely :huh:

And that anonymous guest-spammer made me think Monkey Island 1 was available for download seeing this thread in top of list.... :w00t: :huh: :angry:
And anyway, since xndr2181 isn't making any profit by using the wolverine avatar, that guest guy is a solemn moron. :not_ok:

Void, you might like to try below. Though I can't guarantee it'll be in English....

<WAREZ SITE>

EDIT by Kosta: Sorry, its a nice site but contains warez so we can't link to it....

Sorry. They'd listed themselves as an abandonware site. :)

ehhehe, well, partially, but with offering all lucasarts games for download they are far from being that ;)

Thanks a lot, Wendy, but I ALREADY have my precious Monkey collection, and don't need to surf any other AbandonSite....well maybe except HOTU sometimes. Thanks again for bothering. :ok:

I was only thinking Monkey 1 had become finally AW and free to spread his word in the whole world..... <_< but seems like LucasArts keeps his treasures tight.

And their good games rot there for good, although they could be made open for everyone liking old games to enjoy them...

Ok...I'm going away now to click on a lot of adds B)

Coming, Freddy? :lol:

Wait for me! :P ;)

I am waiting for the day that Mucasfarts finally puts Monky Island 1&2 out as AW....my disks died on the amiga and I've been sad since.... :crazy:

Well... if you realy want it, it's not hard to get it..
There is always the option to buy it (that's the reason why we'r not offering it), or as everything else, there is the pirated verson.. and that is not an option imho.

I just broke down and bought the whole set..... :Brain:

Monkey Island series is the best ever strategy series out there!!!! Thanks to lucas arts for these fantastic games!!!
Long live the good old adventure games like, Monkey Island, Loom, Indiana Jones, Full Throttle, Day of The Tentacles, The Dig... and many, many more!!!
:ok:

The "buy it" page only has MI1&2, not 3, which "is no longer available".

Damnit, suppose I'll need to haunt eBay...

Here you can find part 3 + 4 of the MI serie..

Lucasarts Shop

Hello !

I just checked how much the game "monkey Island" would cost and was informed on the homepage of Lukasarts that the games monkey island 1 & 2 are no longer available ! So- how about offering it for download on abandonia ??

Would be great !

Thanks a lot in advance !

Martin

We'd love to give the games to the site, but must be sure of it. Who informed you?

I think he means it said that on the buying page.

Well I'm a member of their forum, and I asked strait out which games I can still buy. We'll see what they say. Hopefully they have abandoned some games.

Indeed..

But it's almost became a Prinicpal from LuvasArts...

But lets hope for it...can i play finally MI 2 :ok:

Be careful, you guys. But if Sam n Max is ABW now, I have it. Only 50 MBs. :ok: :D

Great game, and you can rest ashured we'll be very careful. Nothing illegal will be updated!!!
I'm hoping they'll say they abandoned the games,...
If the red light is on we won't put any of those games up, but if the light has turned (at least to yellow) that's a different story.

well, ok

Well this is both the question and the ansewr from the LucsaArts concerning their older games!
I guess no longer awailable means - ABANDONED!!! :Brain: :Brain: :Brain:

Does this mean I can give upload my talkie of Sam and Max? :D
I also have MI 1 and 2. :D

Sam & Max can be bought from http://www.lucasarts.com/companystore/adventure/

Monkey Island 1&2 seem to have gotten abandoned. The webstore of LucasArts has the following text at the pages of Curse and Escape: "The first two Monkey Island games, The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, are no longer available."

So I can upload MI1 and 2?

Good little monkey - come here monkey - I got a banana for you :bannana: and I guess it's time to put Monkey 1 and 2 on the site.
Fury - can you do 2?
I'll do one - OK?

Monkey madness begins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW - we do have the reviews of these games on the site right?

I have 1 and 2. The review and screens are already up. But if you want to, you can do number 1. Or should we ask Tom or Kosta first? And should we redo the screens and review?

OK - then you can do both - I'm a bit busy with translations anyway,...
But I guess you should check with Kosta - just in case.
Hats off to you Fury!

Good little abandoned monkey - come to abandonia!!!

It will!! :D Thanks for being the brave one and asking LucasArts, Seb. :D

No prob - been their regular visitor since 1996 when they renewed their homepage :angel:

Amazon.de is selling the German versions of Monkey Island 1&2 at http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...2660209-2734445

A recommendable buy for the Germans who still lack the games. It seems they'll soon become completely extinct.

Well I only saw two items in stock - and zustand vie neu and gut means that both games are in mint condition - indicating there second hand!
BTW - I just talked to Kosta and he said that we should wait a week or two, but the way things look now - it'll be up here before the end of the year!

