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ScummVM 0.12.0 Released — Support For New Games, Wiimote

Posted by Soulskill on from the old-but-new dept.

Croakyvoice writes "The ScummVM Team has released a new version of their program that allows owners of many systems to play the old point and click adventure games of yesteryear. This release sees support for 5 new games — The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two: Hand of Fate, The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Three: Malcolm's Revenge, Lost in Time, The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble and Drascula: The Vampire Strikes Back. The new version officially supports, for the first time, the Gamecube and the Wii, and also the ability to use the Wiimote as a controller. The binaries and the source code are both available."

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  1. Wii Adventure Games by AndrewStephens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nintendo should really be pushing its developers to do this kind of thing. The Wiimote is perfect for point-n-click adventures and the gameplay would suit the causal, cooperative style of play that the Wii embodies.

    An official, licensed version of Monkey Island (for example) would more than pay for itself, especially since the dev costs would be minimal.

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    1. Re:Wii Adventure Games by quantumplacet · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Zak and Wiki was a well funded, well advertised original IP in the vain of classic point and click adventures developed specifically for the Wii. It sold extremely poorly. I doubt we'll see studios lining up to make adventure games for the console. The simple fact is it was once a great genre and still has it's fans, but it's quasi interactive style just feels outdated in the modern gaming world.

    2. Re:Wii Adventure Games by Jorophose · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Zak and Wiki was an excellent game but it got overshadowed by 1st party games.

      Blame the retailers. 1st party games remain king but they won't keep cool looking games like Zak and Wiki because they want to try out shovelwares (possibly to prove they're shovelware).

      (please stop using IP in that sense, when you do you ruin the point of being alive some days. "intellectual property" should be illegal. It's not an acronym we should all know by heart. =/)