Quiz #15 Quiz #15, the quiz is again by Chariset, and was HTMLised by Huz. After some really tough quizzes, Chariset has decided to be kind and made this quiz easy(ish). (I scored 7/10).
Monkey news
A few bits of news that I saw over at Mixnmojo.
The first is something taken from Just Adventure's mailing list:
Good news from LucasArts. The
March 15th issue of Games Business
magazine has an interview with
Simon Jeffery, the new president of
LucasArts. Mr. Jeffery, in response to
the question, "Are we going to see
the likes of Monkey Island and Grim
Fandango again?" responded, "You’ll
probably see some of them. At this
point I wish I could tell you more, but
yeah, we’re going to revisit, bring
back and update some of the games
that made LucasArts what it is and
helped us become one of the most
widely recognized consumer brands
in gaming."
Second is that GameSpot had a poll, and Guybrush Threepwood was voted best hero! See the full article here.
Your number one pick was among
the goofiest hereos of them all.
Phrases like "complete dork" and
clumsy apply nicely to Guybrush, but
he's the big winner here today.
18th March 2000
"MI2 be or MI not 2 be"
New poll today... you can see the results of the last poll here. This month's poll is "How many Monkey Island game should LEC make?" and was thought up by emma4kel!
Quake3 Guybrush Empire emailed me this screenshot taken from the recently released beta version of Melee Island for Quake3. The level includes a Guybrush Quake Skin, as Empire put it... "just look at his sadistic smile!!!"
"Any 'it's only a dream' ending is automatically awful." - Preston Watkins
These aren't dancing lessons
Ripped using SCUMM Revisited and put together by Dusty McGray... here is the map of the whole of Monkey Island from above. Impressive yes?
The DIG@mixnmojo.com
I`ve been meaning to mention this for ages, better late than never I guess. The DIG@mixnmojo.com has reopened with a new owner, Matt Shaw (Narrative). The site has a great new look and loads of extras to look at and download. Well worth a visit.
14th March 2000
Monkeys, Music and Melee
Game Developers Conference 2000
This years Game Developers Conference saw quite a number of LucasArts and Ex-LucasArts staff giving speeches. Those listed at the site are (in alphabetical order) Jonathan Ackley, Hal Barwood, Noah Falstein, Ron Gilbert, Michael Land, Peter McConnell, Tim Schafer and Bill Tiller (Who also gave a lecture last year called How to Draw Monkeys the LEC Way). Hopefully there will be copies of the speeches to download again from the website.
Murray Music! Trapezoid has made a tune called Murray Mix. It's a 3meg MP3 and I have to say... it is brilliant! Well worth the download, if you want to hear it... Go Here. (For some reason I can`t stop listening to it)
Monkey Island Levels Melee3D for Q3 - Has released a Beta for their Melee Island Level for the Quake 3 Engine. (I`ll have to buy Q3 pretty soon!) Also added to the page are a couple of Monkey Island Comic strips. (I found the first one quite funny!)
Melee3D for UT - The page has been updated with two new screenshot of teh Melee Island level for Ureal Tournament.
Plunder3D for HL - New Screenshot of Puerto Pollo using the Half-Life Engine, and a new AVI to download!
MI4 in Swedish PC Gamer
It appears MI4 has had a mention in the Swedish PC Gamer, doesn`t say anything new.. in fact it seem to be the same as what was said in the UK PC Gamer not too long back. Thanks to all who emailed me this news!
6th March 2000
Who Wants to Fail a Quiz
SCUMM Bar Quiz #14
Welcome to Quiz #14, this quiz is once again by Chariset, and was HTMLized (new word for the month) by Huz. People said that Quiz#13 was too tough, so in response to these comments... Chariset has made the next quiz even tougher! Enjoy! (I scored 3/10).
In other news, Dominic Armato (Voice of Guybrush, as I `m sure you all know) is said to have scored 9/10 is the last quiz... impressive eh?
Monkey Island, of course Gamespy are running a quick poll, Who Wins? Monkey Island or Gilligan's Island? Go Vote! Reported by MadOnion.
Also, CMI made #39 on the PC Gamer USA people's All Time Top-50 list, one person said "Half-Life might be the best game of the recent past, but who will remember it in 2015? All-time means all-time, so Monkey Island is the best game for years to come." Well said! Thanks to Jeff-1 for the news.
