The always wonderful Zaarin has completed his recording of the complete Monkey Island 2 soundtrack and uploaded it to his hosted site Soundtrack Island!
Now go listen!
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The always wonderful Zaarin has completed his recording of the complete Monkey Island 2 soundtrack and uploaded it to his hosted site Soundtrack Island!
Now go listen!
It's been awhile since we've heard anything on Mata Hari, that graphic adventure game the LucasArts alumni Noah Falstein and Hal Barwood (both best known for the Indiana Jones adventure games) have been making for the Germans, but you can see a new streaming trailer for it over at Gamershell, where it is also available for download.
There's little to no gameplay on display here, but the footage is nonetheless enticing. Also, the end of the trailer reveals the URL of the official site, but visiting it may result in disappointment. Look out for Mata Hari sometime this year for PC wherever it's going to be released.
The long-awaited (well, by me at least) Indiana Jones Comics Omnibus Volume 2 is now available in stores, online or off, a few days earlier than expected.
All of these comics have been out-of-print for years and are very hard to come by, but they're mostly of interest to us because this volume contains the two stories that could have been Fate of Atlantis 2 - Iron Phoenix and Spear of Destiny.
While Spear of Destiny most likely bears little relation to the intended story for the cancelled game, Iron Phoenix is very game-like in its structure, and contains several elements that ended up in the true sequel - Infernal Machine. The artifacts being scattered across remote points of the world, including one at Shambala Sanctuary, and Russians being in it for example.
After escaping from George Lucas' secret compound, Chris "The Tingler" Capel wrote this love-fest review of Lego Indiana Jones.
We've very kindly been sent some photos of the 51st issue of Retro Gamer, with its massive interview with Hal Barwood about Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Check them out:
The magazine is available in Britain now (with a confirmed supply in a train station W H Smiths), will be avialble in American Barnes and Nobles stores in late June/early July, and (this is the best part) is available now, to everyone, on the Internet, for five English pounds.
For those who missed out on buying a Maniac Mansion poster, this is probably the best deal of the year.
Spanish adventure gaming fan-site Aventura y CÃA have published another part to their "Missing Presumed...?" series. A previous instalment you may remember, covered the fate of the Full Throttle sequels; the latest part tells the hidden story of Indiana Jones' secret sequels.
What's that? Pas understanday un uno Spanisho? Well good for you that it's English as well!
In another news, "Mike B" sends word that "British magazine Retro Gamer (Issue 51) has a six-page interview with Hal Barwood for a Making of Indiana Jones & The Fate Of Atlantis. Some great info on how the game came about - and why, unfortunately - we'll never see a FOA movie!"
Anyone out there kind enough to give us a scan?
A reader named Jonathan from the Guild of Sculptors sent in this great work of Loom fan art:
Update: As "tenochtitlan" points out in the comments, these figures are apparently part of a complete chess set. I'd buy that for a dollar!
If you've ever played Loom, you'll know how much quality and originality (an overused word, but the only one I have) this game has... and if you haven't played Loom, then perhaps you should!
Members of the first party will no doubt be interested in the fourth installment of our "LucasArts' Secret History" series, due to the trivia, downloads, and developer insights within... members of the second party should take a look at our review and find out what they've been missing.
As someone from the second group, I am now very desperate to get my hands on a copy of Loom (FM Towns preferably!) and play this mother. I mean, dragons, Swan Lake and a free audio drama... in the same game? Kiss me now!
Thanks to all the developers and gamers for sending in their thoughts, and to Dan Lee for the amazing art work once again!
IGN is now the first proper site to review Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. It's a pretty favourable review altogether.
However, a surprise was apparently included with the game: an advertisement for an as-yet unannounced LucasArts game. Don't get too excited - it's a Star Wars game, the long-rumoured game based on the new Clone Wars series and movie coming out this Autumn/Fall.
The game will come out the same time. Of most interest is that it will apparently be exclusive to Nintendo's two consoles - Wii and DS. What the game will be like is anyone's guess, but as it's not even been announced properly yet and is out in a few months, I'm not holding my breath.
Once upon a time, Mojo hosted a game guide dedicated to Loom. This particular guide was thought lost to time until clone2727 travelled back to the past and diligently assembled all pieces that made up the guide.
So without further ado, may I present to you the Loom Game Guide!
In what can only be described as extremely awesome news, Star Wars Shop are now selling Limited Edition Maniac Mansion Posters!!
Oh yes, proving that LucasArts aren't completely dismissive of their olden days, their own Shop is selling it too. Still not selling the games though, are they...
Update by elTee: Out of stock.
Yes, the game of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is now available to buy, and a PC demo is playable too!
The only problem is that it's just a mobile phone game. Ah well, Lego Indy will be here soon.
Get mentally prepared to journey back with Dr Jones, with our review of Raiders of the Lost Ark!
And if you haven't seen the films before, take a look at the review anyway, to get an idea of what all the fuss is about. Then you can pick up on all the in-jokes in Monkey Island 2.
Update: page two, with a look back at Temple of Doom, has been published.
Update 2: page three, with a look back at The Last Crusade, has been published.
Update 3: some thoughts on The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are now online, free of major spoilers.
Genuine oldskool fan site!
Just returned from nowhere land!
Guaranteed not updated since 2003!
Delve into Mojo's past by checking out one if its hosted sites: The Kickstand, dedicated to bringing you the latest Full Throttle news!
It features interview with one of the Gone Jackal guys, fan fiction, and much more!
Want to see how bad the pre-LucasArts Indiana Jones games were? The Angry Videogame Nerd plays them for you, so you don't have to! Isn't that kind of him?
Forum-goer madmardi has a very decent eBay listing, where loads of LucasArts goodies are being bid off until Thursday.
Look within to find adventure games, strategy guides, copies of The Adventurer, and even the Grim Fandango toy.
Five people, four Indiana Jones games, three time zones, two hours, and one unhealthy obsession with a computer character’s bottom.
Introducing... a recorded discussion about lots of interesting things! It's like a pod cast, but less fun.
UPDATE by The Tingler: If you've got a lot of patience and can ignore scary-looking faces, you can now read the polished, uncensored version at IndyJones.net! Only the truly dedicated need venture in!
If that Demo hasn't whipped up your appetite, there's a Summer Trailer for Lego Indiana Jones that actually made me laugh out loud at a couple of moments!
There's a couple of new previews out for Lego Indiana Jones, and while there's not a lot left to find out as you can probably guess most of it, both have their own reasons to recommend them.
Eurogamer is the most recent and is probably the most fun preview I've seen yet. I would've killed to have been one of those kids, getting to play a major game early! It also addresses some issues, such as the similarities to Lego Star Wars and how guns will feature.
IGN has the shorter preview, but makes up for it by having videos from all three Lego-ised films!