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Question about SoMI:SE being released on TTG's store...

zmallyzmally
edited March 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
It was recently announced that The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition would be also digitally available at our very own TTG's store.. but I'm wondering how it's going to work?

Will we be able to get the disc free like the TellTale games? Will it still be as cheap as it is elsewhere? And will the game itself be as uncompressed as the Steam version? Because I recall being told it's about 2GB, which is easily the biggest single game TTG would be hosting, by far!

Also, anyone know when we'll be seeing it here?

I haven't bought it off Steam, I only have the XBLA version so far - but I shall be getting it from TTG when it's available :D
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  • radewagonradewagon
    edited March 2010
    I would also like to know. I like telltale, as a company and distributor, far more than steam. I too have been holding off on a steam purchase in the hopes of getting the game through Telltale.

    So, yeah.... Any ETA on that?
  • FitzoliverJFitzoliverJ
    edited March 2010
    zmally wrote: »
    It was recently announced that The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition would be also digitally available at our very own TTG's store.. but I'm wondering how it's going to work?

    Will we be able to get the disc free like the TellTale games?

    I was assuming it'd be a download.....

    AJB
  • LogicDeLuxeLogicDeLuxe
    edited March 2010
    I would like it distributed similar to Telltale's own games, ie. you can purchase the individual games (which would be preferably all 4 in SE versions, plus Ron's idea of a third game). If you bought all of them, you could order a DVD which includes them all together for just the cost of shipping. And the DVD should use no online activation, preferably without copy protection at all (just like LucasArts did with their original releases, and still they didn't went bankrupt :) ).
    If all the HD graphics, and CD quality audio grows too big, they may just put 2 DVDs in the case.

    If Telltale would announce such a thing, I would preorder the package immediately.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    I would like it distributed similar to Telltale's own games, ie. you can purchase the individual games (which would be preferably all 4 in SE versions, plus Ron's idea of a third game). If you bought all of them, you could order a DVD which includes them all together for just the cost of shipping. And the DVD should use no online activation, preferably without copy protection at all (just like LucasArts did with their original releases, and still they didn't went bankrupt :) ).
    If all the HD graphics, and CD quality audio grows too big, they may just put 2 DVDs in the case.

    If Telltale would announce such a thing, I would preorder the package immediately.

    Wow, just wow. This post has so many assumptions in it that it completely blew my mind.
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited March 2010
    @plrichard: You're not the only one Jean-Luc Picard..erm..Pecan-Luke Rich'ard..:cool:
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    monkey_05_06 wrote: »
    @plrichard: You're not the only one Jean-Luc Picard..erm..Pecan-Luke Rich'ard..:cool:

    Haha, you can call me Paul if you like. But Pecan-Luke Rich'ard isn't too bad either.
  • EduardoEduardo
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    nd the DVD should use no online activation, preferably without copy protection at all (just like LucasArts did with their original releases, and still they didn't went bankrupt :) ).
    .

    Ehh... did I dream about SOMI & LeChuck's Revenge having a Code Wheel as copy protection, and CMI & EMI needing the disc on the drive to be play?
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    Eduardo wrote: »
    Ehh... did I dream about SOMI & LeChuck's Revenge having a Code Wheel as copy protection, and CMI & EMI needing the disc on the drive to be play?

    Let him have his fantasy world, Ed.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Yup. Because the 1MB CMI takes is the whole game, nothing is loading from the CD's etc.
    EDIT: 1.75MB. I am such a horrible liar. I hereby apologize.

    And remember kids; there are no icons at the begin of SoMI/LCR ;).
  • DideroDidero
    edited March 2010
    CoMI doesn't have a disk check, it only needs the CDs to read game data from. You can copy that game data to your harddrive (either by using the custom launcher or manually if you know which files you need) and you won't need the CDs to play anymore.
  • EduardoEduardo
    edited March 2010
    Didero wrote: »
    CoMI doesn't have a disk check, it only needs the CDs to read game data from. You can copy that game data to your harddrive (either by using the custom launcher or manually if you know which files you need) and you won't need the CDs to play anymore.

    Oh, I know that you can get around it, don't worry. ;)
  • LogicDeLuxeLogicDeLuxe
    edited March 2010
    Eduardo wrote: »
    Ehh... did I dream about SOMI & LeChuck's Revenge having a Code Wheel as copy protection
    Probably not. At least, some versions do, but this is an anti-piracy device, not copy protection. Infact, the code wheels work just as well when playing from a backup copy.
    , and CMI & EMI needing the disc on the drive to be play?
    Yes, this sounds like a dream. In fact, there isn't even a disc check. Even though the setup has not such an option, you could easily copy all content to the harddrive and play without the CD inside. To ease a "full installation" a bit, there are even 3rd-party tools to guide you.:)
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited March 2010
    Hassat Hunter wrote: »
    And remember kids; there are no icons at the begin of SoMI/LCR ;).

