Monkey Island
Recently downloaded and completed Monkey Islands 1 and 2 off of the xbox marketplace. Enjoyed revisiting the old jokes and puzzles but with shiny new graphics and all....

but its just not the same as when i was on my Atari for hours, scouring computer mags for "tips" on how best to use my rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle et all.


they dont make action adventure games like they used to, and the internet has killed off puzzle solving
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:41, 27 replies)

those games were fucking brilliant
I recently did the same on the PC.

I can recommend giving the new Tales of Monkey Island a go. They were better than Monkey Island 3 and 4 I reckon.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:55, closed)

i want to
but i cant install games on my work laptop :-(
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:11, closed)

I can't recommend Benoit Sokal's Siberia enough
It's undoubtedly one of the finest adventure games of the last decade, and it's hauntingly beautiful and atmospheric to boot. You can probably pick it up for a fiver.
( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:58, closed)

beneath a steel sky was excellent
so was Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle and even that ww2 one where you start on a submarine and theres like some munster killing everyone and saying "cthulu" and that
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:09, closed)

What is this WW2 one? Sounds intruiging. Cthulhu*

( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:26, closed)

prisoner of ice
call of cthulhu


great game
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:43, closed)

The Dig
On Steam right now for £2.99, utter classic
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:09, closed)

another brilliant game
main guy was voiced by the T-1000 as well dontchaknow
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:11, closed)

:)
Twas a film that never was that was (try saying that 7 times), some of the best pointy-clicky I ever did that was.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:13, closed)

Press "Select"
changes the new versions into the Amiga version instantly.

Enjoy :D
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:09, closed)

haha i know
but using a pad just isnt the same....

i know i cant go back to it properly, just miss those days
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:10, closed)

Is the PS3 version mouse compatible
If it was that would be amazing :)

I've got a version of the SCUMM emulator with a few oldies on it somewhere, loads of the old Lucasarts classics running on the PSP :D
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:11, closed)

i had this a while back
got beneath a steel sky and finished it (i had only ever played the demo!).
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:13, closed)

Missed that the 1st time around
Must give it a go :)
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:14, closed)

anyone think of more classic adventure games?
ive tried searching but my brain has been washed with too much alcohols
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:15, closed)

The Indiana Jones ones.....
Full Throttle :D
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:17, closed)

full throttle
i youtubed the start to this not long ago, just cos its brilliant.

couldnt get past atlantis on indy, ran out of orichalcum.....ffs
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:19, closed)

It's still awesome now
I don't think there's many games that could compete with that one :)

Broken Sword 1,2 and 3..the Phantasmagoria series were a bit weird.
7th Guest and 11th Hour were mental too.

Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle were the only others I can think of right now.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:23, closed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVxsqEqK_I&feature=related
clocked all the broken swords, never played phantas.

liked the dark half (steven king book) but some of my floppy disks were scuppered so couldnt get past the 2nd act.

discworld was pretty good too
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:26, closed)

Toonstruck!

( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:25, closed)

haha
that one was ace, this thread is making me slightly sad...
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:45, closed)

oh,
Simon the Sorcerer series too
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:29, closed)

grim fandango and loom
still looking for the ww2 one

oh and flight of the amazon queen, can get that on SCUMM

return of the phantom, and leisure suit larry
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:33, closed)

prisoner of ice
try this one, great graphics too
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:45, closed)

I loved Simon The Sorcerer
Even the second one, although the first was better because it was voiced by Chris Barrie
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:46, closed)

King's Quest!
Monkey Island is undoubtedly the best adventure game series ever, EVER, but we did love King's Quest round about the same time.
(Sinister Carp doesn't mind the gap, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 8:41, closed)

I downloaded the first one too.
Never did complete the second game tho. Can't even tell you at what point I got stuck at....must download it at somepoint and try it.
(Dante licked your nipple on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:53, closed)