LucasArts classics coming to Steam

[Prospero]

The first round:

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

All I can say is 

[schild]

That was their big announcement to satisfy fans? Games that are as easily acquired as The Sims 3?

Lucasarts is weird.

[Ingmar]

They're sitting on most of the adventure titles until they see how well the Monkey Island special edition sells. I expect that if it sells badly, they'll just throw the other games up, if it sells well, they'll give us special editions of those too.

[Prospero]

I'm just excited that LucasArts is starting to get this whole internet thing. These first few aren't super exciting, but I'm hoping it goes well for them so they release more old stuff and show whomever owns the Quest for * games that old games can make money.

[Kail]

whomever owns the Quest for * games...

That would be Sierra, who later became Vivendi, who bought Blizzard, and merged with Activision, I believe.  So I'd guess you'll see QfG on Steam sometime after World of Warcraft hits it.

As for this list, meh.  Good start, but I'm waiting for some Full Throttle, or Tie Fighter, or Dark Forces.  Battlefront II is a classic?  LEGO Indy?  Geez, now I feel old.

[Prospero]

I think for LA,  classic == sold a lot of boxes.

[Morat20]

They're sitting on most of the adventure titles until they see how well the Monkey Island special edition sells. I expect that if it sells badly, they'll just throw the other games up, if it sells well, they'll give us special editions of those too.

There's a Monkey Island special edition? My childhood is demanding more information.

[Ingmar]

They're sitting on most of the adventure titles until they see how well the Monkey Island special edition sells. I expect that if it sells badly, they'll just throw the other games up, if it sells well, they'll give us special editions of those too.

There's a Monkey Island special edition? My childhood is demanding more information.

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=64013

[rk47]

and an in-depth hint system has been added to help players through the game’s side-splitting puzzles.

?? are they gonna change the puzzles?
also
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis = VERY HIGHLY recommended. It's got 3 different playpaths that really satisfied me.

[Kail]

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis = VERY HIGHLY recommended. It's got 3 different playpaths that really satisfied me.

Really?  I think I have that one somewhere...  But I seem to recall getting stuck, like, five minutes into it and never being able to get any farther.

[rk47]

The only puzzle that boggled my mind was a darkened room where you have to hunt for 'pixels' of item to combine together and used to get fuel for the light generator. That was the most horrible pixel hunt moment I've had in adventure game I think.

 It branches at mid point after you make contact with Sophia Hapgood.  She'll ask what sort of adventurer are you:

-All action type, will resolve most encounters with their silly combat minigame.
-All puzzle solving, will resolve most puzzles alone without Sophia with you.
-Teamwork, Sophia will tag along with slightly less harder puzzles.

I recommend you keep a walk through handy to unstuck you if you really can't proceed, cause the game is really that good. Hell, there's three ending you can achieve if I remember correctly.

[DraconianOne]

That would be Sierra, who later became Vivendi, who bought Blizzard, and merged with Activision, I believe.  So I'd guess you'll see QfG on Steam sometime after World of Warcraft hits it.

What? The Sierra who used to be Valve's publisher but were then succesfully sued (as Vivendi Universal) by Valve for copyright infringement who also began a case against Activision Blizzard in April of this year for allegedly reneging on the deals of their settlement with Vivendi?

[Fordel]

If Republic Commando is sold for the cheap, everyone should try it. Great game that didn't really get the attention it deserved!

[eldaec]

Needs more Dark Maniac Tie Monkey Fighter Forces Island Mansion. Otherwise what is the fucking point?

[rk47]

*awaits a fully voiced version of Day of the Tentacle*

I only played with the floppy version. Would be nice to relive it again.

[DraconianOne]

If Republic Commando is sold for the cheap, everyone should try it. Great game that didn't really get the attention it deserved!

Have it but never finished it and it always crashed on my laptop. Wondering whether I can just enter the code into Steam to activate it just like I could with Prey and, um, some others.

[Furiously]

So first thoughts on the new monkey island? Looked really lowbudget in the trailer.

[Rasix]

So first thoughts on the new monkey island? Looked really lowbudget in the trailer.

Wrong thread, hombre.

However, short impression: it's OK. The character art is terrible, the backgrounds are decent, the dialog and humor isn't quite Curse of Monkey Island calibre, and the puzzles are what you'd expect.

[Kail]

(snip)... show whomever owns the Quest for * games that old games can make money.

Looks like I spoke too soon; Space Quest collection is on Steam now.  25% off, making it $15.00 for the series of six games.  King's Quest, too.