I am… Revived…

July 13, 2008 on 11:42 pm | In Uncategorized | By Shadow |

Well, more like startled into the waking world by my stupid phone, but I’m not going there. Where I will go, however, is somewhere that is slightly old and new at the same time, and something that should have been thought of sooner.

I have to admit, the second link, while not perfect, is an awesome concept, especially when you think of MS, Sony, or Nintendo and their anti-user gaming policies (Heck, I didn’t even know I had to agree to an EULA, just to use a Nintendo Wii, internet or not!). Also, while not on the site as best as I can tell, Google searches reveal that Good Old Games is trying to negotiate the right to distribute Lucas Arts’ old games including the Monkey Island series, Grim Fandano, X-Wing, and TIE Fighter, just to name a few. (Are you reading this, Biohazard?)

The first link is my favorite game (Chrono Trigger) being brought back in all its glory, except now I can play it in the car (without a clunky SNES, miniature TV, inverter and related accessories.) and it is an awesome game in general. I’m quite excited that it is coming back, and have high hopes (even though those will probably die when it’s done) about this game.

Later!

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  1. Monkey Island is something everyone should experinece. I doubt anyone would be interested with how much reading you have to do with the older LA games, and the graphics aren’t very good compared to what people are used to now-adays, but they’d be missing out on some truly epic games of the past.

    It’s too bad people are missing out on Grim Fandango, at least I can still play the other LA games with SCUMMVM, but Grim Fandango is easily better than all of ‘em and there is no way to play it anymore. :(

    Comment by BioHazard — July 17, 2008 #

  2. You’re still alive, Bio? Fooled me. ;-)

    Anyway, yeah. Apparently there is still a lot of demand for those games. Think Video Games Live, when they played the music from Monkey Island and Grim Fandango (amongst others). I don’t think they would’ve done that if there wasn’t interest, and from what I read in the forum, A LOT of people asked for that (and sometimes continue to do so.).

    If they do get those rights, that would be… Well, awesome. :-D

    EDIT:
    While I neglected to mention it sooner, It seems I was right about Chrono Trigger DS, assuming this wasn’t something assumed or taken out of context: The Playstation cutscenes will supposedly be included. While that’s not totally surprising, let’s just hope this game doesn’t include the playstation enemy battle load time.

    Comment by Shadow — July 17, 2008 #

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