ThunderPeel2001

This is really interesting. I wish ScummGEN had more documentation. I'm not proficient enough in C to be able to read through the source like you did, but I'm intrigued about writing something in Scumm. When I get some time I might try and teach myself some stuff. I've half-read the Scumm manual.

ScummGEN seems really lacking in documentation? How did you understand how to use it? ScummC seems far more fully featured and easier to follow.

It's weird. I remember really enjoying EMI (until at least the plot holes and Monkey Kombat at the end), and then going back to play it again months later and wondering what I was thinking the first time around. Still, it has its charms for sure.

Holy wow! Thank you mysterious collector!

That is a deep cut!

Did everyone notice that the VGHF had a higher resolution version of the Monkey 1 poster as their video background?

It was incredible...! Plus I managed to get two questions asked at the end, too

Anyone notice that The One's poster version appears to be slightly different?

I couldn't log in using my phone yesterday. I have to manually append /login to the URL 😕

Yes! Thanks! I guess I have no excuse not to write that article now :-0

It’s been a helluva long time, but I used to know WB really well. I’m probably misremembering or misinterpreting what you’re saying, but as I recall Amiga icons didn’t store colour information. They just used whatever palette was set in WB. The only way to see the intended colours for the MI1 icon was to boot WB from the original Disk 1 of MI1 (by interrupting the boot up so the game didn’t load). The designed palette has purples as I recall, instead of the default WB blue and whites. I remember sharing the original correctly coloured version after I tracked down its creator and asked him about the icon. In most places it’s displayed with the wrong colours, unfortunately. I keep meaning to track down that whole interesting saga from archive.org version of the Scumm Bar forums about MI1’s icon and getting the story behind the hidden message I found. I’ll post it as a story on Mojo one day!

Resurrecting these forums was worth it just for Laserschwert getting his has on this amazing poster. Holy cow. Please send it to him!

Wait, weird! Really? We're able to undelete files now. Surely not? That's insane! You've got a filter on your emulator that's distorting the icon a bit. If I can find the time, I'll try and show it as it would have looked in the day. I still can't quite get over this. What other deleted stuff could we find?

No. I don't really care about the logo on the USB key either. I mean the LucasArts logo changed throughout MI's history. But the rest of the changes... 👌

Damn. This I WOULD buy.

Ugh. The Ultimate Insult is a waste of paper. I like Disk 22, though. That's nice touch. A Murray skull statue would be best of all. It's all a bit hit and miss, like the people behind these things don't really understand that not one human being alive would complain that there was nothing EMI related in the box.

Meeting Ron was a life highlight, I must say. The guy is clearly super smart, but also seemingly very nice and chilled. A good combination.

Where did that background come from, I wonder? Surely not the shipped resource files? Does Aric Wilmunder have an older version stashed away somewhere?

Exciting!

I love that Ask me about LOOM badge! One day I'll share the details of the disappointment in attention to detail that was iam8bit's Grim Fandango release

Yes, that's why I didn't share a link to the scan. Even though you can't buy this poster, it's crossing over into bootleg territory. I guess should be limited to promotional materials that aren't owned by the artist.

Some kind soul shared a high quality scan of this on Facebook a while back. I don't know if it's something you'd include LS. But if it is, let me know and I'll give you a link.

Obviously this is a Lucas-focussed website, but there ARE other adventure game companies out there (I swear it's true). Maybe this could be a thread to discuss them and their works... One thing that comes to mind at the moment is this Kickstarter by a husband and wife team. I can't quite believe what they've managed to do with two people. I don't know them, but they deserve a bit of a boost I think. They even have a demo and everything. LINK TO KICKSTARTER Take a look:

How did we ever tolerate the originals?!? (J/k) They do looks tons better though!