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The Secret of Monkey Island (original)
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tfishell
tfishell this wish was *accidentally* completed. it was meant for the original SoMI running in ScummVM or DOSBox, which is not here. Consider voting for the new wish here: www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_secret_of_monkey_island_emulated_1990_original
##@@##@@ Please add the original version in italian as an extra
##@@##@@ Please add the EGA version as an extra
##@@##@@ Please GOG, insert the original version (in Italian) of Monkey 1 as an extra
##@@##@@ Please GOG, add Monkey Island 1 in original CD-ROM version with interface and subtitles in Italian
Gengar78 @Zalmanthebest Well, there are a few reasons why one might want just the originals over the special editions; much smaller file size, easier to modify in ScummVM or dosbox, the smaller price (if they were sold separate from the SE). Also, the original EGA release of Monkey Island 1 is not included in the SE here.
Zalmanthebest Why pay for monkey island 1-2(dos/original) when you can buy the special edition and you can switch(press f9) in the original version?where you want and when you want.
Now.....i'm crazy!and i want play only the original! my library is based on old games and stop!and i absolutely need a title how monkey island.
What's the problem? Monkey island 1+2 = 5.90 euro or 9.60.There is just a new release :D you don't loose nothing.The special edition rest here!
P.S. and after this new release we need a new entry pls "the curse of monkey island" (monkey island 3)
Lucumo Bought my first games today on this platform and looked for the originals. A shame they aren't offered as I would definitely buy them (and not the remakes).
derFleder We want the original game, not the remake!
Erich_Zann Everything's been said here and in the release thread of the SE, so I'll just concur. I won't buy the remake abortion even on sale, but I'll buy the 1990 original full price on (re)release, if only to make the point.
Gabelvampir Please GOG, give us the real Monkey Island 1+2, I can't bring myself to again pay any money for the horrible art style of the remake. Except if you bundle the original versions as extra. And no, the classic mode of the remakes does not do, MI 2 has a way worse audio system and both have other problems.
ZarkonDrule @Robo4900
No it doesn't. No EGA close ups. No stump joke. No text gui. No sun in the harbour. What the classic mode of the special edition does is takes it close to the CD VGA edition released a few years after the original version, and even then you need to use logicdeluxe's batch file to fix other issues in the port.
Love & Thunder Umm... Guys... The special edition has a setting which makes it EXACTLY THE SAME as the original.
ssokolow Agreed. Both as a fan of the original and as a Linux user, I see little incentive to buy the special edition release but would gladly re-buy the original CD version. (Gotta have that Red Book audio.)
l3l3l5l Guybrush looks like a mix of a sex offender and a serial killer in the special edition versions.
BillyMaysFan59 Yep, voted as well. In fact I'd rather wait to buy it here until they add the original.
Shadow Man Mac and Linux users got left out of the special edition release. Give them a proper alternative.
Shadow Man It'd nice to get the floppy version, the CD version and a hybrid version that pairs the original graphics with the remakes voice acting.
ZarkonDrule EGA version would be perfect.
Has the extra gui verbs, changing sun in the harbour, different closeups and the famous "stump joke"
Pseudoman Yes, I'll wait for the original to make a purchase. The game could then be run through SCUMMVM for multi-platform support (e.g. Linux).
moonshineshadow Original would be nice since the missing languages in the "classic mode" of SE are annyoing and some people acually want the real deal with the old interface.
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