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The Original Monkey Islands

TomPravetzTomPravetz
edited October 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
I didn't know where else to post this...

Does anyone know where I can get them? I seem to have lost mine. I'm good on Secret, Curse, and Escape. I just lost LeChuck's revenge and on Amazon, it's $70. Anyone know where I can get it cheaper?

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  • Charles KellyCharles Kelly
    edited October 2009
    If you already own it but lost it I would just download it. I don't think it's technically illegal as you would own the licence to play it.
  • GeypiGeypi
    edited October 2009
    i need to get MI2 somewhere... i just can't find it. Damn! I was lucky enough to find MI1 and i already had MI1 but i can't find MI2 :(.
  • David EDavid E Telltale Alumni
    edited October 2009
    There's a copy up on Ebay for substantially less than $70.
    Charles Kelly wrote: »
    If you already own it but lost it I would just download it. I don't think it's technically illegal as you would own the licence to play it.

    Well, that's not really the case, unfortunately, and we can't really have people recommending that as a legitimate solution here :~
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited October 2009
    David E wrote: »
    There's a copy up on Ebay for substantially less than $70.

    Thanks. I will look into that!

    Well, that's not really the case, unfortunately, and we can't really have people recommending that as a legitimate solution here :~
    Charles Kelly wrote: »
    If you already own it but lost it I would just download it. I don't think it's technically illegal as you would own the licence to play it.

    I don't want to have my IP saved anywhere like The Pirate Bay. Safety precautions.
  • charliestumpycharliestumpy
    edited October 2009
    IMO - as one with Amigas-the 1st 2 Monkey games on Amiga plus the next 2.6 on PC - I can recommend legal Cloanto Amiga Forever and appropriate unpurchasable games.
  • WinterSnowblindWinterSnowblind
    edited October 2009
    Unfortunately the games are just very rare now, and with the release of Tales and the remake, there's been a surge in MI popularity. So you don't have much choice, you can either pay the high prices or wait for a remake, which is pretty likely to happen.

    I'm so tempted to buy the MI Bounty pack from eBay, but I just can't justify that kind of price right now. :(
    Charles Kelly wrote: »
    If you already own it but lost it I would just download it. I don't think it's technically illegal as you would own the licence to play it.

    This reminds me of kids who keep claiming emulators and roms are legal, as long as you own the actual game. :rolleyes: I'm afraid it doesn't work like that.
  • vanducvanduc
    edited October 2009
    damn it ... i threw my original Le Chucks Revenge box + game in the waste cuz i needed to make space ...if i only knew ...
  • nitsujsedohrnitsujsedohr
    edited October 2009
    Lookup "Monkey Island Madness" it is a boxed set of MI1, MI2, and a Curse demo. it is on amazon now for around $43 I'm sure you could find it somewhere cheaper. Try a Vintage game store if you have one close by, these used to go for about $20, but since tales the price has shot up.
  • athunderathunder
    edited October 2009
    WinterSnowblind wrote: »
    Unfortunately the games are just very rare now, and with the release of Tales and the remake, there's been a surge in MI popularity. So you don't have much choice, you can either pay the high prices or wait for a remake, which is pretty likely to happen.

    I'm so tempted to buy the MI Bounty pack from eBay, but I just can't justify that kind of price right now. :(



    This reminds me of kids who keep claiming emulators and roms are legal, as long as you own the actual game. :rolleyes: I'm afraid it doesn't work like that.

    I done a little research on this, and it does seem to be legal.
    The emulators are entirely legal, while the roms are only legal if you own the physical disk(so if you lost the disk then it would be illegal), and im not a kid ;)
    here is one source
    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/249756/what_are_emulators_and_roms_and_are.html
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited October 2009
    athunder wrote: »
    I done a little research on this, and it does seem to be legal.
    The emulators are entirely legal, while the roms are only legal if you own the physical disk(so if you lost the disk then it would be illegal), and im not a kid ;)
    here is one source

    roms are only legal if you make them from your own cartridge for your private use. Downloading them is illegal. It doesn't matter how many copies of the original cartridge you have.
  • Armand1880Armand1880
    edited October 2009
    Let's hope that maybe sometime soon LucasArts will release more games via Steam...like MI2...with voices...in HD...
  • dvibedvibe
    edited October 2009
    MI2 is also available on 'The LucasArts Archives Vol. III' ... (It's the Monkey Island Madness CD-rom plus other CD-roms with games from Lucas Arts..).
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    roms are only legal if you make them from your own cartridge for your private use. Downloading them is illegal. It doesn't matter how many copies of the original cartridge you have.

