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[MinigunFiend]

Personally, self-references in games like Monkey Island do nothing but add to the humour - the particular instance that sticks in my mind is in MI3 (I think?) when you stick your head out of a hole and reappear in a scene from the original game. I laughed pretty hard at that.

[Mighty Midget]

Agree with Minigun here. With these self references it becomes sort of a meta-game which can be hilarious at times. One good example is that one mentioen above.

[Sebatianos]

Originally Posted by MinigunFiend

Personally, self-references in games like Monkey Island do nothing but add to the humour - the particular instance that sticks in my mind is in MI3 (I think?) when you stick your head out of a hole and reappear in a scene from the original game. I laughed pretty hard at that.

Well, in the case of Monky Island they acctually try to sort out the story. I mean, without LeChuck's Revenge (MI2) Monkey Island would be a great straight forward pirate adventure with a lot of humor. But that whole amusment part theme made everything so unnessesarily wierd it's a real shame that was allowed to happen (even though MI2 is still a great game). It took the series into a dead end street it's trying to escape from in a somewhat successful mannor, but so far it's still quite obvious they had no idea where and how to take the game from that point at the end of part two.

[donvercety]

Great game no doubt! I don't know about this organization ESA, but I think that these great games must be FREE do download... Thay are something like a part of the game culture a EVERGREEN if you like to put it this way. Even when the technology is so advanced these days I still enjoy to play some old classic games like this one becouse it is GREAT! :nuts:

[The Fifth Horseman]

I don't know about this organization ESA, but I think that these great games must be FREE do download...

Jeez, another one.
The fact that LucasArts has left ESA doesn't mean their games automatically become free.
Our past experience with that company dictates we are very careful when dealing with games they published, so rather than act the way we usually do, we'll have to politely ask them for their permission first. Which might take a while.

[Kryievla]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

Jeez, another one.
The fact that LucasArts has left ESA doesn't mean their games automatically become free.
Our past experience with that company dictates we are very careful when dealing with games they published, so rather than act the way we usually do, we'll have to politely ask them for their permission first. Which might take a while.

Jeez, another one of those comments.
I imagine he or she thought there were some developments since you stated over 3 years ago (03-06-2005 in this thread) that you were contacting them.

[Luchsen]

There were some developments. LucasArts was member of the ESA, and we made a deal for protection 15 years (for "common" games) to unlimited (for special games) which we consider as still valid till stated otherwise. As of May 23 2008 LucasArts left the ESA, and we haven't had a dialogue with them yet. Would be difficult anyway since the old deal went via the much more cooperative ESA.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Long story short, they didn't reply to any of our attempts to contact them. Period. Ever.

[leopat]

Just bought the new Tales of Monkey Island series. As soon as I got the info on that I had to go and buy it, because I love the series so much. The first Monkey Island I've got, eh, non-originally :embarassed: from a friend of mine. I loved it so much that I had to go and get the original game, just for the sake of having it, but that was after finishing it and getting the LeChuck's Revenge. I still have the whole series in they're original boxes, somewhere on the shelves, but I can say that this is, in my opinion, the best game in the genre ever created. And I'm talking about the LeChuck's Revenge. Never enjoyed much the newer graphics, but I love the story and the mood so much I just don't care for the terrible 3D graphics.

[arete]

I loved LeChuck's Revenge. Murray the talking skull was my favourite. That and the evil undead beard. "I'm Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate!" "You don't say..." Had it on an old 486 we bought years ago, when Pentiums were still the Next Big Thing. Maybe they'll release a compilation of all the old Monkey Island games as a tie-in to the new one.