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Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

iomatic — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:52:26 EST

@hanswurst0815: Hataz please to goes away!

iomatic

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

MMFY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:50:54 EST

King's Quest?!! Hope so!!! *runs off to use installer on iTouch*

MMFY

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

brettt — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:43:44 EST

nice typo. x-rated article.

brettt

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

The Brain — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:29:13 EST

OMG, Finally games for the iPhone that are as bad as the games for the Mac.

Midknight: XCOM is available for Windows Mobile (just do a search). It's free and it looks and works exactly like the original.

The Brain

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Midknight — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:26:25 EST

Please tell me that this will let me run some of the old Microprose and Sierra games too! XCOM, Sword of the Samurai and Liesure Suit Larry are calling me.

Midknight

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

exo — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:56:29 EST

bingo - try reading the scummvm readme instead of expecting everyone else to do it for you.

You do not RUN the game's exe, you load the game up in scummvm and run it from there. ...

exo

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Bing0011 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:01:58 EST

Could someone help me figure out how to put the actual games on my iPhone? I installed the scummVM, but the only version of Monkey Island 1 I could find was in .zip form, and the .exe requested a CD.

Bing0011

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

The Sword Master — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:23:02 EST

Wow, what a fantastic photoshop! Love the little pixelly iPhones.

The Sword Master

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:50:48 EST

@ProjectMoonlightCafe: Yeah. I added it. He's holding an iPhone too.

Damn, my finest photoshop EVAH and nobody notices it.

Jesus Diaz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

ProjectMoonlightCafe — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:29:44 EST

Is that an iPhone in his inventory?

I am Rubber, you are Glue.

ProjectMoonlightCafe

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

arkowi — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:23:14 EST

what about space quest?

arkowi

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

dingus — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:46:55 EST

@omg-ponies: Run you pigeons! It's Robert Frost!

dingus

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Jesse Mrozowski — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:12:10 EST

@Lukewpnunn: There's been a sequel or rather a series of sequels out for about a year now. [www.telltalegames.com]

If I'm going to pay for official copies, I'd rather pay for copies on the DS.

Jesse Mrozowski

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

OrtizDupri — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:08:03 EST

@LUKEWPNUNN : www.telltalegames.com . Sam & Max 3D adventure game series - "Season One" is out in stores, and "Season Two" just started. Each "episode" is about 3-4 hours of play.

OrtizDupri

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

EMoShunz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:37:37 EST

@zoesch: aaahhh, making it harder to decide, ipod touch, or mac mini....

EMoShunz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Lukewpnunn — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:35:38 EST

What ever happened to the Sam & Max sequel?
I'd love to see a 3D Sam & Max adventure game....

Lukewpnunn

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:14:27 EST

@Buford T. Justice: MAME already exists on the iPhone. But unlike MAME, the user interface for graphic adventures is perfect for the iPhone.

Jesus Diaz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

quiksilver180 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:05:32 EST

Day of the Tentacle! YES! That was so back in the day, and yet so cool.

quiksilver180

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

bmwfanatic — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:03:24 EST

I can't get Grim Fandango to work for more than 5 minutes on my XP PC, much less an iPhone.

bmwfanatic

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Trackback — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:03:17 EST

This is just one of the coolest things I've seen in a while - some clever folks ported the ScummVM over to the iPhone, taking advantage of multi-touch support to deliver a perfect playable experience of classic LucasArts adventure games!

Trackback

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

daizaru — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:02:01 EST

I picked up a Nokia 770 almost entirely for ScummVM. A little over a hundred bucks, runs every game with perfect speed, sound and video cut scenes even. Plays older titles like DotT with pixel doubling, and newer ones like Monkey 3 at resolution - all full screen. If you have an iPhone this is good news, but there are cheap alternatives that do it better if that's what you're after.

daizaru

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

MrBlahBlah — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:59:49 EST

I would seriously buy it if it supported Grim Fandango.

MrBlahBlah

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

nachobel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:27:22 EST

wow

that's hot.

nachobel

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

FranklinTurtle — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:01:11 EST

Loom was amazing, I used to play that game for hours and hours.

FranklinTurtle

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

chasema — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:01:10 EST

Oh yeah. Monkey Island, too. I love that game.

chasema

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

chasema — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:48:58 EST

OMFG. Day of the Tentacle!? The Last Crusade!? Sam and Max Hit the Road!?! Are you effing kidding me!? I've been trying to get these games working on my newer computer for years! I just peed myself. A lot.

chasema

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Buford T. Justice — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:47:45 EST

Scummvm??? No, NOT the end-all-be-all. That would be MAME. Gimme MAME for the iPhone and I will enshrine the damn phone.