    Not trying to contest an otherwise valid point, but those, who like me, own the original CD version of SoMI know that it came with a language selection screen which had CD icons for each language (the same icon, just above each language).

    English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. Somehow I never bothered learning anything (language-wise) from the game though.
  • zmallyzmally
    edited March 2010
    "Madre de Dios! Es el Pollo Diablo!"

    "¡Sí He dejado en libertad los prisioneros y ahora vengo por ti!"
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited March 2010
    If you can get all of the files off of the disc, you can use Daemon Tools to create a virtual drive to host games like Escape so you don't need the disc in the drive anymore. That's what I did.
  • FitzoliverJFitzoliverJ
    edited March 2010
    radewagon wrote: »
    So, yeah.... Any ETA on that?

    Anyone? Anyone at all?
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    If all the HD graphics, and CD quality audio grows too big, they may just put 2 DVDs in the case.


    I don't think you realize that a DVD can hold approx. 4.7GB of data on a single layer, and about 8.5GB on a dual-layer disc (that's 2 layers for one side.)

    There's no need for 2 discs. omg.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited March 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    I don't think you realize that a DVD can hold approx. 4.7GB of data on a single layer, and about 8.5GB on a dual-layer disc (that's 2 layers for one side.)

    There's no need for 2 discs. omg.

    I think they should start shipping it out on portable hard drives.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    lol. my dvd player does have a usb port on it that I can use with my flash drive, but I'm sure that only works with pictures and music.
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited March 2010
    Eduardo wrote: »
    Ehh... did I dream about SOMI & LeChuck's Revenge having a Code Wheel as copy protection, and CMI & EMI needing the disc on the drive to be play?

    no your not dreaming they did have a code weel as copy protection for both of the games, ive got both orignals in their boxes, and they both came with code weels...it was on Floppy disc

    heres a few photos to show you

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3859457984_a405dc31ea_o.jpg

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0vjEQxg6aEM/SYXNRileM9I/AAAAAAAAAIg/0LFi2u_oscc/s320/CIMG0573.JPG

    http://media.photobucket.com/image/monkey%20island%202%20password%20screen/Rlan2/monkey1.jpg
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    The CD versions (SMI standalone on CD and SMI and MI2 (Monkey Island Madness) on CD) bypass the need for the code wheel and skip the sequence completely. ScummVM actually runs through the motions of the code wheel screen for MI2 just for show so you can choose which difficulty you want to play in (the DOS CD version wouldn't let you choose easy mode). You don't actually need the code wheel.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited March 2010
    MI:SE should have required a code wheel.

    Via mail.

    With shipping charges.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited March 2010
    I found a copy of MI2 at a thrift store once. It had everything in it, even a copy of the LucasArts Adventurer. Everything except a code wheel. This was just two or three years ago, so ScummVM handled the copy protection, but it's still very disappointing to me.
  • DideroDidero
    edited March 2010
    I wish I found awesome stuff like that in thrift stores here.
    Though I did find a King's Quest collection disk a while ago. I should play those games sometime...
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited March 2010
    It was a fortunate day indeed. Especially given how rarely I wander into thrift stores, usually looking for something I can modify into costumes for anime and video game cosplay.
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited March 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    lol. my dvd player does have a usb port on it that I can use with my flash drive, but I'm sure that only works with pictures and music.

    That will be the DVD of the future, I'm sure. Putting DVD content onto a flash drive would mean no scratches, less probability of melting a disc and more storage space. Of course, Blu Rays are first.
  • shovellshovell
    edited March 2010
    erm.... whats a thrift store?

    sorry for being dumb... sounds good if you can get boxed copies of MI games....
  • DideroDidero
    edited March 2010
    A thrift store is a charity shop. People bring stuff they don't want anymore there, and the store sells it on, for very little money. The money raised goes to a charity.

    There's one reasonably close to where I live. They don't have video games I want often though, which is too bad.
  • Griswald GoodsoupGriswald Goodsoup
    edited March 2010
    Didero wrote: »
    A thrift store is a charity shop. People bring stuff they don't want anymore there, and the store sells it on, for very little money. The money raised goes to a charity.

    There's one reasonably close to where I live. They don't have video games I want often though, which is too bad.

