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Monkey Island: SE and Madballs in ...Babo available today photo

Avast! Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Madballs in ...Babo: Invasion are currently available on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 800 Microsoft Banana Dollars.

Secret of Monkey Island: SE is a faithful remake of the Lucasfilms Games release. It features a sharp new visual style and minor atmospheric tweaks. If Guybrush Threepwood’s updated mullet bothers you for whatever reason, don’t stress: you can flip the new art on and off with a press of the button at any time during play.

Madballs in ...Babo: Invasion is described as a “casually hardcore” dual-stick shooter starring the viciously equipped and rotund Madballs. You’ll need to see bad boy in action in order to get the best impression, so do check out these teasers we posted shortly after our full preview.

Talk about a busy day with downloadables. What game (or games) are you guys going to jump on today?
 


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the Golden Avatar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:02
the Golden Avatar
I'm downloading Monkey Island the instant I get home today.
SurplusGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:20
SurplusGamer
What he said.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:26
TorpedoTed
Im at work but ive bought it already, Monkey Island for the win!!
blu3steel's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:30
blu3steel
"800 Microsoft Banana Dollars"

Hilarious
slayer the player's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:39
slayer the player
i hope you all get this on steam, or wii when it comes out, cause who wants to point and click with at 360 controller
SurplusGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 08:56
SurplusGamer
@slayer the player

I've been playing MI and its ilk on a PC since it came out. I'm planning on enjoying the new backgrounds on my big TV while sitting back on my couch. That so wrong?

I may get it on Steam some time.
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 09:03
Noah
Downloading the trials now.... Monkey Island looks fun, but I mostly get Arcade titles for mindless multiplayer
slayer the player's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 09:04
slayer the player
i've got no problem with it
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 09:10
Professor Pew
But I already downloaded the good looking Monkey Island 16 years ago!

/mutters something about kids these days and the cost of floppies back then
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 10:18
Timmeh
Day off today so I'm half way through Monkey Island: SE. The new animations and some character designs I could take or leave but the updated audio and backgrounds are really quite nice. Is it just me though, or did they take a couple of the jokes out? I couldn't find the tree stump that gives you the insert disk message on Melee...

Only problem is got in on my 360 as Steam still doesn't release for another 2 hours (which you can usually add another couple of hours to). I'm used to having slight letterboxing to adjust for my monitor's 16:10 ratio but Monkey Island is ridiculous, big fat borders on every edge.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 10:37
Holyetheline
800MS points each... that's better than the 1200 I thought Madballs was going to be. This is an alright deal for sure.
SurplusGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 10:56
SurplusGamer
@Timmeh

It's based on the CD version of the game which, for some crazy reason didn't have the stump joke in. Go figure.

Everything in the game (right down to the animations) is identical to the original in every other way because the new graphics and sound are basically just stapled on top of the original CD version game code.
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 11:47
Timmeh
Haha, yeah - I had a quick look at the Wiki page and it said that the stump was removed because of the number of people calling up tech support. Can't imagine how many calls they got, but it was enough to reference it in MI2 when you call the support line.

I'd really like to see some more of remakes like this for LeChuck's revenge, the Indy games etc.

I can't see them remaking Grim Fandango like people want though, not unless they thought they could make it work at something close to retail price. That would be an immense amount of work and require (I would imagine) substantial rewriting of the engine.
laika one's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 11:53
laika one
just got MI, the redone graphics are a bit of a mixed bag, sometimes the backgrounds look stunning, sometimes just the same, but with less charm :(. It's still MI though, so it's still awesome. Just wish the update was more consistant. Especially the characters. Hopefully MI2'S even better.
Agent Orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 13:18
Agent Orange
Picking up some MI on PC, for sure. And I think "casually hardcore" is one of the worst phrases I have seen in a while.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 13:35
ArrestedDeveloper
I bought my Monkey Island on XBLA at 3 this morning still need to pick up the steam version.
FatherChesz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 13:50
FatherChesz
Grabbed the XBLA version this morning, and started the Steam version download when it was up. Xbox version is 550 MB, and the Steam version is 2100. I have to wonder what the difference is, but I don't care. I can relive the game that shaped my expectations of all video games that followed it. I may take a nostalgia day just to play through Mechwarrior 2 Platinum and Monkey Island.
allisonaxe's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/15/2009 14:06
allisonaxe
any idea why the steam version has such high processor requirements? i mean, it shouldn't be such a complicated game, that a 3 ghz processor should be mandatory.... oh, curse my recently-ended year of unemployment and my woefully outdated computer! :-(
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