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I know, AI is a controversial topic, and for many things, I'm really hesitant towards it as well. But when it comes to image restoration, it feels like it's a blessing. Will it bite me in the ass in the long run? Let's hope not! With the help of AI, I was able to reconstruct the Last Crusade box background image (a blurry desert shot, for which I never found the original source) a lot faster and cleaner than before. Furthermore, I've utilized the original promo photo of Ford and Connery, extending it ever so slightly on the right side via AI (the original photo ends pretty much where it does on the original box). Of course, there's still a lot of manual clean-up, masking and color-correction involved, so thankfully this hobby is still giving me something to do. Edit: I've included the sources I've used for the logo, a floppy scan from the LC Action Game (utilizing the same INDY logo as the Adventure Game), and the FM Towns version, for the full logo. Both found on Mobygames (scans by Servo and hoeksmas). The original box scan was provided by TomVDJ years back in this thread. The next step will be adding the marbled paper frame and building several different versions of the poster. Edit: What the hell, here goes. With the tagline rebuilt from scratch (That's "Matrix II Bold" at 45% width, by the way):

Glad I took some time to cram yesterday's Mojole inbetween getting home and having to leave again. The result was too bad to post, but it did make today's a lot easier! 👕 I beat #MojoleXtreme #533 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 1/6 💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/ BOOM, I'm a genius (don't read the Heardle thread)

👕 I beat #MojoleXtreme #533 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 1/6 💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/ But I got it in one this time 😁

Looks neat! Image upscaling/restoration feels like one of the less-controversial applications of AI-enhanced image manipulation, so I think you're good here.

Finally finished Part 2! Some spoiler-ish thoughts below: I still think the "checkpoint" save system is a garbage way of playing a tall tale, pretty much making it very difficult to play the game casually as I'm forced to do at this time of life! Every time I load the game, I need to sail into that stupid portal and watch the LeChuck scene again. Wish there was an option to just pick up directly where I left off and bypass all of that. (Plus, I lost all of my swordfighting progress after finishing the treasure trial first and then closing, which irked me!) But yeah, on the other hand... I *really* cannot stress how GOOD the music is in these games. They absolutely nailed the "Deep In The Caribbean" atmosphere that CMI/EMI had. As good as the other games' soundtracks were (the SE's, Tales, Return) I don't think they quite had the atmosphere and instrumentation down the way those other two games did, and they don't quite invoke the same "piratey, caribbean, tropical" feeling as those soundtracks, but this game brought it all back. Of the main series canon, Curse probably has the strongest atmosphere, but even then, I think SeMI (if that's really what we're calling it!) has topped it. I don't think I've ever been as enriched in Melee Island's visuals as I have here. Everything from the ambient sound effects, the fog, the birds, it really feels like a living, breathing world where the other games, even at their height, still felt like you were playing a game. I'm just gonna say it. This is the real MI1 Special Edition. 😎 Really hope they get the chance to do this with MI2's storyline down the line as well. It's difficult to gauge at this point if this tall tale is finding an audience or not, and if the typical SoT player / MI player really does cross over as much as they're hoping.

NAH Monkey Island Heardle #350 🔇🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 #MonkeyIslandHeardle

👕 I beat #MojoleXtreme #533 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 2/6 🖤💛🖤🖤🖤💛 💚💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/