Came across this while browsing through the web for webstores that would carry the games: The Secret of Monkey Island adaptation - MI1 in form of prose.

Well I guess THIS is the green light we were hoping to get!

Well, I will send the games to Tom then for the upload when he is done waiting. :D This is great.

These Games should in all rites be free. Lucas Arts doesn't even carry monkey island 1 or 2 in it's store anymore.

Hmmm...

Dont be to fast Sebastianos..

Not selling anymore by the official site and being abandonware are two different things....

We need really take care of that ....

Why hasn't this been done with Simon the Sorceror?

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

That is why Kosta and the admins are waiting a while first.

Indeed...and that`s very smart :ok:

It is the wisest thing to do at the moment knowing LucasArts. :ok:

We'll wait a bit, but the game is not only not for sail any more - it's unavailable - meaning that LucasArts doesn't have it any more!
It's not like any company said - hey people, we won't sell this game any more - we'll introduce a new technical term ABANDONWARE and classify this game as such and now you can put it up for downloads.
ABANDONWARE is not an official category, companies don't officialy abandone something.
It's when they stop selling the game, that the opening in the law comes into play. The law prehibits distribution of games because its copyright holder is making money by selling it. Once they stop selling it - they don't make money of it! So you're not huring anyone if you offer the game for free. It's a borderline case - and it got the term abandonware. There's no law covering this - so no law is saying it's either legal or illegal.
The term abandonware is not a jurisdictional term describing something (unlike freeware and shareware). It's just a newly forged word that means what I described earlyer. It's not illegal, but we have no rights either - we can't (as an example) sue someone for not abandoning the game... There's no law saying when a game is abandoned...

Hmm...

Changing mind Sebastianos??

you're the one that thought we had green light :blink:

??? Um, could you rephrase that, please?

I din't change my mind - I just explained some things about abandonware.
Basicaly what I said was - we're not doing anything wrong - but we can't expect to get a much clearer sign that it's OK for us to make a game awailabe then the fact that the game is not available for puchash anymore.

Ah, I see. The ghostmaster is right again. :ok:

But maybe other companies still sell it (like daughter comapny`s from Lucas)...

It can always be a trap...

Hmm, maybe Kosta or the admins should check all available selling sites just to make sure? :blink:

That's impossible...

So just wait a while and see what other site's will do with it... :angel:

Or we could .. do *cough* that.

Actually, abandonware is illegal. This is why ESA (former IDSA) has the power to force sites removing the games of its members. It may not interest most companies, but the law is pretty clear on this - just as you said, from the point of view of the legistlation, there is no such thing as abandonware, and therefore there is no "opening" in the law, either.

From the ESA website (paragraphing by me):

"U.S. Copyright laws permit making a "backup" copy of computer programs for archival purposes. However, the right to make backup copies of computer programs for archival purposes, as embodied in 17 U.S.C. Section 117(2), does not in any way authorize the owner of a copy of a video or computer game to post or download a copy of that game to or from the Internet.

Section 117(2) only gives the owner of the copy a right to make an archival copy of the actual copy that he/she legally possesses, not to make a copy of the ROM that someone else legally possesses, nor to post an archival copy of his/her original copy for distribution. Also, there is not an unfettered right to sell "backup" copies.

In fact, Section 117 is quite explicit in stating that any archival copy prepared under Section 117(2) can only be transferred to another person if, and only if: A) The original copy is also transferred, and only with the authorization of the copyright owner, and B) The transfer is part of the sale of all rights in the program."

Also from the site:

"the current availability of a game in stores is irrelevant to its copyright status. Unlike trademarks, copyrights are not considered abandoned if they are no longer enforced."

http://www.theesa.com/piracy.html

EDIT: ESA quotes are from their piracy FAQ page.

Ah, but those laws only apply in the US, in England we have similar copyright laws so abandonware is illegal but (for example) in the Netherlands it is not illegal to download abandonware (but it is illegal to supply it).

According to ESA, the matter is a bit different.

"U.S. copyrights are protected and enforceable in over 100 countries that have signed the Berne Convention, the TRIPs Agreement and/or have entered into in bilateral accords with the U.S. The Berne Convention and TRIPs Agreement set international standards for the protection of intellectual property rights."

The Netherlands have signed both the Berne Convention and the TRIPs Agreement, as have all WTO countries. This applies to at least all games by US publishers.

EDIT: List of countries that have copyright relations with the US: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf

So it is all completely illegal.
Sorry to say it guys - but this means we must shut down this site!!!
Bye - bye all abandonwere sites out there.
:bye:
:cry:

*and the curtain falls*

I didn't know about those agreements that Timpsi mentioned, maybe just the bets way to avoid trouble is to just steer clear of arseholes like the ESA.