    How would they ever prove that you didn't make the rom using your cartridge?
  • FriarFriar
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    How would they ever prove that you didn't make the rom using your cartridge?
    For one thing, if you don't actually own the cartridge. Other then that, they can't, unless the individual game was stamped somehow.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    Friar wrote: »
    For one thing, if you don't actually own the cartridge.

    Well, obviously. :p
  • kksmithkksmith
    edited October 2009
    David E wrote: »
    There's a copy up on Ebay for substantially less than $70.

    Well, that's not really the case, unfortunately, and we can't really have people recommending that as a legitimate solution here :~

    Eww... $20 + $12 shipping seems way too high for a used DOS game.

    Frankly, I say wait it out - I can almost guarentee LucasArts will release it on Steam in *some* form (possibly as "Monkey Island 2 Special Edition"). This is what I'm doing, since I hadn't actually played any of the older Monkey Islands but Secret (I know!)
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    How would they ever prove that you didn't make the rom using your cartridge?

    I'm pretty sure (meaning uncertain) that each ROM would have some kind of unique ID depending on when and where and what system it was made and from what build of the software it was extracted from. If someone went to the bother of running through the code they might be able to tell it's a ROM used distributed on the big ol' internet. The likelyhood of this however is pretty slim. And of course I could be talking nonsense
  • kksmithkksmith
    edited October 2009
    All they have to do is catch you downloading the game (and there are groups that watch those places - this is how the RIAA finds people to sue). It doesn't matter if you "own" it, when you are downloading it from a random website you are not making a backup of *your* copy.
  • nitsujsedohrnitsujsedohr
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, but look at the population of people doing it! It's like winning the lotto if you get sued. I am not condoning this course of action in any way, but the odds are you wont be sued. Either way please find a nice copy and buy it, the more money We spend on Monkey Island the better! I like having Monkey Island games, so buy more of it please!
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    kksmith wrote: »
    All they have to do is catch you downloading the game (and there are groups that watch those places - this is how the RIAA finds people to sue). It doesn't matter if you "own" it, when you are downloading it from a random website you are not making a backup of *your* copy.

    I still think it's all nonsense and a disgrace to copyright law. I'm allowed to make copies of my own property, but I'm not allowed to download a copy that amounts to exactly the same thing as I could make on my own if I went to all the trouble? That makes no sense for the modern age, and is a poorly interpreted law that desperately needs rewording.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited October 2009
    I bought monkey island madness, for 30 buxs on Amazon.
  • The CommissionerThe Commissioner
    edited October 2009
    I would just wait a couple of months and see if LucasArts releases a Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition with voices and HD graphics. Keep an eye out on blogs or Twitter for the voice actors to let it slip...

    There's got to be some explanation for the ending of Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition where the end credits message is changed to "Guybrush Threepwood will return!".
  • syrupsyrup
    edited October 2009
    I've seen some pretty cheap copies on ebay (uk) less than a fiver with the original box and mix n mojo and dial a pirate wheels included with the games.

    I'm pretty gutted that my parents threw away my amiga originals from when i was a kid. I kept all my games in such pristine condition. They also disposed off my lechucks revenge poster when i had my room re-decorated!!
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited October 2009
    syrup wrote: »
    I've seen some pretty cheap copies on ebay (uk) less than a fiver with the original box and mix n mojo and dial a pirate wheels included with the games.

    I'm pretty gutted that my parents threw away my amiga originals from when i was a kid. I kept all my games in such pristine condition. They also disposed off my lechucks revenge poster when i had my room re-decorated!!

    Heartbreaking man! I'd the same thing, I had Discworld II and Discworld Noir for the Playstation, found out they're worth a small fortune only to be told they were sent to a charity shop...still at least it was for charity I guess :)
  • The Silent ManThe Silent Man
    edited October 2009
    kksmith wrote: »
    Eww... $20 + $12 shipping seems way too high for a used DOS game.
    Really? Perhaps you haven't seen that Monkey Island I game sold for nearly $300 a few months ago.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited October 2009
    The Silent Man wrote: »
    Really? Perhaps you haven't seen that Monkey Island I game sold for nearly $300 a few months ago.

    It better have been the monkey Island Collection Shrinkwrapped, with the price tag still on it.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited October 2009
    nitsujsedohr wrote: »
    Either way please find a nice copy and buy it, the more money We spend on Monkey Island the better!

    While I see your point, it's not like buying overpriced second hand copies of the games is going to benefit the creators in any way or encourage them that MI is still a viable 'franchise'. However if LucasArts find a stash of old disks and sell them that's a different matter altogether.

