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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Hilarious
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.
/mutters something about kids these days and the cost of floppies back then
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.
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.
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.