That doesn't mean MI1 and 2 can't be put up. I think Kosta knows bout the ISDA. I doubt he would even consider the MI games if he thought it would get this site in trouble. Have faith in him. If he is considering it, then it is most likely safe. End of this discussion.

Well, since there are games on the site that are also copyrighted by an ESA member (like The Smurfs, which was done by Infogrames (Atari)), it might be that the MI games will show up on the site. That wasn't the point of the legality discussion, though.

Is there a list of games copyrighted by ESA members?

Don't think so, but you can see a list of the members at http://www.theesa.com/members.html

I don't get it.
Warner Bros. are there, but The Flight off the Amazon Queen is abandoned and free to uptain even on Scumm site.
I think these rules aren't enforced that harshly,...
While I was reading all those law sections I started wondering - copyright for software obviously isn't the same as that for songs (those automaticaly stop being enforced after a song is 25 years old, you can also make spoofs,...). Weird!

Flight of the Amazon Queen was released as freeware by the nice copyright holder which is not Warner Bros.

the US doesnt seem to abide by the treaties it signed up to (geneva convention, anyone?) so i dont think anyone is going to care about the US position on copyright outside of the US

:ot: Low blow by whoever that was.

All that cut&paste legalese from the ESA website is their spin on it, otherwise known as their "interpretation" of the law. Highlighting in bold their interpretation where it fits their agenda does not make the matter black&white, right vs. wrong, ipso facto.

I agree w/ Seb (and this is my take), that they can't be harmed monetarily since they no longer collect revenue from the sale of the game. It would be difficult for them to sue for any sort of damages either monetarily or brand/franchise defamation if the game is released unaltered.

It is a gray area, and LucasArts just shot themselves in the foot by stopping its sale -- denying them of any claim to real damages.

That's why copyright law typically includes criminal penalties as well as the potential for civil damages.

It's also worth noting that in the US in particular there is the concept of punitive damages, where money is awarded in a civil case purely to hurt the defendant, in addition to any compensation for actual damages.

I think the solution would be that someone sends a message to lucasarts, and asks them where he can buy MI1 or 2. Of couse, he must not mention abandonia.

If they say that it can't be bought, then they can't enforce copyright laws in the case abandonia has it for download, because abandonia has not caused them any financial damage, which can be the basis for a lawsuit. (that's the law in most countries in Europe) So they can say that we violated the law, but no court in Europe will deal with it.

By the way the ESA (European Space Agency) should sue the ISDA (ESA) for using the same name. :D

If they say that it can't be bought, then they can't enforce copyright laws in the case abandonia has it for download, because abandonia has not caused them any financial damage...

But you don't have to prove financial damage to enforce a claim of ownership in a court of law--you only have to prove uncontested ownership. As an example, take the late films of Charlie Chaplin, from the 1940s onwards. He never released the rights on these after their initial screenings. He wasn't making any money on them as a result, but he (and later, his estate) quickly issued injunctions against any movie theater that tried to revive them. They were only shown again after the rights finally lapsed.

Mind, I'm not saying Lucasarts would automatically do that. But any abandonware board has to ask itself this question, when they go up against a multi-billion dollar corporation that protects its own copyrights eagerly: do you feel lucky today, punk? :D

Lucas Arts are already saying it is not available. That would not make any difference at all legally. Unless we have permission from the copyright holder, it is technically illegal to offer the game for download.

Also, it could be taken as financially damaging as we have no idea what they intend to do with the game next. Maybe there is a box set of Monkey Island games coming out next christmas! If everyone has already downloaded the games from here, they would not sell as many copies! That is why it is best to wait until a game has been off the shelves for a while so you can see whether they have really stopped selling it!

Anyway Lucasarts can have the best lawyers money can buy, but they won't even come near a lawsuit in the EU, in the case they can't prove that abandonia caused them x $ damage. That should be hard to prove if the game can't be bought. So I doubt they would try.

I don't know about US laws, maybe there is no such basis for a lawsuit, and anybody can be sued without proof that he had caused financial damage.

By the way I would buy MI1 if I could, but unfortuately even as lucasarts sold it a few months ago, they only shipped it within the US and Canada.

The problem is that it wouldn't be about financial damage - it would be a criminal proceeding because a crime has been commited. That means any court in any country in the world would deal with it!

Well, it appears you don't have to wait any longer. Classic Gaming Archive seems to be the first major site to have put it up on the web... Both Monkey1 and Monkey2. :Brain:

At worst, we can slowly trail them to see if they take any heat for it.

