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We here on the ScummVM team hope everybody had a good Christmas!
First we would like to mention that LucasArts has put out a pack, at least in the UK, featuring updated versions of Sam and Max and Full Throttle, designed to work with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP. This pack (entitled, imaginatively, "The Entertainment Pack") also comes with The Dig and Grim Fandango... these versions have not been updated, and are the original Windows versions (yes, these games DID come with native Windows ports in some of the earlier LucasArts Adventure Packs). The updated Sam and Max and Full Throttle engines were not ported in-house by LucasArts, likely because of a lack of time AND because most people who worked on SPUTM/SCUMM have left anyway, but by Aaron Giles - the original Mac Porter (and renown MAME developer :). There are no modifications except for a DirectX wrapper around the graphics code and a really really bad graphics scaler. Our take? Call us biased, but unless you *need* perfect compatibility, want to play Full Throttle now, or are missing more than two of these games - it will probably be far cheaper to buy these games second-hand or individually. The included updated binaries are inferior feature-wise to ScummVM, as you miss out on our enhanced features, such as support for platforms -other- than Windows (such as Macintosh, Unix and PocketPC), our graphics scalers, etc. Of course, if you do purchase the pack, the game datafiles are unchanged and of course compatible with ScummVM anyway. It *is* nice to see LucasArts releasing something like this, and doing something positive to try and revive their classic games - or at least drum up marketing hype for the sequel :) Final conclusion, buy it if you want it or are a collector - but it's not worth the money simply for Windows compatibility. However if you do purchase it, you ARE encouraging LucasArts to update more classics in the future - although hopefully ScummVM will make such a need obsolete shortly. We suggest LucasArts spend it's development costs on re-releasing it's lost and RARE classics, like the FmTowns 256 color version of Zak Mckracken. For those interested, the updated versions were compiled on October 2nd for Full Throttle, and October 24th for Sam and Max. In development news, several ScummVM developers have actually been really boring people and *coded* this Christmas, coming up over just a few days with the basics for Curse of Monkey Island support. I'm sure our Macintosh users will be happy to hear they will, in maybe as little as a month, finally be able to play this game. Support is in the latest CVS and Daily Builds, but **do NOT file bug reports** as we know it doesn't really work or do anything at the moment. Full support will be available "When It's Done".. or the day after Duke Nukem Forever comes out. Whichever is first. Ho Ho Ho! |
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First we would like to mention that LucasArts has put out a pack, at least in the UK, featuring updated versions of Sam and Max and Full Throttle, designed to work with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP. This pack (entitled, imaginatively, "The Entertainment Pack") also comes with The Dig and Grim Fandango... these versions have not been updated, and are the original Windows versions (yes, these games DID come with native Windows ports in some of the earlier LucasArts Adventure Packs).
The updated Sam and Max and Full Throttle engines were not ported in-house by LucasArts, likely because of a lack of time AND because most people who worked on SPUTM/SCUMM have left anyway, but by Aaron Giles - the original Mac Porter (and renown MAME developer :). There are no modifications except for a DirectX wrapper around the graphics code and a really really bad graphics scaler.
Our take? Call us biased, but unless you *need* perfect compatibility, want to play Full Throttle now, or are missing more than two of these games - it will probably be far cheaper to buy these games second-hand or individually. The included updated binaries are inferior feature-wise to ScummVM, as you miss out on our enhanced features, such as support for platforms -other- than Windows (such as Macintosh, Unix and PocketPC), our graphics scalers, etc. Of course, if you do purchase the pack, the game datafiles are unchanged and of course compatible with ScummVM anyway. It *is* nice to see LucasArts releasing something like this, and doing something positive to try and revive their classic games - or at least drum up marketing hype for the sequel :)
Final conclusion, buy it if you want it or are a collector - but it's not worth the money simply for Windows compatibility. However if you do purchase it, you ARE encouraging LucasArts to update more classics in the future - although hopefully ScummVM will make such a need obsolete shortly. We suggest LucasArts spend it's development costs on re-releasing it's lost and RARE classics, like the FmTowns 256 color version of Zak Mckracken. For those interested, the updated versions were compiled on October 2nd for Full Throttle, and October 24th for Sam and Max.
