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Thanks! It's a good time to give this another listen, too, because I've just given all tracks another pass of a better EQ curve, which makes everything sound much more natural (and hopefully more realistic), plus a few tiny fixes here and there.

Having two kids since release has kept me back from yet starting this game. Now I have an ideal way to first play it. Very cool find.

Yeah, I first played it on a 3:2-ratio laptop and was surprised how well it worked -- most games just default to widescreen. It's an impressive feature, the dynamic ratio adjustments. With that said, playing it on a 65" TV is pretty immersive in its own right.

I guessed today's (May 28, 2025) Monkey Island tune 🎵 in 2 tries. 🟥🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

I figured out Monkey Island Frantic #149 in 8 seconds after 1 attempt. 😍 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Frantic/

Oh, really? Thanks, I'll give it a try!

Well fortunately you can do this at home! Just set your screen resolution to 4:3 and this is the result! Incredible how much more it breathes, I totally understand what you mean. The game feels insanely better this way.

👕 I beat #MojoleXtremiest #1163 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 1/6 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

What I was hoping for when Return got announced, was to get another immersive world to explore. A world that I could revisit from time to time, like I do with the old games. The 16:9 ratio was actually working against that, because it focuses more on the characters, and gives less room to breath-in the atmosphere of the locations. I would really like to replay it on a tablet someday, just to get that open feeling.

I figured out Monkey Island Frantic #149 in 6 seconds after 1 attempt. And! I’m a Speedrunner Champ, as the challenge was completed in fewer than 7 seconds! 🏃 😍 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Frantic/

I couldn't name today's (May 28, 2025) Monkey Island tune! 🟥⬜🟥⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

I figured out Monkey Island Frantic #149 in 6 seconds after 1 attempt. And! I’m a Speedrunner Champ, as the challenge was completed in fewer than 7 seconds! 🏃 😍 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Frantic/

I guessed today's (May 28, 2025) Monkey Island tune 🎵 in 1 try. 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

👕 I beat #MojoleXtremiest #1163 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 1/6 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

It's really, really noticeable in most shots, but in some it's downright amazing.

Well blow me down, this really came as a surprise. Turns out Return to Monkey Island is actually rendered in 4:3 aspect ratio - the widescreen just zooms the image in! What a wild little easter egg for those wanting to play in a more classic resolution. All you have to do is set your desktop resolution to 4:3 (1600x1200, etc.) - amazing!

I dearly need to thank you so sincerely for this, man. You've done it. I completely agree that no other attempt to remaster or update the OST has succeeded; they all feel so tinny and flat. Yours is the first that absolutely upholds the heart of the original and doesn't sound cheap. Bravo - your work definitely doesn't go unnoticed. 👏

I guessed today's (May 28, 2025) Monkey Island tune 🎵 in 1 try. 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

I couldn't name today's (May 27, 2025) Monkey Island tune! ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

I figured out Monkey Island Frantic #148 in 14 seconds after 1 attempt. 😍 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Frantic/

Thank you friends, this honestly feels like we're on the right track. It's so wonderful (and quite sobering) that after so many years you're still frequenting the site to share your knowledge and understanding. Apologies if the original post wasn't clear enough - basically the link I posted hosts the MI2 OST in a soundfont I had never heard, and some YouTube videos that had uploaded those MP3s as the "official soundtrack" had comments also wondering where they came from. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrJw26Ld57s&list=PL764AD4C4DDCFD694 for example, although @Laserschwert's archived shot above does feature the tracks I'm referring to as well) As I understand from your posts then, the versions currently hosted on ScummBar are actually covers and not any particular release? Thus, the tracks hosted on ScummBar aren't able to be played in any version of Monkey Island 2 natively? Would that be correct? Again, I truly appreciate the archived shots and information. Would be wonderful to lay my brain to rest at last on this subject after several decades.

Ahhh, now I follow! Yes, you are of course correct. We actually have the Soundtracks site archived (at the very least from when it was hosted by TSB, but probably from Mojo as well) if you want it returned to the web. Here's a very early snapshot. https://web.archive.org/web/20030811084112/http://www.scummbar.com/mi2/site/

That's my version of the MI2 soundtrack (but only the version offered for download on the Scumm Bar site - the YouTube version they are linking to is a different one). I created it in the early 2000s for my website that would later become LucasArts Soundtracks. A handful of tracks came from Highland Productions and other artists, but most of them were conversions of the Highland MIDIs that I converted to MP3 using different soundfonts. Here's the earliest snapshot of the site from archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20040103014348/http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/

I guessed today's (May 27, 2025) Monkey Island tune 🎵 in 1 try. 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ https://legendofmi.com/webgames/guessthattune/

I figured out Monkey Island Frantic #148 in 6 seconds after 1 attempt. And! I’m a Speedrunner Champ, as the challenge was completed in fewer than 7 seconds! 🏃 😍 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Frantic/