Buford T. Justice

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Myrkur — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:36:04 EST

been able to play this on my nokia for ages, icrap grabbing headlines for this is lame.

ScummVM rocks.

Myrkur

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

manguero — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:56 EST

lol, maybe it's "better" now, but far from "perfect."

manguero

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

grem28 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:26:43 EST

On a window machine, how do i get the games on my iphone?

grem28

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Lautaro — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:22:12 EST

Well, hanswurst0815 is right. There are plenty of emulation for the existing devices. The Palm Centro, suports even Quake. But of course, iPhone supports Doom with no sound, who can beat that!

Lautaro

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

zoesch — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:20:45 EST

@EMoShunz:

Yes it does... and just in time for another inter-oceanic trip :)

zoesch

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

ConstyXIV — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:19:04 EST

@thistle.john:
Legitimately, I believe you can get two of them off the SCUMMVM website. Otherwise, scour eBay for the original CDs or sacrifice a goat to appease LucasArts for a re-release.
Illegitimately, I'll leave it to you to figure that out.

ConstyXIV

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

nczuma — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:16:12 EST

@thistle.john:

To get the games you don't look for iPhone games, you gotta look for abandonware or old dos games. Scummvm is pretty much an emulator for games modern computers can no longer play. I don't know how to install any of it on an iPhone (don't have one) but I'm sure there are pointers out there.

On another note. Sam & Max, Grim Fandango, and Full Throttle, are my absolute favorite Point-and-click adventures!

nczuma

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

BurstAneurysm — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:11:38 EST

@thistle.john: Look Harder.
This might be the reason to re-jailbreak.

Scummvm is fucking great!

BurstAneurysm

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

thistle.john — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:54:48 EST

cant find them!

thistle.john

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:44:30 EST

They are online. Use Google.

Jesus Diaz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

thistle.john — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:40:05 EST

where do you get the games from? dont understand!!!

thistle.john

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

The Sword Master — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:22:36 EST

"Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island (best game ever)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (ok, maybe this is the best game ever)"

YES!

The Sword Master

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Raven.Nights — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:18:57 EST

Aw man, The Dig. I love that game.

Raven.Nights

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

hanswurst0815 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:14:07 EST

@jesusdiaz: Of course it's news, I just couldn't find any mention of availability for other devices...

I've only played Scumm games with ScummVM on WinXP and WiMo so far and must say, they play perfect.

hanswurst0815

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

EMoShunz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:11:33 EST

will it work on the ipod touch?

EMoShunz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

CColdsmoke — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:10:43 EST

Can I set the Zak McKracken theme song as a ringtone?

CColdsmoke

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:03:14 EST

@hanswurst0815: The availability is news.

And yes, it's available on the PSP and other portable platform. And it plays like crap. It's also available in the DS, but the screen is way too small and the hack is out of reach for most people. Unlike this one.

Other than that,

• These games play perfectly in the iPhone because of its point-and-click nature and the size of the iPhone screen. S

• The port is particularly good in supporting the touchscreen, with gestures.

• And finally, I'm a Lucasarts graphic adventures and well-known iPhone nutter.

Jesus Diaz

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

hanswurst0815 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:55:33 EST

I'm a bit confused why this should be such great news. ScummVM is available for a lot more portable devices like the DS, the PSP, devices with SymbianOS, PalmOS, and WiMo as well. Most of these have touchscreen capability and Multitouch doesn't make sense when it comes to games that where originally controlled by a mouse. Scumm games feel at home on the iPhone just as well as on any other touchscreen device.

In other words: You are all a bunch of Apple fanboys.

hanswurst0815

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

detox84 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:55:06 EST

I Can't Pick That Up

detox84

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

spaceman37 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:50:07 EST

I want a Neo-Geo emulator!

But seriously, Monkey Island! very cool.. even Full Throttle!

spaceman37

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

vinchbr — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:45:39 EST

now all i have to do is, get me a friggin iphone =D
hate living abroad....
did they make genesis and snes emulators already?
playing toe jam & earl, ff series, chrono trigger on the iphone would be priceless...

vinchbr

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:41:19 EST

All they need now is the greatest video game ever created:

GRIM FANDANGO

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more