clone2727 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Alright! Finally! Thank you God! Go look! Zombies Ate My Neighbors! Does this mean what I think it means? Well, it obviously means Loom, Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and Shadows of the Empire will be going to the Virtual Console eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Finally, I hope you're right and they keep up with this as it's ridiculous a company that loves cashing in in any way possible has taken this long to re-release their games on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp-30 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Mojo newsed! edit: But the news may not be as good as you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plamdi Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You can already play them all using SCUMMVM... with the Wiimote! Ahh, the Wii... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I just want Indy Infernal Machine on the N64... but Zombies Ate My Neighbours is a must-buy too. If it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parabolee Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yeah I just want Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures and Infernal Machine. I want all the SCUMM Games as Special Editions now! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clone2727 Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 You can already play them all using SCUMMVM... with the Wiimote! Ahh, the Wii...Sadly, Shadows of the Empire, Infernal Machine, the Star Wars NES games, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, and Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures aren't supported in ScummVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plamdi Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Star Wars NES games and Zombies Ate My Neighbors should be playable through NES/SNES emulation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Yeah well, that isn't legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagomorph01 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I've played it today for the first time on Wii today. Pretty neat game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plamdi Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Yeah well' date=' that isn't legal. [img']http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3460/iconwink.gif[/img]It's the same legality as usinbg SCUMMVM (which is also an emulator)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Not really. ROM images for cartridges are illegal (unless you somehow managed to acquire the ROM image from your own cartridge). Game data files from PC games you own are not. And ScummVM isn't an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plamdi Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Firstly, SCUMMVM is an emulator. It emulates the original SCUMM interpreter's functions (while extending them). It's not like it's just a front-end that "Runs" the game code - while that's true to a large extent, if that was all it did then there would be no interactivity (point and click, etc) as all of those functions belong in the executable file. Just like SNES9X (and other emulators) SCUMMVM is unable to use the original game save data as it it written in a different format. By the way "virtual console" games contain their own emulators written by Nintendo that allow them to run, and just like any other emulator even if you copied the save games off your original cartridges you wouldn't be able to use them. There are many ways to obtain ROMS without downloading them - you could have bought a Wii VC game, copied to your computer through the SD card and then ripped the ROM out of it. In any case, I think it's largely irrelevant how you acquired your PC copy so long as you do own the original game... BTW last time I checked SCUMMVM supports the NES version of MM (as well as console-vewrsion support for other games)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-island Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 An emulator takes a piece of binary code made for another system and emulates, often at a low level, the functions of that system in order for the code to run. ScummVM is an interpreter of the SCUMM code made by reverse engineering the original engine. It doesn't emulate another system, it reads the SCUMM resource files and displays the result to the user, just like the original EXE files did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I'd like to see the NES version of Maniac Mansion on the Virtual Console. I'd also like to see King's Quest V NES and King's Quest I SMS . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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