I was reading a few different threads about monkey island. I went to 'get it' but it said 'buy it'. I thought this was strictly an abandonware site..or are there exceptions. I didn't understand all the legal stuff on this thread. So if that explained why. I am sorry but I still don't get it. :blink:

Well, it appears you don't have to wait any longer. Classic Gaming Archive seems to be the first major site to have put it up on the web... Both Monkey1 and Monkey2. :Brain:

At worst, we can slowly trail them to see if they take any heat for it. [/b][/quote]
I was just up there, and neither game is listed. Searched on both the developer, and also all adventure games for the PC.

On further inspection, I was mistaken. I did see Monkey1 and 2, but it wasn't on CGA. It was on a foreign website that isn't in English nor a language I recognize readily.

Here's the URL to the Monkey Island games on that page. I cannot vouch for what type of site it is, though it seems to be a legit Abandonware site. I wish I could read more of the site to find out what they are all about.

Modified by Omuletzu
Reason: Direct linking to warez!

There are a few games that are so good they deserve a mention on the site but they are not abandoned so they aren't offered for download. Instead there is a link to a place where you can buy them (except at the moment you can't buy Monkey Island, hence the discussion!).

It's in one of the slavic languages (check or slovakian I guess). I understand parts of it and it does seem legit, but I'd be very careful about those sites. I know of som esimilar that are completely illegal (or leaching) and they seem legit...
I'll get back to you on that one, once I'm certain!

I think Monkey Island 1 is the best game ever. It is the only game I know that really has kind of soul. One day I will tell my children to lay the books aside and play Monkey Island :)

After more than 10 years the fascination still hasn't died.

I like the other parts, but Monkey Island 1 is the best, because it's original and special.

YUP YUP he was right Ovekin Kompost has the games in english DOWNLOAD EM!!
before the nazi's take em away. http://www.jibbish.amish.kom




:adminpower:

*muhahahaha*

I got it on CD plus here's a cheat:

To win the game press: Ctrl + W
during gameplay

:help: I completed the first chapter and i assembled a crew.But when i have to get the credit from the shopkeeper I cant open the safe!I repeat the exact combition that he enters and still nothing!What should I do? :cry:

Use "open" on the safe?

Worked for me when i played it last time... say... 5 years ago ;)

Guibrush says that it`s locked.How to unlock it?

i still dont have my answer!How to unlock the safe when the shopkeeper enters combination which has few ``downs`` in it and all guybrush does is press ``up``?

You have to push and pull in order to move the handle in different directions.

Yeah...

Does it work now???

Why cant I download Monkey Island 1 here. Lucas arts says they are no longer awilable to purchase so I cant buy them anyway. :help:

Well you are right. On the site, It has MI 3-4 and The adventure collection (which doesn't include MI) for purchase, but no MI1. You could try ebay maybe. It does get sold there, but be careful of high prices.

Monkey island 1 is good game :ok: I played monkey island 1 and 2 it is excelent adventure :Brain:


NO WAREZ!!! :ranting:
-Tom

Tom :ranting: Monkey Island 1 is for free :ranting: :ranting: It is ABANDONWARE and the site is NOT WAREZ ITS FORUM here its the site removed click zde again zde and then stahuj ok and Tom for the last time is NOT WAREZ!!!!!! :ranting: :ranting: :ranting:

Admin's decision is final - Havell

You could download Monkey Island 2 from there. MI2 = Warez

Somehow I don't think he understands the meaning of abandonware or warez :P Who says its abandonware besides you. Remember abandonware is mostly illegal, its just that the companies don't mind.

The buy link goes to Monkey Island 3 not Monkey Island 1.

That or ebay has prob got some copies lying around for hopefully a decent price.

The best and funniest game ever. In my opinion better than Monkey Island 2.

i was just on the lucas-arse-site to buy it, but there they say that the first two parts - you see, the ones which are here listed as "still buyable" - are not available for buying!

Isn't that a statement like "We just abandoned it, come and distribute it!" ?

Any chances, that these 2 things will become downloadable????

PLEASE?

Not anytime soon. Not legally, anyway.

SO what happened??

What do you mean what happened?:huh: I don't think you can reasonably expect this game to become abandoned within the next five years. And probably not even then. LucasArts tends to hold on to the rights of games...

I'd love this game! Bummer i lost my floppies!

:cry:

So these games aren't available for download, and the buy link takes you to the lucas arts store which isn't selling them either. In searches requiring moderate effort I only see monkey island 1 or 2 for sale in a $125 LucasArts Archives pack. This is outrageous! (Ebay is no help either). Where are we supposed to get these games???

