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Monkey Island Special Edition coming to XBox Live Arcade!

Post by MusicallyInspired » Wed May 20, 2009 9:06 am

http://www.gamerbytes.com/2009/05/the_s ... and_co.php

If this happens I'm totally getting a 360 next chance I get!
Yes, it's been an awfully long time, but it appears that The Secret Of Monkey Island is coming back, and to the Xbox 360.

The German USK rating board has revealed that The Secret Of Monkey Island - Special Edition is on its way. This was the very original Monkey Island game, from all the way back in 1990. As for what makes it a Special Edition is currently unknown -- could they be re-doing the graphics? Could the game possibly have a voice cast?

The rating suggests that Activision might have some involvement in the project, but most likely this is simply Activision Europe rating the title for LucasArts, as they are the European publishing arm that LucasArts use. We can only assume this is an Xbox Live Arcade title, but there is a slim chance that this is a retail retelling of the original too.
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Post by Datadog » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:39 pm

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New graphics, new voices, new interface, new music, and the ability to switch between version in the middle of gameplay!
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Post by MusicallyInspired » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:42 pm

Screenshot!

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Though, the voices aren't really new. But that's a good thing as it's the original voice cast from Curse of Monkey Island are all reprising their roles (including the much better voice actress of Elaine than that horrible American-accented Elaine from Escape From Monkey Island)!

I'm so excited!
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Post by Tawmis » Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:32 am

Interview and see them showing off the demo - love how you can go from classic to the new version...

http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6210375/?t ... s;title;10

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Post by DeadPoolX » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:54 pm

MusicallyInspired wrote:Screenshot!

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Though, the voices aren't really new. But that's a good thing as it's the original voice cast from Curse of Monkey Island are all reprising their roles (including the much better voice actress of Elaine than that horrible American-accented Elaine from Escape From Monkey Island)!

I'm so excited!
What exactly is an "American accent." There's no such thing. Every region and practically every state has a different accent (and then it still depends on the person themselves).

It's like saying there's a "Canadian accent" and that people speak the same in BC and Newfoundland. I know that's not true. ;)
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Post by MusicallyInspired » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:24 pm

Fine. A North American accent then. :P What I mean is not a British accent.
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Post by DeadPoolX » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:33 pm

MusicallyInspired wrote:Fine. A North American accent then. :P What I mean is not a British accent.
Sorry about getting on your back. I've recently dealt with some Canadians online who're very anti-American. After that, I got a little touchy. :P
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Post by MusicallyInspired » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:42 pm

I'm not anti-American. :)
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Post by MusicallyInspired » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:39 pm

For those who weren't there or didn't know, LucasArts did a live 1-hour playthrough of the new Monkey Island Special Edition today at Justin.tv and it just ended a little while ago. I recorded most of the entire playthrough (audio only). So you can't see anything, but you can hear some of the updates. Plenty of examples of voice work and the new soundtrack as well. It's in OGG Vorbis format because it's smaller than MP3 and it's quite a long file (brought the file size down 94.7%!).

I missed the intro music and the opening. But the recording starts in the Scumm Bar while talking to Spiffy, I believe. They also switch between the Special Edition and Classic modes often so when the sound dies down and you hear the original CD-ROM version that's what that is. Enjoy. The quality is actually pretty good. If you don't know how to play OGG files then download Winamp or a plugin for Windows Media Player. The sound is also a little loud and distorted just at the beginning because I had the volume level up too high. I fixed it shortly after recording.

Monkey Island Special Edition Playthrough 52:42 long, 28.4MB

Some musical cues. Some of these aren't the only times they come up:

00:00 - Scumm Bar
06:47 - LeChuck's Theme (cutscene)
14:38 - Jail Theme (Otis) (notice that this version uses the alternate bass lead from the Adlib/MT-32 soundtrack that wasn't included in the CD-ROM version)
16:40 - Following the Shopkeeper
21:56 - The Circus
24:22 - Melee Island Map
26:24 - Voodoo Shop I love this version but my only issue is that this wouldn't sound near as threatening enough in the Monkey Island cave tunnel maze
52:02 - Stan's Used Ships

Also I missed the Loom guy's sales pitch, but the voice acting for that character was spectacularly goofy! Too bad I missed it. The shopkeeper's voice is absolutely excellent.
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Re: Monkey Island Special Edition coming to XBox Live Arcade!

Post by shellybee » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:00 pm

I should very much like to play that..LAst year i came across a copy of Escape from Monkey Island for the PS2..I picked it up for $6.00...
If one comes out for XBOX though I may have a problem because mine quit working all together last week....
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Post by DeadPoolX » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:02 pm

shellybee wrote:If one comes out for XBOX though I may have a problem because mine quit working all together last week....
The "red ring of death" or something similar?

By the way... is it just me or does "red ring of death" sound vaguely perverted? :?
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Re: Monkey Island Special Edition coming to XBox Live Arcade!

Post by shellybee » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:04 pm

It does indeed sound perverted.. :D
No I never even got the rings of death...I went to cut it on cause i was gonna pick up where i left off on Prince of Persia and it would not even come on or anything..which is a real bummer... :(
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