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Lucasarts to make announcement tommorow

2009-07-05, 7:55 PM #1

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Shamelessly stolen from an SA thread
[quote=Some SA guy]A couple of days ago, the LucasArts twitter "tweeted" about a new game that old school fans would love. Here are some of the relevant "tweets".

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Amazing news coming Monday! Super excited! You have no idea how tough it is not to start yelling about it! But it's secret! Until Monday!

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Okay, we will do hints. It is awesome news for our old school fans. (anything more direct might get me in trouble)

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It doesn't have to do with any specific intellectual property...

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So what do you think it is? Signs point to a catalogue release on a digital distribution service.

2009-07-05, 7:59 PM #2

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That seems to fit best. Not sure if I would buy them all over again since I already own all the ones I care about.

Except maybe if they have enhancements, like the Monkey Island remake.

2009-07-05, 8:12 PM #3

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An enhanced new version of the Sith engine built to run on modern PCs and consoles :hist101:

HD compatible! Complete graphics reimplementation!

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2009-07-05, 8:33 PM #4

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Anyone can make a twitter page...

In fact, this looks familiar.

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2009-07-06, 6:01 AM #5

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oh no help me i am about to join twitter noooooo :psylon:

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2009-07-06, 6:09 AM #6

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I was just thinking yesterday that it's time for a new Star Wars fps, however, I bet this has something to do with Monkey Island, Tentacle, etc. since they mentioned "old school".

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2009-07-06, 6:47 AM #7

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nothing here :v:

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2009-07-06, 8:16 AM #8

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They announced the two new Monkey Island projects a while ago. Is this more news about that, or just a particularly slow Lucasarts employee that's only just checked his e-mails?

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2009-07-06, 8:29 AM #9

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TIE FIGHTER 2!?

Oh wait, not possible. ha

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2009-07-06, 8:39 AM #10

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They already did TIE Fighter 2, that was X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter.

2009-07-06, 8:42 AM #11

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Wow MZZTFail

A proper TIE Fighter 2, then.

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2009-07-06, 8:43 AM #12

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Heh, I get a distinctly different page when I google exactly the same thing. I have my region set to Norway, and only one news story is actually in Norwegian (the top one). I'm not even sure what language that last one is in

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2009-07-06, 9:04 AM #13

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Outlaws 2

with the original outlaws team working on it

a man can dream....

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2009-07-06, 10:34 AM #14

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The big announcement: They're coming to steam. Woo.

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2009-07-06, 10:35 AM #15

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STEAM TIE FIGHTER 2!?

... TIE ... FIGHTER... TW-

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2009-07-06, 10:36 AM #16

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List of games:

• Armed and DangerousTM
• Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis
• Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
• LEGO® Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure
• LOOMTM
• Star Wars Battlefront® II
• Star Wars Republic Commando®
• Star Wars StarfighterTM
• The Dig®
• Thrillville®: Off the RailsTM

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2009-07-06, 10:37 AM #17

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<3 RC

A shame you probably can't register existing CD keys for Steam for it.

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2009-07-06, 10:37 AM #18

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and no link to where you heard this news?

also: no infernal machine is failsauce i want to play it but it's stupidly expensive on ebay

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2009-07-06, 10:41 AM #19

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Mort-hog the last one is in spanish. I know this because it's one the few languages I speak somewhat.

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2009-07-06, 10:45 AM #20

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Jim, if you want I can check if I still have my copy at home and I'll ship it your way if you are fine with shipping fees.

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2009-07-06, 10:46 AM #21

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http://www.lucasarts.com/company/vip/catalog/lec_backcatalog_2009.pdf

I might finally get Republic Commando I guess. I don't know, I already own all of the adventure games and they work just fine in ScummVM.

2009-07-06, 10:49 AM #22

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Oooh a chance to play Indy and the Fate of Atlantis with v/o again.

CAKESQUEE!!!