In development news, several ScummVM developers have actually been really boring people and *coded* this Christmas, coming up over just a few days with the basics for Curse of Monkey Island support. I'm sure our Macintosh users will be happy to hear they will, in maybe as little as a month, finally be able to play this game. Support is in the latest CVS and Daily Builds, but **do NOT file bug reports** as we know it doesn't really work or do anything at the moment. Full support will be available "When It's Done".. or the day after Duke Nukem Forever comes out. Whichever is first.
Ho Ho Ho!
Para empezar, nos gustaría mencionar que LucasArts ha publicado un pack, al menos en Reino Unido, con versiones actualizadas de Sam and Max y Full Throttle diseñadas para ejecutarse en Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP. Este pack (con el creativo nombre de «The Entertainment Pack», «pack de entretenimiento») también incluye The Dig y Grim Fandango... Estas versiones no han sido actualizadas y son las originales para Windows (sí, estos juegos APARECIERON con versiones nativas para Windows en algunos de los antiguos packs de aventuras de LucasArts).
Los motores de Sam and Max y Full Throttle no han sido adaptados de forma interna en LucasArts, presumiblemente por falta de tiempo Y porque casi todos los que trabajaron en SPUTM/SCUMM han dejado la empresa; sino por Aaron Giles, el programador original para Mac (y desarrollador reconocido por MAME :). No hay modificaciones más allá de un wrapper DirectX para el código de gráficos y un escalador muy, muy malo.
¿Cuál es nuestra opinión? No seremos imparciales, pero a no ser que *necesites* una compatibilidad perfecta, quieras jugar a Full Throttle ahora mismo o te falten más de dos de los juegos incluidos, probablemente saldrá mucho más barato comprarlos de segunda mano o por separado. Los binarios actualizados que incluye este pack son inferiores a ScummVM en cuanto a características, ya que no tendréis nuestras prestaciones mejoradas, como el soporte para plataformas -ajenas- a Windows (como Macintosh, Unix y PocketPC), nuestros escaladores de gráficos, etc. Por supuesto, si compras este pack, los archivos de datos de los juegos no han sufrido cambios y siguen siendo, por supuesto, compatibles con ScummVM. Es un detalle que LucasArts publique algo como esto y haga algo positivo para intentar revivir sus clásicos... ¡o por lo menos ir generando expectativas para sus secuelas! :)
En conclusión, compradlo si lo queréis o si sois coleccionista, pero la mera inclusión de la compatibilidad con Windows no merece la pena por sí misma. No obstante, si lo compráis, estaréis animando a LucasArts para que actualice más clásicos en el futuro... aunque esperamos que ScummVM haga que esa necesidad se vuelva obsoleta en breve. Sugerimos a LucasArts que dedique sus costes de desarrollo a reeditar sus clásicos perdidos más raros, como la versión a 256 colores de Zak Mckracken para FmTowns. Para los que estén interesados, las versiones actualizadas fueron compiladas el 2 de octubre en el caso de Full Throttle y el 24 de octubre en el caso de Sam and Max.
Cambiando a noticias sobre el desarrollo, varios desarrolladores de ScummVM se han estado aburriendo muchísimo y se han puesto a *programar* en navidad, consiguiendo en solo unos días las bases para dar un soporte básico a Curse of Monkey Island. Seguro que a nuestros usuarios de Macintosh les alegrará saber que en poco menos de un mes por fin podrán jugarlo. Las versiones compatibles están en los últimos CVS y compilaciones diarias, pero **NO MANDÉIS informes de fallos**, porque sabemos que no funciona o no hace nada en estos momentos. La compatibilidad total llegará «cuando esté terminada»... o cuando salga Duke Nukem. Lo que llegue primero.
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Ho, ho, hJo, jo, jo!