Well, here’s something we’ll be able to dine out on for a while.
Sometime after Telltale folded, some choice Telltale veterans – original CEO Dan Connors, engineering maestro Randy Tudor, technical director Jon Sgro, and affirmative action Mojo alumnus Jake Rodkin – thought to themselves, “Hey, what if we made those Sam & Max games we built at Telltale not only available again, but gussied up with retrofitted engine improvements like some tarted-up whore?”
That question obviously rhetorical, the quartet joined forces with Steve Purcell, scooped up the game assets at a flea market and founded “Skunkape Games” (which certain eagle-eyed busybodies already noticed had been quietly restamped as the publisher of the Sam & Max seasons on digital outlets earlier this year), and under this new moniker are primed to do just that.
And soon. Sam & Max Save the World: Remastered is due to drop December 2nd, with the other two seasons to follow.
To be honest with you, the results look jaw-dropping. These games have always been gems, but the above makes me unspeakably giddy to experience them all over again in widescreen with their new coat of paint and without voice compression targeting 60MB file downloads. There are loads of other little enhancements promised as well, but it’s probably best to discover them for ourselves.
For media and more information (including how to pre-order), check out the official Skunkape web presence or maybe even Sam & Max.net. That’s right, anonymous sources tell us that the beloved hub is coming back from the dead, and putting on new airs: What was once The Unofficial Sam & Max Website is to be imminently reborn as very much an official resource. Gandalf the White’s transformation looks like a damn haircut by comparison.
So you’re telling me we’ve got this, a new Sam & Max VR game, new Sam & Max figurines, the return of the forums, a Monkey Island anthology box set, revelatory violations of the Monkey Island source code, and Psychonauts 2 in its final stretch of production all the while? You bet your hiney you are. Mojo has renaissanced yet again.
Kralex
Kroms
Stunning! I tried replaying the games earlier this year, and was sad at how much season 1 especially had aged, graphics-wise. This will hopefully bring a new generation of fans on.
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
A remaster of Tales where they're not limited to the 50 megs of Wii ware space so side characters can be different character models and maybe some live instruments in the soundtrack would be heavenly!
First of all, super excited for this and the eventual two seasons that will follow. Second, yes for Tales! If they sewed all 5 chapters together so it's like all the other games in the series that'd be cool too (even if it meant losing those intros with the Voodoo Lady and her tarot cards). It always bugged me how they still made you switch executables even on the DVD. Glad Save the World Remastered is gonna be a full game all in one like that.
Also, though that VR game is fine and dandy, can we get a season 4 after this? And More Tales? Maybe redo Hit the Road? Too optimistic? Maybe, but a guy can dream. Things just feel really damn good for adventure fans atm.
Kroms
Kralex
Kroms
Stunning! I tried replaying the games earlier this year, and was sad at how much season 1 especially had aged, graphics-wise. This will hopefully bring a new generation of fans on.
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
A remaster of Tales where they're not limited to the 50 megs of Wii ware space so side characters can be different character models and maybe some live instruments in the soundtrack would be heavenly!
Yeah, though I suspect the models would be too hard (not that I wouldn't love it!). The music, though? Even something that isn't overly compressed would be great. I find myself humming the main bit of the the manitee belly track sometimes. It'd be lovely experiencing it in-game.
Kroms
Kralex
Kroms
Stunning! I tried replaying the games earlier this year, and was sad at how much season 1 especially had aged, graphics-wise. This will hopefully bring a new generation of fans on.
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
A remaster of Tales where they're not limited to the 50 megs of Wii ware space so side characters can be different character models and maybe some live instruments in the soundtrack would be heavenly!
Yeah, though I suspect the models would be too hard (not that I wouldn't love it!). The music, though? Even something that isn't overly compressed would be great. I find myself humming the main bit of the the manitee belly track sometimes. It'd be lovely experiencing it in-game.
Never say never! They've made new models for at least some of the characters in Sam & Max! And yeah even just some higher quality digital music like that would be great!
Kralex
Kroms
Stunning! I tried replaying the games earlier this year, and was sad at how much season 1 especially had aged, graphics-wise. This will hopefully bring a new generation of fans on.
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
A remaster of Tales where they're not limited to the 50 megs of Wii ware space so side characters can be different character models and maybe some live instruments in the soundtrack would be heavenly!
Yeah, though I suspect the models would be too hard (not that I wouldn't love it!). The music, though? Even something that isn't overly compressed would be great. I find myself humming the main bit of the the manitee belly track sometimes. It'd be lovely experiencing it in-game.
Kroms
Stunning! I tried replaying the games earlier this year, and was sad at how much season 1 especially had aged, graphics-wise. This will hopefully bring a new generation of fans on.
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
A remaster of Tales where they're not limited to the 50 megs of Wii ware space so side characters can be different character models and maybe some live instruments in the soundtrack would be heavenly!
Now do the same for "Tales of Monkey Island"!
I'm so very excited about all of this!