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ManaByte

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Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« on: July 06, 2009, 04:18:44 PM »
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Following the recent relaunch of the Monkey Island franchise, LucasArts is giving gamers even more old school love by bringing its classic games to Steam. This Wednesday, July 8, gamers can log on to Valve's download service and obtain copies of the following games:

    * Armed and Dangerous
    * The Dig
    * Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
    * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
    * LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    * Loom
    * Star Wars Battlefront II
    * Star Wars Republic Commando
    * Star Wars Starfighter
    * Thrillville: Off the Rails

Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts says, "This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts' classic games." LucasArts also says this is the "first round of releases" intended to "revitalize its deep portfolio of beloved gaming franchises" so we're hopeful that the company has plans to release even more gems from its extensive catalog, including such hits as TIE Fighter and Maniac Mansion.

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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2009, 04:26:03 PM »
 :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2009, 04:28:22 PM »
If they put TIE Fighter up there, OMG.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2009, 04:32:22 PM »
If they put TIE Fighter up there, OMG.

Probably only a matter of time now that they've started putting their old games up.

I'm looking forward to Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Sam and Max, and Grim Fandango.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2009, 04:36:14 PM »
Republic Commando > all that crap
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2009, 04:45:43 PM »
Yay, too bad I just got through playing these games this past month. I think most people who love LucasArts' adventure games already have all of these with their multiple Scumm emus.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2009, 05:05:19 PM »
Battlefront was one of the games that got me back into the hobby a few years back. Sweet
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2009, 06:00:16 PM »
Well, so much for me not buying any games this week.
Well, so much for me not buying a Lucasarts game for the last five years.
Well, so much for my now slightly shorter 'Reasons to Hate George Lucas' list.

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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2009, 08:52:15 PM »
HOLY FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Fate of Atlantis on Steam :hyper
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2009, 09:28:54 PM »
get 'The Dig' if you like having an awesome time
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2009, 09:52:11 PM »
fuck this better not be region locked
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2009, 10:43:46 PM »
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Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts says, "This effort is going to make it possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts' classic games." LucasArts also says this is the "first round of releases" intended to "revitalize its deep portfolio of beloved gaming franchises" so we're hopeful that the company has plans to release even more gems from its extensive catalog, including such hits as TIE Fighter and Maniac Mansion.

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I'm rebuying all these games.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2009, 11:23:34 PM »
Holy fuck.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2009, 01:21:28 AM »
This will be my steam page on the 8th

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Someone now owns Armed and Dangerous, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, Loom, Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars Republic Commando, Star Wars Starfighter, Thrillville: Off the Rails

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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2009, 01:40:44 AM »
How is Armed and Dangerous? that's the only game there I don't already own in some form.   It's the game with the shark gun, right?

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« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2009, 01:49:07 AM »
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Nifty new feature for the adventure games: What resolution will they run in? How about whatever resolution you're running. That work? ;)

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2009, 07:09:07 AM »
i have low expectations for these things
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2009, 09:13:01 AM »
definitely windowed
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2009, 09:34:33 AM »
borys is a console peasant double agent
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2009, 03:46:32 PM »
$4.99 for each adventure game.

No bundle.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2009, 03:58:20 PM »
$4.99 for each adventure game.

No bundle.

Will wait for bundle. Unless I get drunk and buy Indy. Will probably wait for bundle.

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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2009, 04:09:45 PM »
This is like 5 years too late.  People have been playing these titles on ScummVM for some time, and this pathetic trickle of 2nd tier content is not really enticing.  I can't think of a single reason for them to continue to hold the games people really want over our heads.  It only encourages more people to go hunt down the real "Most Wanted" titles as ScummVM roms.

I guess it's the irritating "Nintendo" strategy, where they think games will sell better if they stagger the releases and force people to wait around for the "release date" of a game that actually came out 15 years ago.

How is Armed and Dangerous? that's the only game there I don't already own in some form.   It's the game with the shark gun, right?

My recollection of the game is that it's a competent-at-best third person shooter.  People always mention the shark gun because it's actually the only "funny" weapon they came up with.  Everything else is either useless, bog standard shooter weapon, or not funny.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2009, 04:11:42 PM »
Fate of Atlantis is 155 MB, is it the talkie version?
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2009, 04:27:32 PM »
Fate of Atlantis is 155 MB, is it the talkie version?

If it wasn't, I'd go burn George Lucas in effigy right now.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2009, 05:42:09 PM »
Beneath a Steal Sky is free with ScummVM, just go to the website and download it.
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Re: Fate of Atlantis, Loom, and The Dig on Steam 7/8/09!
« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2009, 06:17:55 PM »
Beneath a Steal Sky is free with ScummVM, just go to the website and download it.

It's also free on GOG.com, as standalone version that's been tweaked slightly to run on XP and Vista.
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