The developers of ScummVM have released the 2.0 version of the program, which support 23 new games and fixes several bugs.
It’s a version that needs to be tested by the players, so if you want to give a hand to the developers, feel free to download the new version and test it.
Interesting. A big bunch of Sierra games + some others. Still haven’t played Starship Titanic. Would give a try to the Myst and Riven implementation. Looks like they got the codecs for videos to play. It was always a big hassle to install QuickTime in the correct version back in the original days.
Also Full Pipe is now supported, great game, I like the animator and his cartoons.
Not exactly. For a second, I though the space time continuum is bent somehow causing this forum to be faster than the ScummVM team. But in reality, it is just a misleading title. Their headline is “ScummVM 2.0 Release Testing Has Begun”.
I’m sure, it will be released very soon, though.
I played it when it was new but never got really far. As far as I know there was a book based on the game later on. Might not have been by Douglas Adams himself though, might have been by Terry Jones.
Yes, both is correct. I own the (German translation of the) book but haven’t read it yet. You can still buy the book, here is the link to the English version:
The German translation was sold as “Raumschiff Titantic”:
Well, this was more a (bad) slideshow. According to Wikipedia the actress of the female main character Jeanne Basone wasn’t only an actress but also involved in Wrestling…
Personally I had never even heard of that “game” before AVGN, and I guess the popularity push of that episode might be the reason it is now on the list at all.
When I bought the game originally, the book was included in the game box. I enjoyed the game, the humor was dry and interesting, and I liked the “Spooki-talk” algorithm they game the text-interface with the games “AI”, which tried to respond to your inquiries with something ‘spookily’ relevant to your entry. It was an interesting combination of point and click with a text-parser option for in-game dialog. I’m not sure if the text entry was a requirement to finish the game, or just an option for advice & hints, I can’t remember. I do remember the VERY SLOW elevator in the game, and the music you got to listen to while in it still haunts me.
I think I might see if I can locate my original game data and try this new ScummVM version with it…
According to Wikipedia the actress of the female main character Jeanne Basone wasn’t only an actress but also involved in Wrestling…
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