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Is there a place where I can legally obtain images to run on the vm?

sspiff 3y ago
Steam. I bought a ton of these on Steam and just copied the data files over to my sons tablet. Works perfectly, including localisation.
- toasteros 3y ago
  To add to this, the commercially available versions of the first two Monkey Island games are not ScummVM compatible without some hackery. The games are perfectly playable, indeed, but a lot of people don't have much fondness for the visual style choices. Luckily, the original game data files are included in the homogeneous .pak files for the games, and Monkey Island Explorer[0] can unpack them. For both games the files are MONKEY.000 and MONKEY.001 (MONKEY2.00{0,1} for Monkey 2) and the explorer program can filter for file types making it easy. Just unpack them, add to ScummVM and away you go. Caveat is that these are the CD versions of the games. The Secret of Monkey Island was actually "remastered" previously! The colour palette is altered slightly and the UI includes an updated inventory, with images instead of just words for items. The stump joke is removed, too (partly due to the LucasArts hintline getting calls about a missing disk #131!). Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Edition[1] is another project that can extract the data from the Special Editions, as well as the music and voice files. The resulting build is compatible with ScummVM, meaning you can play the original games with the updated audio. [0]: https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/monkey-island-explorer https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/monkey-island-expl... [1]: http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html
- sebazzz 3y ago
  The kids are playing Freddy Fish and Pyjama Sam on the iPad right now. Good stuff! There is just no modern equivalent of these games that let's kids puzzle like this!
Zetobal 3y ago
gog
unixhero 3y ago
Steam gog And archive.org some of the games are abandonware and free.
- toasteros 3y ago
  Just note that abandonware is not a legal term, and the ScummVM team consider it piracy/warez. You don't get supported with problems by ScummVM if you play an illegitimately acquired copy of a game. There ARE some games which are released by the original developers for free. Beneath a Steel Sky can even be found in the Debian and Arch repositories, for example.
  - unixhero 3y ago
    I have never needed support from the ScummVM team. I have been a ScummVM user since 2005.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  For anyone who cares about legality, do not touch Internet Archive (archive.org) with a 10 foot pole. That place is one of the biggest collections of warez known to man today.
  - unixhero 3y ago
    Uhmmm. No it isn't :)
galapago 3y ago
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games
o11c 3y ago
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Category:Freeware_Games https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Category:Freeware_G... but hm, that category is larger than the category of supported games ... clicking through to the "where to get" link gives a more curated list. There are 4 shipped in most Linux distros (probably more a matter of exact license than quality alone): Flight of the Amazon Queen - everything you'd expect from a fantasy adventure; play this if nothing else Beneath a Steel Sky - a good game, just not a happy one Lure of the Temptress - this was buggy when I played it, managing to crash/freeze the VM Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back - cringe
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  > probably more a matter of exact license Yep, they were freewared. > quality I have the experience with Flight and Steel Sky only, but they are good.
nu11ptr 3y ago
Gog is ideal. I own several of them, and if you are patient, they run great sales throughout the year making them very cheap to obtain (and there isn't any DRM).

Steam. I bought a ton of these on Steam and just copied the data files over to my sons tablet. Works perfectly, including localisation.

toasteros 3y ago
To add to this, the commercially available versions of the first two Monkey Island games are not ScummVM compatible without some hackery. The games are perfectly playable, indeed, but a lot of people don't have much fondness for the visual style choices. Luckily, the original game data files are included in the homogeneous .pak files for the games, and Monkey Island Explorer[0] can unpack them. For both games the files are MONKEY.000 and MONKEY.001 (MONKEY2.00{0,1} for Monkey 2) and the explorer program can filter for file types making it easy. Just unpack them, add to ScummVM and away you go. Caveat is that these are the CD versions of the games. The Secret of Monkey Island was actually "remastered" previously! The colour palette is altered slightly and the UI includes an updated inventory, with images instead of just words for items. The stump joke is removed, too (partly due to the LucasArts hintline getting calls about a missing disk #131!). Monkey Island Ultimate Talkie Edition[1] is another project that can extract the data from the Special Editions, as well as the music and voice files. The resulting build is compatible with ScummVM, meaning you can play the original games with the updated audio. [0]: https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/monkey-island-explorer https://quickandeasysoftware.net/software/monkey-island-expl... [1]: http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html
sebazzz 3y ago
The kids are playing Freddy Fish and Pyjama Sam on the iPad right now. Good stuff! There is just no modern equivalent of these games that let's kids puzzle like this!

Zetobal 3y ago

gog

unixhero 3y ago

Steam gog And archive.org some of the games are abandonware and free.

toasteros 3y ago
Just note that abandonware is not a legal term, and the ScummVM team consider it piracy/warez. You don't get supported with problems by ScummVM if you play an illegitimately acquired copy of a game. There ARE some games which are released by the original developers for free. Beneath a Steel Sky can even be found in the Debian and Arch repositories, for example.
- unixhero 3y ago
  I have never needed support from the ScummVM team. I have been a ScummVM user since 2005.
Dalewyn 3y ago
For anyone who cares about legality, do not touch Internet Archive (archive.org) with a 10 foot pole. That place is one of the biggest collections of warez known to man today.
- unixhero 3y ago
  Uhmmm. No it isn't :)

galapago 3y ago

https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games

o11c 3y ago

https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Category:Freeware_Games https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Category:Freeware_G... but hm, that category is larger than the category of supported games ... clicking through to the "where to get" link gives a more curated list. There are 4 shipped in most Linux distros (probably more a matter of exact license than quality alone): Flight of the Amazon Queen - everything you'd expect from a fantasy adventure; play this if nothing else Beneath a Steel Sky - a good game, just not a happy one Lure of the Temptress - this was buggy when I played it, managing to crash/freeze the VM Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back - cringe

justsomehnguy 3y ago
> probably more a matter of exact license Yep, they were freewared. > quality I have the experience with Flight and Steel Sky only, but they are good.

nu11ptr 3y ago

Gog is ideal. I own several of them, and if you are patient, they run great sales throughout the year making them very cheap to obtain (and there isn't any DRM).