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More fascinating LucasArts adventure archaelogy 27 Jun, 2011 / 6 comments

Not content to rest on my laurels after finding a long-lost room from Loom, I've delved further into the realm of old French computer gaming magazines. This has yielded interesting results, such as this early version of the Monkey Island 1 title screen:
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Early version of the MI1 title screen

I also found
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an early stab at Guybrush's MI1 VGA sprite
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And here's a scan of Kate Capsize's ship from MI2, which was later almost entirely redesigned. The waterfall on Phatt Island, also seen here, was likewise redrawn to look more realistic.
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An early version of Kate Capsize's ship and the Phatt Island waterfall

Speaking of MI2, here's some long-lost original background art:
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Original background art for MI2

A joke from Last Crusade, sadly cut out:
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A joke (probably by Ron Gilbert) that was cut from the Last Crusade adventure game

Fate of Atlantis with prototype inventory icons.
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Pictures of Fate of Atlantis with early inventory icons
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Pictures of Fate of Atlantis with early inventory icons

I've also got a nice scan from Joystick magazine showing Fate with its initial MI1-style GUI:
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Pictures of early Fate of Atlantis with a WIP GUI

(That early GUI was also seen in
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this scan from Génération 4 magazine
already shown on Mojo.)
Finally, some scans featuring Brian Moriarty's The Dig from Génération 4 and Joystick, covering CES of summer 1993.
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The Dig article from Generation 4 magazine, 1993
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The Dig article from Joystick magazine, 1993 (page 1)
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The Dig article from Joystick magazine, 1993 (page 2)

Among other things, these articles show off the gory death scene of Toshi Olema (the fourth Dig astronaut later removed by Sean Clark), who tried to cross a lake of acid, with predictable results.
Also check out this translated description of the original Dig script Steven Spielberg intended for the Amazing Stories TV show:
"It was about a team of future archaeologists who unearth a statue of Mickey Mouse, then Sleeping Beauty's castle, etc., ultimately discovering that they have located Disneyland."

I think we can all be thankful Disneyland is not in the final game.

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    Capn_Nacho on 28 Jun, 2011, 19:58…

    Threepwood4life

    Has anyone seen this its from Anson Jew's youtube page


    Man, he animated some of the most iconic bits of Full Throttle. Pretty awesome, thanks for sharing.
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    Rum Rogers on 28 Jun, 2011, 10:39…
    Holy crap! My mind boggles...
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    clone2727 on 28 Jun, 2011, 00:22…

    Threepwood4life

    Has anyone seen this its from Anson Jew's youtube page, its an animated reel of clips he did while at LucasArts and features some animation sequences from the early versions of The Dig on there.

    Yes.

    @ATMachine: Does this mean you'll finally update your site? ;)
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    Kroms on 27 Jun, 2011, 22:20…
    Holy shit, that's ATMachine.
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    Threepwood4life on 27 Jun, 2011, 20:17…
    Has anyone seen this its from Anson Jew's youtube page, its an animated reel of clips he did while at LucasArts and features some animation sequences from the early versions of The Dig on there.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KzY-Hc30Kw&feature=channel_video_title
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    Lagomorph on 27 Jun, 2011, 19:29…
    I would still love to play one of the earlier versions of the Dig. Especially the acid pit part, I'd love to see how they handled that. It's also really intense to lose a character that way. Damn, someone bring out a special editon of the Dig with earlier versions!

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