You can download this game... but I won't get this sites owners into trouble by posting the link here. Guess it would be removed anyway.
EDIT: How right you are.

Good luck!

Awesome game! One of the reasons that i love adventuregames so much in the dos-period.
I can also remember when "Monkey Island 2" was released. I bought it and ran home. Wanted to install the game but i couldnt.
MI2, was 20MB!!!!!

And back then, my whole HD was 20MB :(. So i had to return the game back to the store. What a bummer :(

My HD at the time was also 20MB, but I was able to install MI2, as amiga version was smaller. :D (So you had a wrong computer at the time :))

Cool game.
Have you found the "Rubber tree"?

What do you mean by the rubber tree?!? :blink:

I know a lot of stuff like that but I haven't heard of that tree...

I think he means when you're on top of the mountain (shooting the catapult) and walk to close to the far off edge. You fall down and get a Sierra like death message, but then Guybrush bounces off the rubber trees and continues the game!

Yeah, that's it. Try it out. On the mountain ( on Monkey Island) go to the left as far as you can.

Actually now it goes to Star wars: Empire at war.

Maybe consider taking away the "buy it!" link? :)

my dad got time game when it first came out, took ma and my 2 sister almost 10 yrs to finally win. But hey i was 3 when we started. Most games like this u win in 3 days and never touch again. MI is defiantly and exception to that rule.

Is there anywhere to buy this game anymore? the lucasarts store doesn't sell it anymore!

I don't know if this is the right one -
http://store.lucasarts.com/catalog/product...category_id=467

Master Mc
Monkey Island 1 is called The Secret Of Monkey Island, and it's not on the LuscasArts website. :(



James
Try eBay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-SECRET-OF-MONKEY...1QQcmdZViewItem
:ok:

:ok:
Haha, good old Gybrish Treepwood... The best part are the battles

Try it from here:

Will click on this removed link until I learn not to download warez @ NO GO means NO GO

Its very cheap there!!

It comes up a lot in monkey island 3: Guybrush has a fear of poercelan, every time you want him to touch or look at fx a vase he gets afraid of it.

Does anyone know why Guybrush Treapwood fears Poercelan?



And why cant i download the manual???????????

OHHH, yeah that is right, every time you made guybrush look at porcelain, he frooze up, and could not touch it. I dont know why he has porcelain-fobia though, maybe it is in the 4th monkey island game - i did only play that one time.

Nah, so far i know they never explained why he got that foboe :help:

Why cant I download the Manual??

Yeah, there's a problem with that.
I'm also getting an error when I try to donwload the manual :help:

Still cant download the manual......

Well, a lot of people seem to have trouble finding the game... These games aren't being sold anymore; foreign internet stores and eBay doesn't count. You can't walk into Best Buy and see Day of the Tentacle lying on the shelf in the PC games department. Why protect a game that's not even being sold; probably not even making any substantial profit. Many of us have a desire to play these games and I find it silly to stomp it because of copyright infringement. I guess waxing nostalgia is a crime. Well enough ranting... if anyone needs a copy contact me via *********************. My screen name is **********. I can help you attain every Lucasart adventure game no longer in production.
No, you cannot. Not on my watch.

And what makes you think we are going to tolerate people attempting to distribute these games illegally using our forums as their contact box?

Exactly.
We aren't.

um all the lucasarts classic games are still making a profit because lucas arts is still selling them on the classics on the website so rely it is worth protecting and realy its bretraing the people who have bought the game form the store

:sneaky:

Exactly.

Get this game it is amazing. So is the 2nd 3rd and 4th

I managed to get this and the 2nd and 3rd in a box set for like 30 euro somewhere like 3 years ago

(Still people around that try to spread warez here? Good grief!)

But by all means, financially I mean :D, get the first 3. They're worth every last coin. I'm not sure about the 4th. Except for the 'bring back Toothrot's memory' routine, I didn't laugh as hard as I did on the others. And the controls... oh dear. No.1 is the greatest, followed by No. 3 (you mean, you left a statue of solid gold unattended on an island full of pirates? Uh, er, yes...?). The 2nd was too much of another vesion of the 1st. All in my, as always, humble opinion. Beside, the end of the 2nd was lame.

I can't download the manual. I get a HTTP 404 error.

Really need to know how do you save the game? I can't keep starting over when I open the game now that I've gotten to Monkey Island.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pixie @ Nov 18 2006, 01:17 PM) [snapback]267481[/snapback]</div>I think it was F5 for all old LucasArts adventure games.

F1 as well, for those I played.

Quick question, I had no problems with it, but my friend claims that his anti-virus program is finding something corrupted with the file when he tries to download it.... any chance he's right?

