ThunderPeel2001

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pc-gamer-uk/id451452510 https://www.zinio.com/gb/pc-gamer-m8389#/ Well poo to you!

I swear my Amiga version of Shinetop turning into LeChuck had a particular animation that I've never seen again. Probably just misremembering as usual!

Is it not automatically placed here? https://buildbot.scummvm.org/#/dailybuilds

👕 I beat #Mojole #149 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 6/6 💛💚🖤🖤💚 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 🖤💚💚🖤💚 🖤💚💚🖤💚 💛💚💚💛💚 💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

Well that is just fantastic! Great work!

This is why Maniac Mansion Deluxe (the fan made game) is basically the best version of MM... it blocks all the dead ends. However, even the original MM and Zak are oozing with charm. But they are, indeed, a product of their unforgiving day. (Just don't try any Infocom titles if you don't like these early LucasArts efforts!)

Curse your tricksery! Changing the rules like that! 👕 I beat #Mojole #148 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 3/6 🖤💚💚🖤🖤 🖤💚💚🖤💚 💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

Melee during the day makes me think of Kings Quest for some reason... and not in a good way.

Intriguing. I actually enjoyed that. I've always felt that Guybrush smashing open Big Whoop was where the voodoo curse began (and slowly permeated his reality the longer he stayed in those tunnels)... but there's lots of tantalising hints in MI2 (like THAT dream sequence) that open the door to so many questions. Will we discover the truth about Guybrush's parents??

Just throwing my hat into the ring of this discussion, because I agree that modern media is infantilising... but not because they have a Hollywood Ending (where everything is tied up neatly in a bow -- although that IS part of it), but because the SOLUTIONS they present to problems are overly simple. That is all.

I swear that sign is in the Amiga version...?

Wow. EGA wins again (and also UTE).

It actually works pretty well once you get past the funeral dirge

I do wonder why they didn't include it in the VGA version where it could have been given a bit more justice... Of course elTee already explored this idea... https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/Monkey-Island-From-EGA-to-VGA

I don't think at any point did Iain McCaig stop and think to himself, "well damn, that looks too much like a gauche painting... time to start over!" He used painting techniques, but I don't think he was trying to make it look specifically like an oil painting... hence me staying that you might be overstating it a bit. But I agree that he used his illustrator background when working with the limited 256 colour palette.

I think that's overstating it...

Yes, same! Remi convinced me it was #1... I'll never trust him again.

We've got official confirmation! (Apologies I shared your drawings on Twitter @Marius - I hope you don't mind!) If that wasn't enough, Ron chimed in with a canonical answer and a possible spoiler...!

I think we're going to have to agree to disagree and move on with our lives.

Score one for the VGA CD!

How could anyone debate such a thing, though? Only Purcell knows what he intended. So, I honestly don't think we are. I think the issue BaronGrackle has is that anyone could ever call the EGA graphics less photorealistic than the VGA ones. Period.

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It's true for the others, too. It's just if you're going to pick one as an example, you may as well put the most egregious one. One of these images looks more photo realistic than the other. And like say, it doesn't matter WHY (limitations of a 16 color palette, etc), or even the intention of the artist, it's just a statement of fact: One of these looks more photorealistic than the other!

If you can't agree that EGA SOMI looks less photorealistic than VGA SOMI then I think you're at an impasse with reality 🤷‍♂️ It doesn't matter the REASON why one looks more cartoony than the other, the bottom line is that one looks more cartoony than the other... (and it is still possible to look more realistic in 16 colours)

I'll just direct you to what I wrote above, and you can keep arguing with yourself: