23-03-2004 16:26									#151
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No one said that.........people are amazed you haven't played it, and Skanky was trying to use humour to show his support for the game. Unfortunately you wouldn't get it if you haven't played the game.

	23-03-2004 18:03									#152
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Yeah, I guess I didn't think that one through too well.

	23-03-2004 18:15									#153
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I like pirate games, but I don't think I want to be a monkey.

	23-03-2004 18:40									#154
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me thinks GF can do this beaucoup long time.

	23-03-2004 18:48									#155
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You are a pirate wannabe, not a monkey.

	23-03-2004 18:53									#156
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Then why is it called Monkey Island?

	23-03-2004 18:58									#157
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Ghengis is this a windup? Perhaps to bring Deity a little faster.

If you want to read about as famous a game as Monkey Island, I'm sure you can find sites online.

	23-03-2004 22:28									#158
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Its a classic adventure game. Well worth a look if you like the genre and have a PC that will run it (I haven't tried since I ditched the 486)

	23-03-2004 22:36									#159
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They should run. I have MI1, MI2 and some Indy games (all ridiculously tiny) that run using the motherboard's speaker for sound.

	23-03-2004 22:51									#160
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quote: Originally posted by Doc If you want to read about as famous a game as Monkey Island, I'm sure you can find sites online.

Famous? I'm serious that I have never heard of Monkey Island. It must be a regional fad game or something.

	23-03-2004 23:08									#161
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I just played the first 5 minutes of MI2........I'm still chuckling. It's a classic series, and if you have any fondness at all for humourous adventure games you should check out the later games.

	23-03-2004 23:10									#162
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quote: Originally posted by GhengisFarb Famous? I'm serious that I have never heard of Monkey Island. It must be a regional fad game or something.

It's as famous as an adventure game could ever be.

	23-03-2004 23:13									#163
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Any idea where I could get a copy? It sounds like its old.

	23-03-2004 23:19									#164
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You're better off buying Curse of Monkey Island or Escape from Monkey Island, which are both available on the Lucas Classics label for a few pennies.

The first 2 games I'm not sure if they still sell........there was a MI/MI2 pack a while ago. It might still be for sale. If not we can sort something out.....the whole game is about 2MB.

	24-03-2004 00:21									#165
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They really should make a remake of of both of them (MI 1 & 2) with some modern - non 3D - graphics.

	24-03-2004 00:38									#166
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I never completed 'Monkey Island' or 'Monkey Island lechucks revenge' , but i got all four games on a lucasarts bundle for about £15.

Out of the four i much prefer the first two(so does my girlfriend) - the later ones seem a bit, overdone? its like the off beat humour of the first two became a bit too formulaic or something?

GhengisFarb they are worth owning - how easy they are to run on your pc will be another mater maybe, still a quick visit to the lucasarts website should help.

If you like point and click adventures in the classic sense, these games offer a good hard challange and are fun to boot

I'm still waiting for the official Pirates2 website to come up - it should be a great remake(to make up for Civ3 )

	24-03-2004 01:05									#167
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Is MI4 any good?

	24-03-2004 01:17									#168
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Curse of Monkey Island, No. 3, is outstanding--probably my favorite of the whole series. I downloaded it (shh!) and played it all the way through sans cut scenes and music, and loved it so much I went ahead and bought the game and played it again.

MI4 is good--quite long, too--but the 3-D graphics engine gets in the way too much. Some of the puzzles are ridiculously hard, too, and the plot isn't especially noteworthy. But it's certainly pretty funny, and the voice acting is very well done.

	24-03-2004 01:40									#169
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quote: Curse of Monkey Island, No. 3, is outstanding

Yep, it is
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quote: but the 3-D graphics engine gets in the way too much.

That's the reason I didn't buy it. Ahh maybe I'll give it go if I find it for 5$ or something

	24-03-2004 01:50									#170
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quote: Sorry, but if you put your name on the box, you have to expect it to be yours, and to expect the flak in your name when it flops.

Um... what does that have to do with whether Sid was involved in programming of the game? The last games he was deeply involved in programming were Gettysburg! and SimGolf which were amazing games. I'm sure if Sid gets his hands dirty in the programming, the game will be great.

quote: I didn't say Civ3 had a 3D engine

- 3D engine proven to be crap.

Hmm...... remind anyone of anything?

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	24-03-2004 01:52									#171
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quote: Then why is it called Monkey Island?

So do you assume Easter Island has Easter bunnies all over it?

quote: Famous? I'm serious that I have never heard of Monkey Island. It must be a regional fad game or something.

Yes, if you consider games like 'Ultima' and 'Warcraft' to be regional fads .

	24-03-2004 02:57									#172
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quote: Originally posted by child of Thor "Right now the team is projecting a minimum spec for the game that requires a 1GHz processor, 128MB of RAM and a GeForce 2 or equivalent" [from the IGN preview]. For Pirates! thats a bit over the top no, even for 2004? I guess my 166 wont cut it..... Still maybe they might do a console version?

Im too embarrassed to even post my PC specs here anymore, and my machine has yours beat

Actually its helped my gaming, in that its forced me to diversify. In particular it has gotten me into RPGs (Baldurs Gate) and back into wargames (Panzer General) If i had a better machine id be playing EU, and maybe even Civ3.

Still that day will come soon. QOTM and I have acquired another "smog spewing personal transportation vehicle" and so one hurdle to the new PC is down. Next hurdle, shopping for new furniture for POTM. Still with the price of a machine designed around 256 MB RAM (my target - not worth getting some rehabbed maching that cant run Windows 2000 easily) coming down steadily, it will soon be a no brainer.

	24-03-2004 03:10									#173
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Then why is it called Monkey Island? So do you assume Easter Island has Easter bunnies all over it? quote: Famous? I'm serious that I have never heard of Monkey Island. It must be a regional fad game or something. Yes, if you consider games like 'Ultima' and 'Warcraft' to be regional fads .

you mean warcraft isnt a New Jersey thing?

	24-03-2004 03:12									#174
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quote: Still with the price of a machine designed around 256 MB RAM

You might want to reconsider and get at least 512MB
(well anyway, chances are that they won't even be for sale anymore by the time you upgrade. )

	24-03-2004 03:24									#175
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quote: Originally posted by alva quote: Still with the price of a machine designed around 256 MB RAM You might want to reconsider and get at least 512MB (well anyway, chances are that they won't even be for sale anymore by the time you upgrade. )

see, thats why i dont post my specs here anymore

	24-03-2004 03:50									#176
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quote: Originally posted by GhengisFarb Then why is it called Monkey Island?

Its a secret.

	24-03-2004 04:34									#177
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Then why is it called Monkey Island? So do you assume Easter Island has Easter bunnies all over it?

They don't call it Bunny Island now do they?

	24-03-2004 04:44									#178
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui PWNED!

He already pointed out that he was referring in that comment to the new Pirates game, not Civ3.

Leave the OT debating style to the OT........here in OG we like you to read people's posts before pwning them.

	24-03-2004 04:47									#179
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Yeah it takes awhile to get used to but sometime theres actually words in the posts.

	24-03-2004 04:48									#180
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quote: Originally posted by alva Is MI4 any good?

3 and 4 are both worth getting. They are both available cheap on the 'classics' label at the moment.