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Article #26Re: are there any plans for a MI4
From: keny...
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:00
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I got that Indiana Java game a few days ago, and I think it's great fun. I suck at programming, so I'll just keep my hands off that. In article <76dsuj$mo9$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Huz" <now...@nowhere.com> wrote: > There were some LucasArts game spin-offs in production a while back, but I > expect the authors have given up by now. The most memorable for me was one > called Donkey Island, and it sounded good - I downloaded a little demo on > the site and it didn't work, so I gave up. I can't remember the URL now :( > > However, you're right about the Indiana Jones games. There is a new Indiana > Jones game programmed in JAVA available at > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/8436/ - it's not exactly > difficult to complete, but it's good for the novelty value (plus it runs in > your browser). Apparently, it's also a scripting utility, meaning you can > create your own games on it. I couldn't be bothered, but maybe you could. If > you do create anything, let us know :) > ___________________________________________________________________ > > keny...@yahoo.com wrote in message <76beps$8ed$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > >I don't know. I don't like Wally particularly. I would like to see another > MI > >game, but I'd prefer it to be 2D. Every genre is being converted to 3D > right > >now. Grim Fandango is great, sure, but it's getting really boring to play > >games that way. I think there are plenty of plots possible that wouldn't be > >boring. Particularly if Ron Gilbert (isn't that his name) gets the rights > to > >the series back, I am sure that the result would be excellent. > > > >By the way, are there any fan-sequels out there? I heard that there are a > >couple planned for Indiana Jones. > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: keny...@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: are there any plans for a MI4 Date: 1998/12/31 Message-ID: <76ef3t$j9h$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Deja-AN: 427259901 References: <73toff$8jc$1@news.worldonline.nl> <7427qs$bpl$1@colon.ba.net> <1YLgNAAyHUZ2EwP8@plastermaster.demon.co.uk> <3668fb82.949310@news.inet.tele.dk> <74hrqp$jo7$1@nntp.wolfsburg.de> <366faf78.2069429@newnews.global.net.uk> <3675271f.29809472@news.demon.co.uk> <754134$cig$1@newsreader4.core.theplanet.net> <914449366.18043.0.nnrp-10.d4e4e962@news.demon.co.uk> <76beps$8ed$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <76dsuj$mo9$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x1.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 146.7.31.32 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Dec 31 00:05:24 1998 GMT Newsgroups: alt.games.lucas-arts.monkey-island X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0b2; Windows 98; formatpb) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit