ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Calling ATM... Calling ATM... Come in ATM... As a massive fan of Last Crusade I'm especially happy that there's a new "bug fixed" version coming. But what bug-fixes could there be? I remember ATM's page pointing out that certain characters (like the butler at Brunwald Castle) had their "EGA" clothes on in the VGA version... Could this be what they mean? Also, what's the Tandy sound going to be like? As I've said before the FM Towns music, although technically higher quality, missed out on many tracks, so wasn't perfect. Excited! I hope it's not much more than $4.99 though! This IS an extremely old again and even I wouldn't want to pay a lot more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Five Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It seems to be a final polish and fix of the game, ensuring all in-game elements are VGA and that sound reproduction is faithful to the original. What bothers me is that they're using Tandy sound for the game, and not the CD soundtrack, but I gather that the updated audio wasn't comprehensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Is Tandy sound any good? What IS Tandy sound?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-island Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Tandy used a 3 voice sound generator. To me it doesn't sound much better than a PC speaker. I hope they've included the adlib soundtrack as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Five Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hmm, that doesn't seem particularly encouraging, I assume the usual Adlib and Windows MIDI options will be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Nah, they can't be bigging up the Tandy sounds if it isn't much better than a PC Speaker... must be something different about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Maybe there are unique digital sounds that weren't in the original Tandy soundtrack? (since Tandy can produce digital sound) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It seems to be a final polish and fix of the game, ensuring all in-game elements are VGA and that sound reproduction is faithful to the original. Where did you see that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 If it was faithful to the original why didn't they say Adlib sound? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think that's because he made that stuff up... Or maybe they mean "faithful in intent"? Basically I hope we can assume that the sound quality will be better than the VGA version (because the music itself was very good). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clone2727 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I'll post from my comments to the news post to here (edited and whatnot): What CD-ROM re-release from 1992 are they talking about? The only DOS re-release was the white label release which was identical to the floppy release. The full article says "...version of The Last Crusade isn't the CD-ROM version that was released in 1992." The FM-Towns version was released in 1990, so it can't be that one. And, it was made for Adlib, which confused me as well. That version mentioned in the adventurer would make sense. I've never seen that version around though. In conclusion and IMHO, it's either a) that mystical CD version mentioned in the Adventurer or b) something made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 That's probably where "unreleased" comes into play. This is likely a port that was fully developed back in the early 90s but canceled before release. There are a couple of examples of this documented somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Wow, really? That's even awesome-er! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Man, if that's true, that will be so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven_Q45 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Also, what's the Tandy sound going to be like? As I've said before the FM Towns music, although technically higher quality, missed out on many tracks, so wasn't perfect. Yes the track when you go to Venice isn´t complete and Venice has no music. Excited! I hope it's not much more than $4.99 though! This IS an extremely old again and even I wouldn't want to pay a lot more for it. I´d pay more!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I´d pay more!!! Shhhh! Don't tell them that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 What' wrong with encouraging further re-releases and possibly new game development in the classic adventure genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Yeah, because that's obviously what I'm secretly fighting for... Down with adventure games!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicallyInspired Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hey now, I'm not accusing you of anything of the sort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hey, don't fight... that's just what they want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 It's this lack of Monkey Island... it's driving me crazy! I can't start my evening until it arrives!!! I know as soon as I walk away it will be online... arghhh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Did anyone pick this up to compare, so that I know whether I want it over the FM-Towns version or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATMachine Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 The Steam version of LC is basically the same as the PC VGA version, but with one (!) typo fixed (which is also apparently fixed in the FM Towns version.) Also you have the option to use a graphic smoothing filter and aspect ratio correction (both are enabled by default but can be turned off), like the Entertainment Pack releases in Europe a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Haha, one typo?! Wow... So was the Tandy 1000 sound incorrect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven_Q45 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Also not FM-Towns like. Please give me short direct infos about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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