Rubber Chicken with a pulley in the middle...

[STL-AL]

...oh, the joy of rediscovering classic games.

I'm pretty sure I would be doing a lot better for myself had I put more effort into passing those GCSEs, than trying to complete "The Secret of Monkey Island" way back in 1992 - I think!

Reminiscing about the old days – and what could have been – I found myself doing a little search on the internet, and those of you interested in re-living the days of Lucas Arts classic point-n-click masterpieces should take a look at www.scummvm.org

It’s a fantastic tool that allows you to play such all-time great games as Monkey Island (and its sequels), Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones…even Beneath a Steel Sky…on Windows XP.

I found the “The Secret of Monkey Island”, and other games, available for free-download on fileplanet, so I presume that Lucas Arts – or whoever - have approved these titles for legal download…

Anyway, thought this might be of interest to some of you.

[Hanslow]

I have the port for my GP2X but I've not got round to putting it on yet Looking forward to the fiendish puzzles that were in Monkey Island. I think 15 years or so is long enough to forget most of the answers

[STL-Al]

I freely admit that I struggled on a few puzzles (which probably stumped me way back when) - especially in Monkey Island 2!

Fortunately, even after all this time, there are a lot of fan based web sites out there that offer some good hints...

[mtv dave]

I always liked the sword fights being slanging matches. And the later games when you were at sea your replys had to ryhm fantastic!

[shadytree]

Ever remember 'The Way Of The Exploding Fist' on the Commodore 64 ?

[satans worm]

or even better 'radar rat race' on catridge on the C64, no loading times!!!

[STL-AL]

No C64 - We had a Spectrum 48K + !

Load ""

[JonRB]

It's very sad that the Graphic Adventure has gone out of fashion.

'Day Of The Tentacle' and 'The Dig' were the two most memorable, but I played plenty of others too including all the Monkey Island games, although they did go steadily downhill with each sequel.

[pentoman]

I never played Monkey Island first time around, but played through 1, 2 and 3 last year (in bed with my girlfriend ), and have to say they're great!

Still enjoyable today.

I bought 3 and 4 (the cartoony-drawn one, and the 3D one) off amazon dead cheap, and we're part way through 4 now. 3 is maybe the best.

As a bonus you don't need a good pc to play it - stick it on an old laptop and play anywhere!

[JonRB]

4 (the 3D one) is a bit pants in my opinion. I never bothered finishing it in the end.

[M@H]

shadytree said:

Ever remember 'The Way Of The Exploding Fist' on the Commodore 64 ?

Yep, but on my 48k... and I also enjoyed gaming on the Vic 20

How about Repton or Frogger for the Acorn Elelctron ..Classic gaming

(resists temptation to mention Elite ..D'oh)

[JonRB]

Anyone play Spy vs Spy on the Spectrum?

I picked up a new 3D version for the XBox for a tenner recently. Great fun.

[doug phillips]

I have just been playing The Secret of Monkey Island on my PDA (i have the CD) great fun, next I must load up my copy of Full Throttle.

Just wish I still had the Indy Adventure games

Doug.