    Of course, if they want to pay for the original they should go ahead and grab it but if it were me I'd wait for the inevitable special edition, at least that money will go to the 'right' place.
  • balin2kbalin2k
    edited October 2009
    i wonder if i still have my amiga disks and code wheel in the loft? hmm
  • FitzoliverJFitzoliverJ
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    I still think it's all nonsense and a disgrace to copyright law. I'm allowed to make copies of my own property, but I'm not allowed to download a copy that amounts to exactly the same thing as I could make on my own if I went to all the trouble? That makes no sense

    True, but why download it if you've already got a copy? The only reason I can think of is that you've scratched the original CD so can't run it - but on that basis, it's OK to photocopy a novel so long as you retain the badly-scorched copy you rescued from a fire.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    FitzoliverJ wrote: »
    True, but why download it if you've already got a copy? The only reason I can think of is that you've scratched the original CD so can't run it - but on that basis, it's OK to photocopy a novel so long as you retain the badly-scorched copy you rescued from a fire.

    I own well over 200 NES games and it's much more of a hassle to dig out one of my old NES systems and spend 30 minutes trying to get the thing to read the game I want to play. It's approximately 30 times easier to just pop it into an emulator and play.
  • onlyamonkeyonlyamonkey
    edited October 2009
    Tpravetz wrote: »
    I don't want to have my IP saved anywhere like The Pirate Bay. Safety precautions.

    But then how do u watch porn? Seriously?
  • Jerec84Jerec84
    edited October 2009
    Wow, I remember buying for about $40 the Lucasarts Archive that had Monkey Island Madness, Dark Forces, The Dig, Full Throttle, Afterlife and a sampler. So glad I hung onto that.

    Those were the days.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    I got that pack as well.... I think I have multiple copies of many of the old Lucasarts games.
  • KevinSigKevinSig
    edited October 2009
    Actually, if I recall correctly, the Lucasarts Archives version of Monkey Island 3, contains MI1 & MI2 as well. And the PS2 version of MI4 will do in a pinch.

    Also, has anyone checked on Amazon.com? You can find anything & everything there.

    Kevin
  • shrefshref
    edited October 2009
    ive bought the rereleases through steam so i dont have to worry about what to do if/when i lose them. all i gotta do is go download em again. they just need to release the rest this way now.
  • ZhadnostZhadnost
    edited October 2009
    syrup wrote: »
    I've seen some pretty cheap copies on ebay (uk) less than a fiver with the original box and mix n mojo and dial a pirate wheels included with the games.

    I'm pretty gutted that my parents threw away my amiga originals from when i was a kid. I kept all my games in such pristine condition. They also disposed off my lechucks revenge poster when i had my room re-decorated!!

    IIRC, when I bought it for the Amiga, it had 11 disks. I think I'd rather download it.
  • Smashman2004Smashman2004
    edited October 2009
    For the English out there.
    LeChuck's Revenge is being sold on Ebay.co.uk here.
    However, I'm not fully positive if this is legally being sold, or just copies of the datafiles on discs..
  • ZhadnostZhadnost
    edited October 2009
    I think the bit at the bottom, kinda gives away that it's not legal.

    "Note to Ebay - This is freeware and not breaking any copywrite."

    I wonder if anyone fancies telling ebay that it certainly isn't freeware.

    I think the OP would be morally justified getting a copy from someone on here or another site if they own the original, even if it's not legal.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    If it will help anyone here are the games "used" on amazon. :) emote is the ones that are the best deals...... Luckily I have owned every game in this post including the ones in the collections.... also I'm pretty sure the first person to take the prices below are the only ones to get that price.

    Monkey Island Madness (MI 1 and 2)
    $49.97
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000AAXCPA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1255556593&sr=1-1&condition=used

    Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
    $69.95
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0009IBYVC/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1255556440&sr=1-40&condition=used

    LucasArts Classic Adventures (first MI and other games)
    $39.99
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NKC60O/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1255556440&sr=1-37&condition=used

    :)The LucasArts Archives: Volume III (MI 1+2 and other games)
    $39.50
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00000K50V/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1255556274&sr=1-35&condition=used

    :)Curse
    $21.84
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00004WGVX/sr=1-27/qid=1255556274/ref=olp_tab_used?ie=UTF8&coliid=&me=&qid=1255556274&sr=1-27&seller=&colid=&condition=used

    :)Escape PC
    $7.50
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000063LGY/sr=1-7/qid=1255556041/ref=olp_tab_used?ie=UTF8&coliid=&me=&qid=1255556041&sr=1-7&seller=&colid=&condition=used

    Escape PS2
    $8.00
    + $3.99shipping
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00005AW20/sr=1-10/qid=1255556041/ref=olp_tab_used?ie=UTF8&coliid=&me=&qid=1255556041&sr=1-10&seller=&colid=&condition=used
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