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  1. A major pain in the ass -- had to write a server-side script, guessing how theirs work -- but I got a lot of it assembled: https://scummbar.com/remirip/ Still needs a couple of more additions, but will probably put it on a Mojo subdomain when it's ready.
    6 points
  2. First and most important: hello there! I didn't add any personal opinion in my Reddit post about the date that I've found in RtMI web page. It's just a date mentioned is some JSON code and I had no information on how that field is used by Devolver Digital, so it didn't feel right to feed any crazy theory to those nice people in the subreddit. Here is different, of course, and there is no ethical conundrum in using Mojo users as guinea pigs for a social experiment, especially considering that some of you have already taken, spontaneously and sadly, the unhealthy path that leads to deranged speculations. So, let me add some more information on those dates and my opinion, which is: that is not the release date of the game and even the month might well be incorrect. For already released games, that field consistently contains their release date, assuming that the sample of games that I've checked was random enough. For upcoming games, that field always contain a date set in the future, except for the game "Terra Nil", where the date is set to the 1st of June 2022, and "Wizard with a Gun", that has a date of 1st of August 2022. All future dates show the first day of a month. One question that would actually provide some useful information is if already released games showed at least the correct month in that field before being released. According to a quick check on Archive.org, the answer is "no". For example, "Card Shard" has been released in June and before its release the date in that field was the 1st of April. "Trek to Yomi" has been released in May and the date before its release was the 1st of March. "Cult of the Lamb" has been released just a few days ago and the date before its release was the 1st of May. Here is my take: when the page of a game is created by Devolver Digital, they mention some very vague intended period in that field. When that date passes and the game is not already out, they don't even bother to update that field, suggesting that this is not a reliable field to consider to make sound predictions. So, was this investigation good for nothing? Absolutely not! You have to consider the positive relational outcomes of unwillingly sending people (or even Mojo users) on a wild goose chase. During their naive attempts of making sense of completely garbage data, they enjoy making predictions and they interact witch each other reinforcing their social bonds... which takes me back nicely to the beginning of this post: hello there!
    5 points
  3. Not so fast! This could also mean "in vent or Y". Interesting. Another puzzle. What could it mean?
    4 points
  4. πŸ‘• I beat #Mojole #145 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 5/6 πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ’›πŸ’›πŸ–€ πŸ’›πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€ πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ’›πŸ–€πŸ’› πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ’› πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/
    3 points
  5. I know, it really isn’t much… but could this on the website be the inventory β€œicon” in the final game? πŸ€”
    3 points
  6. ACTUALLY, it's "invent ORY". And "ORY" is the IATA airport code for the Orly Airport in Paris. So, Return to Monkey Island is obviously about inventing aircrafts in the 1600s. Sorry for all the spoilers.
    2 points
  7. It's actually "Invent or... Y [why]?". It's a popular motto among game developers and artists in general that summarizes the existential doubts that arise during the creative process, especially during creative blocks or after fiascoes. The motto is often visually associated to a bindle, that symbolizes the temptation of abandoning the social profession to embrace a more frugal and secluded life.
    2 points
  8. I don't know the answer, but the name of the file of that image is "inventory": returntomonkeyisland.com/_next/static/media/inventory-v2.940bb3ff.png
    2 points
  9. The Ben and Dan games are really just a bunch of references to other games, so you guys must have been referencing the Return to Monkey Island inventory icon a decade ago.
    2 points
  10. There's no way they'd rip off classic adventure games Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please!, so it can't be their inventory icon.
    2 points
  11. You mean that icon that's printed over the the straw that people are grasping at ... ? 🀨
    2 points
  12. Fingers crossed the month is at least right.
    2 points
  13. couple fun facts, just for the heck of it: All versions of Maniac Mansion past the first Apple II/C64 version are technically censored. At the ending where Fred tells Dave "don't be a tuna head", in the first version Fred tells Dave "don't be an ****." (IIRC the swear in question was 'asshole'). That surprised the crap out of me when I first played it. The keypad for the steel door looks like it was removed in the NES versions but it was actually made small and transparent. It's hard to find, but possible - and, yes - entering the wrong key code does blow the house up. In the NES versions you can enter 0000 for the code on the lab door, skipping the arcade section. I use that when I feel like playing Maniac Mansion so I can do a play through of around 5 minutes - making the game a fun diversion at times when I get bored.
    2 points
  14. You basically mean the highest value games for boxed versions on ebay?
    1 point
  15. Then they should definitely rename the game "Detour to Monkey Island". Practically a prequel to Kerbal Space Program. I like your theory. It feels so nice when every piece of the puzzle goes into place so seamlessly.
    1 point
  16. Even if just for that sentence: thanks for joining these forums! πŸ‘ŒπŸ˜Š Welcome!
    1 point
  17. Less than 24 hours until MIM strikes again! Probably on Dave's channel this time ... 😘 Not many months left. It won't be September 1st of course, because Ron is at Pax West from Sept 2nd to 5th. Not much sense in marketing an already released game.
    1 point
  18. I feel like I remember one of the original developers (Tim? Dave?) saying that they chose to include the earliest possible release for each language, for maximum retro effect, yes. I have no idea where I may have seen that, though… And yeah, looking at the keyboard, that computer in Ed's room is probably meant to be a C64! Yes. I wonder if it's as badly cracked as the English V2 version that's sold on GOG (i.e. it breaks some other puzzles along the way). When I was a kid and I was playing DOTT, using Ed's computer really freaked me out. My nice funny game was suddenly replaced by something really ugly, I thought it was a virus or something! And I had no idea how to quit that, so I Ctrl-Alt-Del and never triggered this action again, for years!
    1 point
  19. Yes, this kills the 1st theory for me. Cult of the Lamb probably had the correct date because its date was actually announced, during the devolver showcase.
    1 point
  20. Same, @BillyCheers πŸ‘• I beat #Mojole #145 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 3/6 πŸ’›πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ’š πŸ’šπŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ’›πŸ’š πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/
    1 point
  21. Has anyone else found the easter egg remi snuck into this yet?
    1 point
  22. A quick look suggests that they default to 1st of the (presumed) release month: "Skate Story","date":"2023-04-01T12:00:00.000Z" "date_override":"Coming 2023" "Reigns: Three Kingdoms","date":"2022-12-01T07:00:00.000Z" "date_override":"Coming 2022" Unless both of those games will release on the 1st of their respective months, too.
    1 point
  23. I hear 25% of the games original dialog is down there...
    1 point
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