Every file is virus-checked several times, including just before being put on the site.

Some antivirus software can produce false alerts, particularly when scanning DOS programs.

I just downloaded the game and am not getting any sound any idea of what i should do? I can't find anyplace to configure the sound either. I have win98 btw. Thanks

Try running it through Scummvm, downloadable through Abandonia. It is a program designed to run old adventures on "modern" systems.

Or restart your machine in DOS mode.

any chance of getting the cdrom version of the game here (the version with the graphic inventory, like the screenshots on this site?)

That depends on how large it is.

I note that the 3rd title of the saga is available on the Official Lucasart Website's Store. What about "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge"? Are them available somewhere? I can't understand why Lucasart do not render them available for sell while they keep them protected by ESA.

The status of these two is currently being discussed with LucasArts. If all goes well, you might see them for download in a few months.

This ain't the way it works. You'll understand the entire deal eventually.

i thought the coming of this year 2007 had rendered mi:1 and mi:2 abandonware, releasing them from the esa? what happened to turn time back?

Either ESA has decided to maintain an indefinite protection or Vivendi intends to re-release them in some form.
Exact details are unknown to me at the time.

what a bummer... were you guys notified of this at least? or did esa send you a nice letter, threatening to sue you out of your pants?

anyway, a rerelease would be fine; maybe they finally understood that the age of a game doesnt touch its sales-potential, as long as its a good game

anyway, keep us up to date, if you get any news on a possible re-release by vivendi!

Actualy... ESA has NEVER threatend us in any of the letters.. they actualy asked us politly to remove the contence since it was porperty of theire members.
We complied without any whining or arguing..
Ever since then we've had a good dialouge with them and keeping the tone at a good level.

Abandonias goal is primarly to NOT harm the developing companies in any way, but rather indirectly promote theire old games. Remember, WE pay for the hosting, and destribute them at NO cost to whom ever is intrested in them.

We'r only targeting games that are rare and hard to find... and above all, not beeing sold.

ok, then thats some good news.

i did not intend to badmouth esa in any way; it was just what i perceived to their usual way of work, sending out the "nice" letters.

im glad to hear that its not entirely true, maybe even not true at all. (would spoil the glorified image of lucasarts i had as a teen, when they still made adventures)

point is, developers of good games should get all the kudos they deserve, and have any right to stop any illegal distribution. im the last who's not willing to pay for good work. problem is, some of the best pieces are NOT available for regular sale... anywhere... a thing i cant understand... they wouldnt have that much of costs putting them in distribution, be it full-priced or nice-priced...

Many of them don't see any possible income from doing that either.

which leads us back to the discussion about abandonware... i know..

pity... wish LEC and the other esa member would change their minds.

anyway, thank you guys for the site, for the possibility to obtain games that are abandonware, and for keeping us up to date with news about our all-time-favourites!

I don't think they are thinking of republishing old titles as the demand won't make up to pay considering the cost you will have to pay for publishers, distribution, and retailer space. Unless they wants to come up with MI:5 which many had said that it is not possible. The games are too old to be on a retailer shelf anyway. Its close to 20 years already.

20 years is not anywhere close to 75 years of copyright protection offered by the law, mind you.

My first computer games,is the best adventure game that i've played.......vote 5,really difficult to finish,but i did it!!!!:D(without solution;))

They should release this on Steam considering it already uses DOSBOX for id Software games so it's very possible. NOT the CD version though or we wouldn't have music (it's audio music on CD).

Anyway, I'm very happy to own the original. The box art is just brilliant. I still remember when I received the game for my birthday 13 and a half years ago, together with Monkey Island 2.

Monkey Island 1+2
 

Hey when can I download these games finally?

You can not, the game is protected!

Can we finally have a question or a comment about the game itself, and not the (il)legality of its status :notrust:

A comment about the game itself? Fine. It's fun to play, the jokes and sight gags are hilarious and Lucasarts was retarded for stopping making graphic adventures.

How I Donwload This ?

Read three posts before yours...

Wouh, we may actually have a chance this could be downloadable soon...

Chance, yes. Certainity, no.

Last year we were specifically asked by LA to not host a download of this game. Some negotiations were supposedly underway, but nothing solid ever came out of them.

We'll see if we could try contacting them again and this time getting a permission.

Chances for getting any kind of permission for any LA games are pretty slim. But it doesnt hurt to ask.

of course. let's see how it goes after fifth messages them=)

I very much doubt that anyone may be able to download this game any time soon...

Does this one count for hell-freezes-over status?
 

I.E. has LucasArts officially abandoned it yet? :suspicious:

I can haz it? :idea: (sorry, too much time on www.icanhascheezburger.com)

Nope, since last year we have been contacted by LucasArts with an express request to not offer it for download.

