Secret of Monkey Island Coming to Xbox Live

[Andy Chalk]

Secret of Monkey Island Coming to Xbox Live

The Secret of Monkey Island [http://www.lucasarts.com/] for the Xbox 360, introducing a new generation of gamers to one of the most beloved adventure franchises of all time.

The existence of The Secret of Monkey Island - Special Edition was revealed by the Xbox Live Arcade [http://www.usk.de/] title and will not get a retail release.

Originally released in 1990 for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST, The Secret of Monkey Island was one of the famous E3 [http://www.justadventure.com/articles/Engines/SCUMM/SCUMM.shtm].

Dare we hope that LucasArts is ready to acknowledging that they're tired of flogging the Star Wars horse [http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legostarwarsii/]? This may not be a brand-new, all-original addition to the Monkey Island story but it's sure a step in the right direction. Xbox owners, you're in for a treat.


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[oliveira8]

Hmm...voice in Secret... would be awesome indeed.

 

[Drakulla]

now I'll finally be able to own this game.

 

[iJosh]

This is so crazy it just might WORK !

 

[Leathersoup]

Come back Lucas Arts!! Come Back!!!

I cannot wait. I lost almost all of my Lucas Arts adventure games. All I have left is The Curse of Monkey Island...

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

I have heard so many people saying how great this game is and now I can finally play it. Will we be able to use a mouse with it?

 

[Lukeje]

May I dare to hope that this is a precusor to Monkey Island 5 being announced?

...just as long as it's not XBox exclusive... (the Wii is perfect for point and click games!)

 

[ace_of_something]

Ahhh this takes me back to when I was a kid. Great game hilarious. I don't have an Xbox though so I'll just have to be happy knowing that it is there.

 

[Alone Disciple]

Yay! Fond memories of this franchise when I was on an older IBM x486 with 6MB ram! Hopefully this will open the door for 'Loom' (another LA classic) as well.

 

[Symp4thy]

This is the best news I've heard all day. I will be buying that as soon as it comes out. Ahh the memories...

 

[Sewblon]

If this actually happens, we all have to join hands and sing to the Aether.

 

[retro himself]

Oh fucking yes! Finally, a revival! Perhaps this will stimulate other developers to make more similar adventure games. I sure fucking hope so. Though I wonder what on earth could make Lucasarts actually show some goddamned attention towards their old adventure games? Since they've been blindly avoiding any contact with any of their non-starwars related game over the past decade or so, I wonder what has made them change their mind and realize how dumb they were to just close off the franchise. A new game on the DS would be amazing. And Ron Gilbert himself has said in an interview he'd like to finish the original Monkey Island saga (since the third game wasn't made by him).

Hmm...voice in Secret... would be awesome indeed.

There's already an independent group working on that very same project and has a couple of trailers too. But they're far from done. Though you can nicely follow their progress on their site.

 

[Andy_Panthro]

I have only two extra things I'd like to see.

1. if its gonna be in HD, a PC version for me please!
2. All the other adventure games you have locked up in that Indiana Jones style vault.

 

[ThaBenMan]

I have only two extra things I'd like to see.

1. if its gonna be in HD, a PC version for me please!
2. All the other adventure games you have locked up in that Indiana Jones style vault.

I was thinking this exact same thing - how awesome would it be if they followed up with XBL releases of all their classic adventure games - Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango. I'm giddy at the thought!

 

[ima420r]

How will this work on the 360? Use an analog stick to move a pointer?? No way! If this is coming to xbla then it perhaps will come to the Wii, which has a controller that can work perfect for any p&c adventure game. Of course, rumor has it the 360 will have a motion controller of it's own soon, so maybe this game will come to xbla with a mouse substitute that works.

btw: what's with Day of the Tentacle? I played it, it wasn't that good. Zak, Maniac Mansion, Indy, Monkey... these games were sooooo much better but DotT seems to be the popular game in the adv genre of it's time.

 

[Lukeje]

I have only two extra things I'd like to see.

1. if its gonna be in HD, a PC version for me please!
2. All the other adventure games you have locked up in that Indiana Jones style vault.

I was thinking this exact same thing - how awesome would it be if they followed up with XBL releases of all their classic adventure games - Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango. I'm giddy at the thought!

...Fate of Atlantis is going to be a bonus unlockable in the new Indiana Jones game for Wii.

 

[scotth266]

Hoo boy, adventure gamers get a huge boost here. And this thing is perfect: exactly the sort of stuff the 360 arcade needs. I want to see some of the ones I missed out on...