    In Australia we call them "op-shops" as in opportunity shop, they work on the same premise as a thrift store.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    The Highway wrote: »
    That will be the DVD of the future, I'm sure. Putting DVD content onto a flash drive would mean no scratches, less probability of melting a disc and more storage space. Of course, Blu Rays are first.

    I dunno. I read on wiki about development of a "Holographic Versatile Disc" or HVD, that can store at least 1TB (one terabyte) on it, and possibly much more, though the developer's website is Greek to me. I don't think technology has quite finished getting everything it can out of CD-shaped disc formats.

    Blu-ray discs currently hold up to 50GB, with an upper theoretical limit of 200GB. (http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#bluray_capacity_data).

    And DVD's can only hold up to ~16GB per side.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited March 2010
    I have half of the MI2 code wheel. The smaller middle section that you spin is missing. No idea what happened to it.
  • shovellshovell
    edited March 2010
    Oh righttt.... a charity shop... I'm with you now... that WAS a good find thennn
  • Griswald GoodsoupGriswald Goodsoup
    edited March 2010
    I'm thinking about buying secondary copies of the MI series as I'm sure the originals would break within my lifetime, then I'd have to skip a game.
    Thinking about it how unfortunate would it be if I lost or destroyed the second disc of CMI? *eek!*

    on that note DVD should be renamed Digital Volatile Disk, not 'versatile'.
    Why? For the very real and inevitable fact that DVD's were not meant to last.
    I have the worst luck, take my Stargate boxset for example, it has like 70 discs spanning 10 seasons - of which 7 discs would not play/scratched/distorted pixels/etc.

    Same with Bones season 4 I bought, same thing happened. Now I have to ho back to the store and hope the idiot shop assistant doesn't touch the disc, or one that's 1:100 that doesn't work.

    P.s. Just thinking, and I don't often play the games without their respective discs, but can you store each of the 4 games thus far on your hard drive, operating them without the discs?

    Cheers
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    Griswald Goodsoup wrote: »
    In Australia we call them "op-shops" as in opportunity shop, they work on the same premise as a thrift store.

    Indeed they are. But the one I go to doesn't have video games at all. Just clothes, tiny tots toys, and some old video cassettes. Anywhere that you know of in Melbourne that have video games there? Need to get my hands on DoTT.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited March 2010
    Griswald Goodsoup wrote: »
    I have the worst luck, take my Stargate boxset for example, it has like 70 discs spanning 10 seasons - of which 7 discs would not play/scratched/distorted pixels/etc.
    Yikes. You must be, cause I got them all too, played them over and over, and all are in perfect working condition.
    I never got a disfunctional DVD yet in my life (CD neither actually...).
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    OzzieMonkey wrote: »
    Indeed they are. But the one I go to doesn't have video games at all. Just clothes, tiny tots toys, and some old video cassettes. Anywhere that you know of in Melbourne that have video games there? Need to get my hands on DoTT.

    I know its not a store but here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Maniac-Mansion-Day-of-the-Tentacle-PC-Games-1993_W0QQitemZ360241063215QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item53e00a652f

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Day-of-the-Tentacle-Maniac-Mansion-LucasArts-PC-CD_W0QQitemZ350320592777QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item5190bc0789
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    I know its not a store but here it is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Maniac-Mansion-Day-of-the-Tentacle-PC-Games-1993_W0QQitemZ360241063215QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item53e00a652f

    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Day-of-the-Tentacle-Maniac-Mansion-LucasArts-PC-CD_W0QQitemZ350320592777QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item5190bc0789

    Thanks for that. Anything on Maniac Mansion, or this Broken Sword and Gabriel Knight I hear so much about?
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    The second link says it is the enhanced cd that includes the original Maniac Mansion.

    Broken sword 1 & 2: http://cgi.ebay.com/BROKEN-SWORD-1-2-BRAND-NEW-SEALED-XP-VISTA-WIN-7_W0QQitemZ170454751142QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item27afe517a6
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    The second link says it is the enhanced cd that includes the original Maniac Mansion.

    Broken sword 1 & 2: http://cgi.ebay.com/BROKEN-SWORD-1-2-BRAND-NEW-SEALED-XP-VISTA-WIN-7_W0QQitemZ170454751142QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item27afe517a6

    Thanks. But isn't the Maniac Mansion that comes with DoTT some kind of brown and yellow graphic version? I'd like to play it in 256 colours or maybe like zak makraken.
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    OzzieMonkey wrote: »
    Thanks. But isn't the Maniac Mansion that comes with DoTT some kind of brown and yellow graphic version? I'd like to play it in 256 colours or maybe like zak makraken.

    Im not sure if its the brown and yellow graphic version, ebay seems to only have the NES versions
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