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What I miss in modern games is... really fun, great jump n runs and fun adventures like "Monkey Island" seem to be a dieing or already dead genre. It is all ab

by kahawe 15y ago

What I miss in modern games is... really fun, great jump n runs and fun adventures like "Monkey Island" seem to be a dieing or already dead genre. It is all about MMOs, RTS, role playing, shooters and sports games nowadays.

Fargren 15y ago
Ben Chandler really has a lot of what's great about those games. Try Awakener[1], Air and Eternally Us [1]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=search&sterm=awakener&submit=Search http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=search...!
daeken 15y ago
For what it's worth, Monkey Island on the iPad is amazing. Seriously the way it's meant to be played. I just introduced my girlfriend to the series on the iPad the other day. Tablets seem to be bringing adventure games back a bit -- they were effectively dead for the longest time.
- marcocampos 15y ago
  Monkey Island on the iPad? Sir, you've made my day :) I miss the golden age of graphical adventure games: Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, Space Quest, King Quest, Hands Of Fate and many others... :/ Today's games aren't that fun, or maybe I'm just old.
- StavrosK 15y ago
  I had the realization the other day that the SCUMM games and Heroes of Might and Magic (an amazing game) would play very very well on an iPad. What a pity, I have an iPad 2 in front of me and I can't play the games. Thanks, Apple. I can't wait to get rid of it for a Galaxy tab.
  - tsunamifury 15y ago
    Um... ever heard of ScummVM? They have a wonderful iPad edition.
    - StavrosK 15y ago
      How can I install it on an iPad 2?
      - lazerwalker 15y ago
        It's only available if you jailbreak your iPad. If it's not available by default in Cydia, there's a repository you can add to download it. The controls don't always feel 100% right, but it does work like a charm. Alternatively, the new-fangled remakes of the first two Monkey Island games are available for sale on the App Store proper.
        StavrosK 15y ago
        That's what I meant in the above comment, there's no jailbreak for the iPad 2 and they don't know when there will be one. It's as useless as a condom in a monastery.
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        kahawe 15y ago
        If I understand it correctly, ScummVM itself is not allowed to run on iOS because it loads content (the games) after being installed, right? What if one made a stripped version that just comes with one game and no loading? but then you would have to find a way of bundling those games legally...
        StavrosK 15y ago
        I believe they have done that for Flight of the Amazon Queen on the app store.
      - deleted 15y ago
rfrey 15y ago
What I really miss about the golden age of games is that I was the golden age of 15. The same thing that 15 year old down the hall is going to miss in 20 years.

by kahawe 15y ago

Fargren 15y ago

Ben Chandler really has a lot of what's great about those games. Try Awakener[1], Air and Eternally Us [1]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=search&sterm=awakener&submit=Search http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=search...!

daeken 15y ago

For what it's worth, Monkey Island on the iPad is amazing. Seriously the way it's meant to be played. I just introduced my girlfriend to the series on the iPad the other day. Tablets seem to be bringing adventure games back a bit -- they were effectively dead for the longest time.

marcocampos 15y ago
Monkey Island on the iPad? Sir, you've made my day :) I miss the golden age of graphical adventure games: Monkey Island, Day Of The Tentacle, Space Quest, King Quest, Hands Of Fate and many others... :/ Today's games aren't that fun, or maybe I'm just old.
StavrosK 15y ago
I had the realization the other day that the SCUMM games and Heroes of Might and Magic (an amazing game) would play very very well on an iPad. What a pity, I have an iPad 2 in front of me and I can't play the games. Thanks, Apple. I can't wait to get rid of it for a Galaxy tab.
- tsunamifury 15y ago
  Um... ever heard of ScummVM? They have a wonderful iPad edition.
  - StavrosK 15y ago
    How can I install it on an iPad 2?
    - lazerwalker 15y ago
      It's only available if you jailbreak your iPad. If it's not available by default in Cydia, there's a repository you can add to download it. The controls don't always feel 100% right, but it does work like a charm. Alternatively, the new-fangled remakes of the first two Monkey Island games are available for sale on the App Store proper.
      - StavrosK 15y ago
        That's what I meant in the above comment, there's no jailbreak for the iPad 2 and they don't know when there will be one. It's as useless as a condom in a monastery.
      - deleted 15y ago
        [deleted]
      - kahawe 15y ago
        If I understand it correctly, ScummVM itself is not allowed to run on iOS because it loads content (the games) after being installed, right? What if one made a stripped version that just comes with one game and no loading? but then you would have to find a way of bundling those games legally...
        StavrosK 15y ago
        I believe they have done that for Flight of the Amazon Queen on the app store.
    - deleted 15y ago

rfrey 15y ago

What I really miss about the golden age of games is that I was the golden age of 15. The same thing that 15 year old down the hall is going to miss in 20 years.