Our new design. Is. Ready.

Permalink · February 14. 2013

I believe it was the great poet Prince who once said, "tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999". Welcome to the brand new SCUMM Bar which, as you may have noticed, is pretty much the same SCUMM Bar you knew and loved ten years ago.

Be dazzled by nested table tags. Marvel at complete lack of CSS. Oh, shut up, we got lazy.

On the bright side, we are in the middle of updating the some sections with new content. Woo!

Other than that, you can follow us on Twitter. But really... Follow Mojo instead. In fact, you probably should read Mojo instead. It actually is updated. Regularly. By many of your old SCUMM Bar friends who updated this page back in 2005.

But yeah, feel free to check things out, we're still around. Sort of. We'll update some stuff at least.

Oh we're REALLY back

Permalink · June 03. 2009

... and if you're reading this in an RSS reader, you will need to subscribe to our NEW feed, right here.

OK? Done? Nice, now go check out our brand new site to learn more about The SCUMM Bar 2.0!

Monkey Island 5 announced!

Permalink · June 01. 2009

Or, as it is called, Tales of Monkey Island. The five episode adventure will be developed by Telltale Games, and will be headed by names like Dave Grossman (of The Secret of Monkey Island and LeChuck's Revenge fame) and Mike Stemmle (of Escape from Monkey Island fame). Music? By Michael Land. Guybrush voiced by Dom.

This is, believe it or not, not a joke. I mean, there's even a trailer!

Monkey Island 1 SE announced

Permalink · June 01. 2009

And it's not even 2015!

Updated graphics, re-recorded music, and voice overs, and you can also play the original version, and seamlessly swap between them during gameplay. And yes, Dom is back as the voice of Guybrush. Check out Mojo for more, and look forward to a new section on this very site very soon.

Monkey Chucks

Permalink · March 24. 2009

If you, like me, are a hip young man, you probably wear Chucks. Well, how about these Monkey Island Chucks?

Nice!

Monkey rap!

Permalink · March 09. 2009

Monkey poster

Permalink · February 14. 2009

While it is possible to find some official Monkey Island posters out there, let's face it, it's easier (and more expensive) said than done.

Well fear no more -- LaserSchwert has kindly turned the two first games (as well as other LucasArts favorites) into posters! More are coming, so look forward to Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island in the future.

LeChuck's theme?

Permalink · January 12. 2009

I've been wondering about this since Christmas, but isn't this pretty much LeChuck's Theme? Did Kohl borrow it?

Close-up LeChuck in MI2

Permalink · December 22. 2008

No, not a hidden easter-egg or anything like the dog close-up that never was in The Secret of Monkey Island, but apparently there were plans to include some The Secret of Monkey Island-style close-ups of LeChuck in LeChuck's Revenge. At least if this post about the new Rogue Leaders book is anything to go by. We don\'t have a scan yet, but hopefully will be able to get a hold of it soon.

Speaking of Rogue Leaders -- why don\'t you go win one?!

Fan art is very much alive

Permalink · December 10. 2008

Just check out...

... and much more over in the fan work section. And add your own!

Ronzo + DeathSpank

Permalink · December 08. 2008

So let's talk about Ron 'Ronzo' Gilbert himself's new game, Deathspank. While we don't know a whole lot about it yet, it is (apparently) an adventure/RPG/action game hybrid and has been described as "Monkey Island meets Diablo." That doesn't necessarily say a whole lot, and through three (albeit funny) teasers have been released, no gameplay footage has yet to be seen.

The more interesting aspect will be to see how Ronzo's first "adult" post-Monkey Island will work out. While co-scribes Schafer and Grossman both have proved themselves with multiple games over the past 15 or so years, there have been some murmurs about how well Ronzo himself will do.

For now, there's no way of knowing, but we'll be following DeathSpank closely here at the Bar.

Get down with the Monkey Island club mix

Permalink · December 02. 2008

I don't go clubbing as much as I did in my younger, hipper days, but I would certainly get down to something like this.

Updates from all over

Permalink · December 01. 2008

So you thought THIS was a joke?

Oh no, we already have donations running in, and therefore we will update!

First, this dude has made an impressive movie style poster of Monkey Island:

Impressive! Check out his other work too.

Bill Tiller, Curse of Monkey Island artist who you love, has finally released A Vampyre Story which Mojo likes and for whatever reason Adventure Gamers hasn't reviewed.

Looking for some new Monkey Island concept art? Make sure to check out the new Rogue Leaders book.

We'll take your money

Permalink · November 26. 2008

How much would you pay to see The SCUMM Bar return? Paypal us, and we'll re-open the site!

World of Monkey Island closes

Permalink · December 31. 2007

After ten lousy years!

Ho ho!

We've been around for, what? 11? And we're still posting like crazy!

Oh they always were second rate.