The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: Something's a-brewing

The latest LucasArts Insider has some interesting hints of what's going to happen at E3. Probably the most interesting aspect is the header image which contains images from only new and unannounced games, where we can see Ben from Full Throttle with a very familiar looking monkey on his back. What does this mean? Discuss amongst yourselves.

thats not an image from a new game, its just a screen shot from full throttle with an EMI monkey pasted into it

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Well, duh to you Sherlock :) The question really is, why would they use two old images (combined into one really) amongst all the new images?

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Well obviously! The question is, why the sudden Full Throttle refference? In the same e-mail which states that there is going to be a new game announced... and so close to E3 where (correct me if I'm wrong) Simon Jeffery hinted that there would be some adventure game titles being announced around that time. Coincidence? COINCIDENCE!!?

Posted Apr 18, 2002

i would really like to see another Full Throttle game! :)

Posted Apr 18, 2002

yeah i like this one :) cant wait till e3 =] Full Throttle it is? I'm all for it =]

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Rubish! It wouldn't have been sent to loads of other people if it was!

Posted Apr 18, 2002

I'm all for anything as long as it doesn't suck. Hopefully we'll have a general impression of... something or other... soon.

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Up until Insider #19, there was a generic header which contained a shot of Guybrush. Now, it's an all new header that frankly looks better. I don't think too much can be read into it; LucasArts always likes to show something from their Adventure side, and even until recently Ben has been a fixture on LucasArts main site where they showed a collage of past characters.

But I think an adventure game is due, and Lucas seems to be looking to do a sequel to a past title instead of an entirely new one.

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Could sombody get a copy of the article and post it on the site?

and btw...whats the FIRST strangest crossover the world has ever seen?

Posted Apr 18, 2002

Maybe it's just a Monkey Island "Monkey Head joke" refference.

Posted Apr 19, 2002

or mayby...umm im not sure but who worked on monkey island and ful throttle? it might be something to do with him and they are just showing a pic of games hes worked on

Posted Apr 19, 2002

You're probably thinking about Tim Schafer. He left and is running his own company which will announce a new game at E3 (I'm really looking forward to this one).

In our interview with Sean Clark and Mike Stemmle, Clark hints that he'd like to make a sequel to Full Throttle, so who knows...

Posted Apr 19, 2002

didnt lucas arts say they were planning to make some original action/adventure game or soemthing?

Posted Apr 20, 2002

I recently played Full Throttle again and I don't recognize the background.... It looks more like a..GIANT DARTH VADER HELMET! Even though I hate Star Wars I think it looks a lot like his helmet. I pray that they announce a new MI game and A new FT game would be cool also.

Posted Apr 20, 2002

Yea, I think it's basically an implication of Lucasart's old work. Most successful games, and characters most synonomous with those games.

'sides, I heard a rumor a Sam n Max 2 was due, and it was gonna be released on all formats, any truth to that?

Posted Apr 25, 2002