Capitalist bastards!

I've finally reached Kosta and have all details I needed.
I'll try to contact LucasArts tomorrow, we'll see where this goes.

We may need a We're-not-Worthy smiley
 

Yay!!! Go horseman!

I love adventure games :love:

LucasArts Adventures are the best and this one is truly the best of the best :swordfight:

The monkey island series are proberly the best adventures games ever made with monkey island 2 followed by the first one being the best. I can play these games from beggining to the end with my eyes covered. I try to play them through at least ones or twice a year.

Hmm..since LucasArts left the ESA how long until we might see this game here? I've looked all over for the series to buy and can't find it anywhere. Well, eBay has it but some of the prices are ridiculous.

There were some issues with LucasArts in the past.
We didn't have much time to consider this lately, as there were far more pressing matters that took the staff's full attention.

I'll bring this to other admins' attention and we'll see where we get from there.

I've heard lots of good stuff about this series, but have never seen it up close and personal. :( Sounds like great fun!

If it's not abandonware, I'm considering purchase. One question: all I'm seeing is a Windows version for sale. Is the game Windows only, or is it DOS, and compatible with Windows?

It was originally made for DOS. I don't remember if there was a Windows version, but it's possible.

There never was a Windows version but they may have made a Windows wrapper for it which would work in Windows XP. That's what they did for DOTT. It wouldn't work in Vista though.

helo
 

hello i am new to abandonia and i was just wondering if i needed a certain number of oieces of eight to download this game because when i try it says nogo... i really want to play it. thanks

NO GO means exactly that - NO GO. You can't download it - no way, no how, no chance!!! It's not allowed because the game is protected and it would be highly illegal and unapropriate to download it.

The No Go applies to everyone. Keeps you, the downloader, straight, and the site itself in the green. One of the best things about AB. No worries about the legality of it all ... Well, almost ... :)

ok... so is there any way i can get the game? cant really find them in the stores anymore... :D

N+O+,+N+O+T+H+E+R+E=NO, NOT HERE.
Capiche?

Try google.

ok
 

ok so i got the game and got it to work with the emulator. i just wanted to know if ther was any way to save it or get to the menu screen ?

hit f5. by the way, i hope you got the nice vga version, not the crappy one

its one with an ms dos batch file, and some lec and lfl files ie. 904.LFL

well, the original:
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/672...7022tu5.th.jpghttp://img78.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

and the vga version
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1...7979ff5.th.jpghttp://img78.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

tes whatever,this game is awesome,except only had some parts than for many people can t make.
like the part when you want to buy a ship (boy that was hard for me) and...yep that will be all.
Saludos!!!!:thumbs:

Does anyone have any idea as to when this great game will become available for free download and/or become abandonware?

probably hardly will so soon but google's your friend=P

Is there also a PC version of this? Like with better graphics? I think I can remember seeing one.

The copy by lucas Arts that I bought years ago ran on windows 95 and has the manual etc on the CD..There are 2 cD's..I must say I never thought the graphics were crappy.Still don't:)

They are making a REMAKE :-)
 

its just been announced at e3:
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210601...ion-first-look

Can't wait to get my hands on it!

The Secret of Monkey Island Remake and Tales of Monkey Island
Hey guys as i'm also a fan of Monkey Island i've been searching over the forum until find the right place to put these links they are from one of the best games ever on my opinion... the Remake of "The Secret of Monkey Island" (or Monkey Island 1) seems like the remake it's done but they are selling it until this summer along of the last delivery of the saga "Legends of the Monkey Island" apparently they've(LucasArts) sold part of the Monkey island Franchise to Telltale Games We can only hope they can keep the high quality on the Fun stories that make of Monkey one of the best reasons to play games on Personal Computers. Anyway ehough chit chat here is the link with the video preview: http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland
But there's more... also the link to the more expected game for fans the remake itself of the Secret Of Monkey Island, please notice the incredible work done with the joint and mixing of the old and the remake version on the same game. I'm sure we'll love it:
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/

One of the funniest games ever. The story could easily be a script for a movie. :)

When you say "adventure game" you mean Monkey Island...simple as that. :)

Not really... When I say adventure usually the recent french and german adventure games come first to mind, then The Longest Journey, Runaway and Broken Sword, after that - Grim Fandango and Beneath A Steel Sky, and only after that Monkey Island makes an appearance.

Runaway ????

:ban?:

Hey, I didn't say which was better. I only mentioned the games that come to mind when saying (as in pronouncing) the word "adventure". Though I must admit that most of the titles I referred to individually are in fact better than the MI series. As for Runaway, I'm still waiting for the third part (Q4 2009) to come out and make a conclusive opinion.

