Where are the voiced Lucasarts games?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-13 09:16pm

You know the ones, DOTT, Indy, Sam and Max etc. I owned them all in highschool - even though I fair suck at adventure games - and I suddenly want to play them again. Poking around, it's easy to get ScummVM versions of Lucasarts games, but not the voiced ones. Obviously my CDs have been lent, lost and destroyed in the last decade, so what's a guy to do?

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-08-13 09:33pm

What does voiced mean?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2006-08-13 09:37pm

Dominus Atheos wrote:What does voiced mean?

Offhand, I'd imagine games with, you know, voicework. Like sounds that make words made by people.

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-08-13 09:38pm

Hotfoot wrote:
Dominus Atheos wrote:What does voiced mean?
Offhand, I'd imagine games with, you know, voicework. Like sounds that make words made by people.

No shit sherlock, but what does it mean in relation to ScummVM?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2006-08-13 09:48pm

Maybe you should ask what ScummVM is if that's what you really want to know. Seriously, why would you ask the opposite of what you want to find out? Don't get pissy that you got a smarmy answer to a stupid question. Learn the lesson: ask better questions.

The short version is this: ScummVM, as a quick google search will tell you, is essentially an emulator that lets you run old Lucasarts games. However, it requires the original data files to run properly. Without the CDs, no voice.

Stark: I'm afraid that chances are good you'll be relegated to looking for abandonware, ebay, or less than legal games if lucasarts.com doesn't have an option for you.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-13 09:59pm

Yeah, I can easily find the datafiles for the 'regular' floppy versions, but I liked the voiceacting in DOTT and Sam and Max. However, finding the cd versions (even images of the CD versions) is apparently very difficult.

Can you believe I lent my DOTT cd to someone in grade ten and I never saw it again?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-08-13 10:02pm

Lesson to be learned: Don't throw/give away your game CDs just because they're ancient.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2006-08-13 10:07pm

Stark wrote:Yeah, I can easily find the datafiles for the 'regular' floppy versions, but I liked the voiceacting in DOTT and Sam and Max. However, finding the cd versions (even images of the CD versions) is apparently very difficult.

Can you believe I lent my DOTT cd to someone in grade ten and I never saw it again?

Same thing happened to my copy of Red Alert, and my Jewel Case of Starcraft. Of course, part of that was remedied by C&C: The First Decade, recently.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-13 10:18pm

Batman wrote:Lesson to be learned: Don't throw/give away your game CDs just because they're ancient.

LOL they weren't ancient when I lost/lent them, they were newish. It's irritating that these days, crap games sit in bargain bins for years and years, but I don't recall seeing the cd versions of Lucasarts games for more than a year or two. Bah I say!

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-08-13 10:19pm

Stark wrote:
Batman wrote:Lesson to be learned: Don't throw/give away your game CDs just because they're ancient.
LOL they weren't ancient when I lost/lent them, they were newish. It's irritating that these days, crap games sit in bargain bins for years and years, but I don't recall seeing the cd versions of Lucasarts games for more than a year or two. Bah I say!

You could probably find them on the Lucasarts site itself; it might have an archive of some sort. Failing that, the usual resources-- Amazon, eBay, etc...

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-08-13 11:38pm

I've got Day of the Tenticle and Sam and Max on hand; I have indiana jones and the secret of atlantis, but it is back home, or missing. The game files are pretty small (~200mb), if you really want them... PM me I guess.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2006-08-14 12:25am

Same here, got them all.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-08-14 02:04am

Ah, but do either of you have The Dig?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-14 02:06am

I just want to say that Day of the Tentacle fucking rules the Kasbah.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-08-14 08:06am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Ah, but do either of you have The Dig?

No

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-08-14 10:16am

I have a 658megabyte size .rar of The dig which i haven't played yet.

Actually to be honest i have a folder called LUCAS ARTS ADVENTURE MEGA PACK sat on my harddrive full of every Lucas Arts adventure game that came from.. somewhere..

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2006-08-14 11:00am

Yes, I also have The Dig. Great game.

Rekkon · Post by **Rekkon** » 2006-08-14 11:19am

Yes, I also have The Dig. Great game.

Indeed. I found it and the novelization on eBay a while back. Had issues getting the sound to work on some of the newer systems though.

"It's not my fault, the buttons are sticky."

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-08-14 11:41am

Rekkon wrote:
Yes, I also have The Dig. Great game.
Indeed. I found it and the novelization on eBay a while back. Had issues getting the sound to work on some of the newer systems though.

"It's not my fault, the buttons are sticky."

If you don't mind, how DID you get the sound working?

*edit* Nevermind got it working, although its really crackly.

and AWESOME, Robert Patrick voices the lead character. Thats just plain cool.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-08-15 03:01am

It was originally going to be made into a movie, but Spielburg didn't think they could feasibly do it with the special effects of the time.

I think it's high time we got a Dig film. With Robert Patrick still playing Boston Lowe.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-08-15 07:04am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:It was originally going to be made into a movie, but Spielburg didn't think they could feasibly do it with the special effects of the time.

I think it's high time we got a Dig film. With Robert Patrick still playing Boston Lowe.

He's still not too old, by the looks of him in x files just 2 or 3 years ago, so its plausible.

I just wish i could solve this bloody puzzle with the doors..

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2006-08-15 07:42am

I remember getting all the voiced CDs in some Lucasarts packs, of which there were three. Ended up with Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, all the X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and crossover flight games, Sam & Max, DOTT, Monkey Island games, Dig, and Indiana Jones games. They're in a sealed CD holder case in my office, doubtless to sit there unused for eternity. I also have the three games in the Kyrandia series, made by some other company but easily the equal to any of the Lucasarts adventure games.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2006-08-15 10:22am

I'll have to look around, I should have my copy of The Dig around here...somewhere. Big somewhere.