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Last Screenshots of Sam & Max 2 Online
DasJan writes "German website Adventure-Treff.de got hold of the last available screenshots of Sam & Max 2, the recently cancelled adventure game. The last 10 images in this gallery are the screens that LucasArts gave out to print magazines around the world to accompany their previews. Some of them are completely new, others were only available in blurry scans. They are probably the last thing we ever see of our beloved duo." Seems like an awful lot of work to scrap. I wouldn't be surprised if the game is resurrected in another form someday, but for now, these images are all we have.
Actually, the story on this one is well known - Mario 2 was two different games. The first game was a literal sequel to Mario 1. A hard, nasty, continuation of Super Mario 1 that had the same graphics and most of the same gameplay (except for a handful of very clever ideas).
Nintendo of America found that unacceptable. They wanted it to be something big, not just an expansion pack. So they had them convert another, in development game into Mario II. IMHO, it was a good idea - the new Mario 2 was an excellent game, and the original mario 2 game was incredibly difficult and really aimed at hardcore mario players.
The original Mario 2 was released in the west in the Super Mario Allstars set as Super Mario: The Lost Levels for the SNES. If you want an impossibly hard Mario 1 fix, look into it.
An addendum to my previous post:
.5), Escape From Monkey Island, Curse of Monkey Island, and a Mega Monkey Bundle with Monkey Island 1-4 (look for promo link under Escape from Monkey Island).
Buy Simon the Sorcerer 1, 2, and 3D
Found out that Harlan Ellison's site has I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream the computer game for $32.
Lucasarts has a few of their classics still for sale, buried deeply on their site: Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, a 3.5-pack with Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Sam & Max hit the Road (the full Maniac Mansion game is included in Day of the Tentacle, hence the
Broken Sword III
Broken Sword I and II are still for sale here and there-- I couldn't find a good link. I did, however, find that Revolution (who makes these games) has released Lure of the Temptress along with Beneath a Steel Sky.
Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen for download from ScummVM. Also, re-coded cutscenes for Broken Sword I and II to get the video working in ScumMVM.
Broken Sword I and II for sale from sold-out.co.uk. Says they ship worldwide.
There's also an amazingly good port of Broken Sword I for the GBA. If you have a GBA, I highly recommend it-- it's really well done.
Email is cheap. Send SNAIL MAIL
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Send the mail to
Mike Nelson, Acting General Manager and VP of Operations
LucasArts
P.O. Box 10307
San Rafael, CA 94912
I recommend strongly, however, that you word your letter in a somewhat professional fashion. That means using proper grammer, spellchecking, punctuation, full words (never use 'u' for 'you', etc) and an appropriate letter format, either block or indent style. Even if you wish to keep the tone of your letter negative (as I did), avoid profanity.
You can see one of the later revisions of the letter that I sent at this URL:
http://forums.adventuregamers.com/showthrea
(note that the final letter that went out is slightly different, though not available online).
You can find examples of the proper formatting for business letters at
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Business
Be sure to include your address at the top (as indicated) and your full name at the bottom.
You can find examples of the proper formatting for envelopes at
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/library/bl-bus
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!
There is an online petition to complete this game. Only just over 8000 signatures yet, but maybe it can be slashdotted.