(Is Steam downloadable for free or do you have to buy a valve game to get it)

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2009-07-06, 11:00 AM #23

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Originally posted by Jep:

Jim, if you want I can check if I still have my copy at home and I'll ship it your way if you are fine with shipping fees.

i'd totally be fine with that...

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2009-07-06, 11:01 AM #24

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Alrighty, I've just got done moving so I'll search my game box. I'm pretty sure I saw it in there, so I'll keep you posted about it.

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2009-07-06, 11:02 AM #25

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Originally posted by Jep:

(Is Steam downloadable for free or do you have to buy a valve game to get it)

It's free.

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2009-07-06, 11:03 AM #26

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It says "the first round" of releases, so hopefully we'll have some more exciting ones next time.

2009-07-06, 11:04 AM #27

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So are they going out of their way to make other games compatible? I want to see some Grim Fandango and old space sims.

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2009-07-06, 11:04 AM #28

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Who has?

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2009-07-06, 11:08 AM #29

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Originally posted by DrkJedi82:

and no link to where you heard this news?

also: no infernal machine is failsauce i want to play it but it's stupidly expensive on ebay

How does it benefit Lucasarts to buy a copy off of ebay rather than just pirating it?

2009-07-06, 11:14 AM #30

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because i don't answer every question with "i'll just pirate it" i may be satan but i do have some morals

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2009-07-06, 11:22 AM #31

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SO HOW ABOUT THAT JK

Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.

2009-07-06, 12:29 PM #32

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Originally posted by DrkJedi82:

because i don't answer every question with "i'll just pirate it" i may be satan but i do have some morals

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2009-07-06, 12:39 PM #33

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Originally posted by Martyn:

It says "the first round" of releases, so hopefully we'll have some more exciting ones next time.

That's fine for the adventure games - or, at least, people who never bought them when they first came out. But what about some other games?

X-Wing and TIE Fighter have aged very badly, have spotty performance in Dosbox and require a joystick and almost nobody has one anymore. If LEC re-releases the original games on Steam it'll be disastrous. They need real updates and modernization, and the XvT engine remakes just didn't cut it.

Games from the dawn of 3D acceleration don't work right on modern operating systems: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, Jedi Knight, Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron.

I really hope their plans involve source code modifications.

2009-07-06, 12:42 PM #34

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Originally posted by DrkJedi82:

and no link to where you heard this news?

also: no infernal machine is failsauce i want to play it but it's stupidly expensive on ebay

It seems to sporadically run on XP for me. It might be dependent on video driver version numbers or some nonsense.

2009-07-06, 12:44 PM #35

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If they can get their classic games (everything that made LucasArts awesome about 10 years ago) to me in a format that allows me to relive the magic I'm game for dropping plenty of pennies. If that involves them having to the alter the source code then i hope they have the balls to do it.

2009-07-06, 12:51 PM #36

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Originally posted by Jon`C:

Games from the dawn of 3D acceleration don't work right on modern operating systems: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, Jedi Knight, Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron.

TIE and XvT work just fine on my XP rig, I think you can get them running under Vista and 7 but I'm not entirely sure.

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2009-07-06, 1:02 PM #37

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Works with unofficial fan patch.

2009-07-06, 1:22 PM #38

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It's kinda funny how LucasArts is one of the few companies that are championed to this day due to their back catalog of 10+ year old games rather than whatever direction they are going now.

I mean, anyone noticed LA's newest game, Indiana Jones: The Staff of Kings? Too bad it's... fairly lackluster.

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2009-07-06, 1:33 PM #39

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It's because Lucasarts is full of stupid, stupid people.

Look at how much time and money they spent on their destructible environment technology. Look at how much they spent on their realistic animation technology. Just look. Look at the hype.

Then those retards release the games on consoles only, where they don't have the processing power to actually use any of it. Or a sharp enough picture for anybody to actually notice.

TFU and Staff of Kings are the biggest wastes of time, effort and hype since Fable 1 promised us real-time tree growth.

2009-07-06, 1:58 PM #40

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Cool, maybe with this there'll be some people actually playing the RC multiplayer.

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nope.