what to buy

[billeke]

So I went to my video game store to look for some games. I looked at the cheap pc games and I saw 4 boxes that caught my interest. My question to you guys: wich box should you guys buy and has the most scummvm compatible games?

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-Leisure Suit Larry collection
-Police Quest collection 
-Space Quest Collection
-King's Quest Collection

[Longcat]

Look at the Compatibility page?
http://scummvm.org/compatibility.php

Looks like KQ is the winner.[/url]

[billeke]

Look at the Compatibility page?
http://scummvm.org/compatibility.php

Looks like KQ is the winner.[/url]

but would you buy it yourself or would you buy another collection?

(lol I looked at that page; I can play my little sister's freddie fish 4 with scummvm )

[Longcat]

I personally wouldn't buy any of them, but if I had to choose I guess Larry. But not this collection, it doesn't have all the games in it, I would try to find a old copy of Larry's Ultimate Pleasure Pack instead.

I hate adventuregames where you can die all the time for no apparant reason.

[eriktorbjorn]

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-Leisure Suit Larry collection
-Police Quest collection 
-Space Quest Collection
-King's Quest Collection

If these are the recent re-releases, I think only the Space Quest and King's Quest collection actually contain any games that can be run with ScummVM. They contain only the SCI versions of the first game in each series, not the original release, and not the rare AGI release of King's Quest IV. So that would leave Space Quest II, King's Quest II and King's Quest III as the only games that are playable in ScummVM.

On the other hand, the new collections include DOSbox, and the games (the ones I've played, at least) work fine with that.

[billeke]

ok thanx I think I will get kings quest.

It's nice to see something like dosbox on those disc. Maybe in time we will have : "lucasarts archive - Scummvm edition":P

but then again, lucasart probably won't do that

[scoriae]

I can see it now - the george lucas special re-release of The Secret of Monkey Island.

* All 2d effects have been re-rendered in 3d and overlayed!
* Now with 500% more gungans!
* All pirates have been replaced by Jawas!
* All humor has been replaced by petty slapstick child-like humor!
* No more using items - now you can use 'the force' to accomplish everything!
* LeChuck is your dad!

Note: Guy Brush was considered wimpy and has thus been replaced by a digitally photographed Hayden Christensen whom can use his special ability** to bypass more difficult puzzles.

**whining and throwing a tantrum.

[Longcat]

even though it propably works fine I'd recommend getting the latest version of DosBOX.

[eriktorbjorn]

even though it propably works fine I'd recommend getting the latest version of DosBOX.

I meant DOSbox in general. I didn't try the exact version that was included with the collections. Sorry for being unclear about that.

[Longcat]

oh, I wasn't pointing fingers, just giving general advice:)

[scoriae]

if you do get one of those collections be sure to search for collector's patches. It updates the games to work with the latest dosbox and fixes original bugs left in by the developers - ESPECIALLY for the KQ7 game.

[clone2727]

This has some comparisons between the different KQ collections, if it's of any help.

[sanguinehearts]

I can see it now - the george lucas special re-release of The Secret of Monkey Island.

* All 2d effects have been re-rendered in 3d and overlayed!
* Now with 500% more gungans!
* All pirates have been replaced by Jawas!
* All humor has been replaced by petty slapstick child-like humor!
* No more using items - now you can use 'the force' to accomplish everything!
* LeChuck is your dad!

Note: Guy Brush was considered wimpy and has thus been replaced by a digitally photographed Hayden Christensen whom can use his special ability** to bypass more difficult puzzles.

**whining and throwing a tantrum.

You'd still play it...
:p

[billeke]

if you do get one of those collections be sure to search for collector's patches. It updates the games to work with the latest dosbox and fixes original bugs left in by the developers - ESPECIALLY for the KQ7 game.

are those patches on the official sier... erm I mean vivendi site?

[md5]

if you do get one of those collections be sure to search for collector's patches. It updates the games to work with the latest dosbox and fixes original bugs left in by the developers - ESPECIALLY for the KQ7 game.

are those patches on the official sier... erm I mean vivendi site?

Yes
ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/patches/pc/
or
ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/pc/patches/
(for the Windows versions)