For me Runaway is one of the ugliest adventure game of the last 10 years.
Putting it close to MI1 is an horrible mistake :no:

TotalAnarchy, I hope you have big ears, because you need to cover you head with them in shame. :perv:

Why?! Did you people even play the Runaway series? The games are decent, not extraordinary, but decent. Plus, Monkey Island is really overrated. Unless you understand this, you'll never get the "point" in modern point-and-click adventures.

Heck, I saw sites where people are boasting the return of the Adventure genre with the Tales of Monkey Island... :hihihi: Like the genre was dead in the first place. There are too many adventure games better than MI. Let's admit it, the only reason why it was and is so popular it's because it's very simple to play and directed toward the casual masses.

Could you elaborate on what exactly you mean by "very simple to play"? And when, except for cases like Myst and similar phenomenons, did "adventure games" and "masses" (compared to other genres) ever go together?

Ok, this isn't going to work. I think it's enough that we all agree:

-Monkey Island is a great series of adventure games (and I liked all of them, not only 1 and 2, or 1 and 3; all of them)
-Runaway is worse than Monkey Island (even though I think that it's still a decent game)

No need to get defensive. I really was just curious about your answers to my questions. Pity you don't seem to feel like giving them, but your call entirely, of course. :)

I love Monkey Island, but it sometimes seems to me that there is a lot of fanboyism about it. It has it's flaws. And for all that it was fun, the first two, for example, has the kind of thing that we would hate to see in a modern game (I mean, use a monkey to close a pump? What kind of "logic" is that?).

C'mon, the world has moved forward, and there were some great adventures developed after Monkey Island. And though the genre was dead, it was in the commercial sense: there still were some people making adventure games, and now more than ever with the tool there are out there.

So please, let's enjoy the good games, not only the old games.

P.D: Yes, I know this is a site about abandoned games, but not all abandoned games are old games (although they tend to be). But that a game is old doesn't necessarily means that a game is good. And it's getting on my nerves the growing number of game-snobs that says a game is good just because it's old and to try to be oh, so old skool and hardcore and shit.

I have played an adventure game where one needs to bind dynamite to a rat to open a door... and there is a certain critically acclaimed adventure game which featured a rubber ducky & an iron clamp... :doh:

Use the monkey as a wrench to turn off the pump. You never heard of a monkey-wrench? :perv:

Yes, but it is still not very logical. I mean, it's just a pun. And I know people that could rate a game 1/10 just because of that.

That puzzle is a nightmare for non english/american people :rant:

This game held a certain fun for us all when played by massive groups of people. Walk throughs are a clear killer. Meeting friends after the weekend back at school, even talking to ppl you wouldn't of previous, all just to find out how you did 1 thing.

In a time before mobile phones, waiting to meet or find that 1 person who had got further than you was as exciting as the game itself. Once told, it was always something simple and a why didn't I try that.

It was hot topic at the time and everyday was a cycle, get to school, swap finds and tips, get home and try it. Once at school you couldnt wait to be home to try it, once at home you couldn't wait to be back at school to discus the next bit.

Truely magic

I never got to play Monkey Island as a kid, in fact the first one I played was number three Curse of Monkey Island. However when I did play the first one I really enjoyed it, I had played Full Throttle another Lucas Arts game so I was ready for the humour. I have a Lets Play on Youtube Here.

On a side note I really enjoyed Runaway 2 even though it got quite talkie at the end, and am looking forward to the next part.

Great ,and funny adventure game. Played first in Amiga 500 ,in 1991.

X marks the spot (finding treasure)
 

So I've done the first two trials and I am on the third one... and I have the map so that is good... I've followed the map and go to an area enclosed but has no 'X'. So I figured I must have been mistaken and went to a walkthru... followed that... ended up in the same area, without an 'X'. Followed two more walkthrus with the same info, ended up in the same place, no 'X'.

What am I doing wrong? Did I miss talking to someone some where? Knowing the quirkiness of LucasArts is there an 'X' I need to get from someone to put on the ground to use the shovel with?

Have a look at this video and see where you went wrong...I suspect you just need to walk to the right though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytfn-...el_video_title

Watch from about 1.30...or just watch up to that part since it is only a minute and a half. And then you should see where you went wrong.

That was it... I was not going to the right... somehow I must have missed that one step... but every time? Wow... I must have started out in the wrong area or something. Anyhow... thanks!

Nostalgia. I played wonderful 1 and 2 part. I love the humor and style of this game. And who played remember this word - Touche '!:smile2:


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