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As for why the franchise has gone dormant, the fourth entry in the series, Escape from Monkey Island was criticized for its finicky tank controls and lackluster puzzles. While not a bad game in any respects, it was certainly a low point after the resounding success that was The Curse of Monkey Island.
The follow-up to this was Tales of Monkey Island , which rubbed fans the wrong way with its darker turn in narrative, episodic release and jarring new art style. Since then, Guybrush and company appear to have been shelved. Monkey Island now belongs to Disney after its acquisition of LucasArts in For many years, it seemed that there would be no chance of any new Monkey Island content, leaving fans to express their displeasure at the situation.
Some even went as far to start a petition asking Disney to sell the rights back to creator Ron Gilbert -- a petition that currently has over 28, signatures. Ron Gilbert himself is in favor of the idea. Gilbert is still making adventure games, releasing the well-received retro-style point-and-click adventure Thimbleweed Park.
This only made fans want a new Monkey Island even more, as Thimbleweed scratched an itch, but didn't satisfy the desire for Guybrush's return. There is some reason for fans to have a bit of renewed hope.
This January, Disney announced it was reviving the Lucasfilm Games brand for future forays into the world of property licensing. The screenshots from each title should be similar across each release to allow you to compare them between each version. The Monkey Island 30th Anniversary Anthology is on deck to leave our warehouse! Keep an "aye" on your doorstep for this glorious Collector's Edition. If you ordered this box set keep an eye on the LRG account page as it should be shipping soon, if not already.
A few people on Twitter and Discord are already claiming that their order status had already changed to shipped. As promised in my previous post , the Islands section now also supports multiple releases for both Monkey Island 1 and 2.
Make sure you read their amazing article on Monkey Island in case you haven't yet. The toughest to restore was the Special Edition as some parts of the island were missing and the ocean could not be simply painted blue like the VGA release. Thankfully, there are now plenty of AI tools that made the task a lot easier.
In the end, I was pretty happy with the results. One of the first pages I created for this website was the Characters section. I am now happy to say that it now supports multiple versions of these two titles, including the Special Editions.
Soon the website will also allow to select different versions on the Screenshots and Islands sections. Laserschwert did it again and has now improved The Secret of Monkey Island cover art restoration. Using better sources, he managed to capture a lot more details and show more of the art that was previously cropped or hidden by the box frame.
This also unveiled something that was not so obvious which are the crossbones behind the skull. If you want to know more info about the restoration process, you can read it all in the House of Mojo forum thread. This poster and other LucasArts posters are available to download here. It's now been one year since we were back from dead after disappearing for almost a decade.
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