Rumor: Secret of Monkey Island coming to XBLA

by Justin McElroy { May 20th 2009 at 9:30AM }

Listen, we know you want to freak out after reading that headline, we do too. But let's work through this together, OK? GamerBytes says it spotted Secret of Monkey Island, the first in Ron Gilbert's revered adventure series, listed for Xbox 360 (likely XBLA) on the website of the German USK ratings board. The listing -- which actually called the game a "Special Edition" -- shows Activision as having some involvement, but likely because it handles European publishing duties for LucasArts.

However, the only evidence we have of the game now is GamerBytes' screengrab, as the listing's apparently been pulled. We're hoping against hope it was removed not because the listing was in error, but because it popped up a bit earlier than the companies behind it would have liked. You may now commence the freakout.

Tags: activision, adventure, monkey-island, ron-gilbert, secret-of-monkey-island, xbla

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Snowblind @ May 20th 2009 9:34AM

How appropriate, you fight like a cow!

capt_carl @ May 20th 2009 10:01AM

Look! A three-headed monkey!

seifer @ May 20th 2009 11:26AM

And I've got a TIP for you! Get the POINT?

TrojanGuy @ May 20th 2009 12:33PM

Every word you say to me is stupid.

Nox @ May 20th 2009 3:43PM

I am rubber, you are glue.

Happy Steve @ May 20th 2009 5:24PM

"Wow! It's a tunnel that opens onto a system of catacombs!"

Please download updates #23, #47, and #114 for only 1600 MS points each.

Gibbeynater @ May 20th 2009 9:38AM

This bodes well for a possible release on Steam or the PSN.

chispito @ May 20th 2009 5:46PM

Seems like the iPhone would be the logical platform.

George McBain @ May 20th 2009 9:38AM

Yes, please!

waves @ May 20th 2009 9:40AM

Oh man. This would be great. I just hope they do some tweaking to bring it into the new millennium. Graphics tweaks would be nice. A revamped control scheme for consoles would be better. They should get rid of the huge black bar that takes up the bottom of the screen (conveniently making the game widescreen), and implement more contextual controls.

And voice acting? That's probably asking too much...

hillard1985 @ May 20th 2009 10:26AM

The magic of Monkey Island is down to the fact that it has no VO.

Adding one would take a huge component away from the game. Just leave the music as it is, and have it running the entire time...I miss the map music!

why not the LS2LS7? @ May 20th 2009 11:22AM

Curse of Monkey Island was a fantastic game and it had VO.

dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ May 20th 2009 11:29AM

If by some odd chance they did include voice acting, I hope an on/off toggle is implemented.

waves @ May 20th 2009 12:30PM

I guess I should clarify that I'm hoping for *good* voice acting. They can't half-ass it like most games do.

Saria the Cat @ May 20th 2009 12:40PM

I think part of the charm IS the wildly outdated graphics and cheesiness, though.

LaughingTarget @ May 20th 2009 1:12PM

I'm not buying something I already own, even if it means not having to keep a floppy drive and code wheel around.

If it were remade using the CMI SCUMM engine and got all the voice actors back together, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Dominic Armato IS Guybrush.

JeffyP00 @ May 20th 2009 9:45AM

Not on the Wii? I mean.. point and click adventure.. Wii remote... no brainer, right?

Marty @ May 20th 2009 11:11AM

Sure, if you totally ignore the fact that it's a lot easier to port over a simple PC game to Xbox.

JeffyP00 @ May 20th 2009 11:21AM

@Marty

I.. doubt it... I mean, that shit was originally developed for PC's and an OS that is wildly different that the 360 architecture of today. Getting it to run on a PC now without an emulation layer like dos-box or scummvm is completely impractical. Plus, to get it to work on 360, you need a complete re-engineering of the control control scheme that fits the 360 controller.

Burns11 @ May 20th 2009 11:26AM

Not to mention that the 360 and Wii use the same architecture (PPC).

Wes @ May 20th 2009 7:26PM

"Not to mention that the 360 and Wii use the same architecture (PPC)."

Umm, yes but then again a Ferrari and a hyundai accent both use combustion based engines. What's your point?

They are on a different magnitude of strength. The more cpu power you have, the easier it is to emulate something at 100% speed usually. Hence why getting the PS2 emulators to run PS2 games at full speed takes at least a 8800 GTS or even a GTX which is far more powerful the ps2 itself. A dos came can be emulated with almost no cpu power but still if any machine is likely to be able to do it, its probably the Xbox 360 more-so than the Wii.

tenor77 @ May 20th 2009 9:49AM

Choice!
Now if we can get the old Sam n Max game released.

"All my money is in that hole in the wall"

2kings @ May 20th 2009 10:23AM

cash, never leave home without it.

BrotherSimon @ May 20th 2009 9:51AM

WOAH!! I HOPE SO! :D:D:D:D

Daniel @ May 20th 2009 9:54AM

I'd prefer it on the Wii but still I'm glad if they'd do it.

Elmhurst676 @ May 20th 2009 10:01AM

Holy dog shit!!!!!!

dantebk @ May 20th 2009 10:01AM

I'd rather have a re-release of the whole four-part series in a PC collection pack modified to run on current PCs with no problems... but... any Monkey Island is good Monkey Island...

Mickey @ May 20th 2009 10:50AM

You can play all the classic Lucas Arts adventure games and more on modern system (even wii homebrew) with SCUMMVM

http://www.scummvm.org/

Premature ejaculation man @ May 20th 2009 10:01AM

Retro ports on XBLA were 400 points. I'm betting this will be 800,1200 or 80,000 points

Snowblind @ May 20th 2009 10:04AM

With updated graphics and voice acting, I'll pay 1,200.

Erluti @ May 20th 2009 11:06AM

And then I'll pay 1600 for a version without updated graphics and voice acting.

Wizzleteets @ May 20th 2009 10:02AM

I don't remember that chicken pulley looks so....perverse.

Wizzleteets @ May 20th 2009 10:03AM

I also don't remember English being my second language.

Jakko @ May 20th 2009 10:07AM

Not trying to start anything but can the 360 actually handle this game without freezing or displaying the RROD? I know the PS3 can - it can handle BLU-RAY games and movies but the 360 can't even handle DVD9 games without scratching them and freezing/overheating. I had a 360 and it couldn't handle a downloaded demo without freezing :S

Hiroken @ May 20th 2009 10:11AM

You could have just said, "I prefer not to play on 360, and hope this comes to PSN", instead of making yourself look like a complete asshole.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ May 20th 2009 10:14AM

I lol'd, +1

waves @ May 20th 2009 10:14AM

"Not trying to start anything..."

Liar.

Lennoko @ May 20th 2009 10:42AM

I lol'd. Look at his post history.

Erluti @ May 20th 2009 11:05AM

@lennoko
Oh my! That is a hilarious post history!

Duke @ May 20th 2009 11:31AM

Jakko = UbberTroll. At least that time he attempted to be clever.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 20th 2009 1:47PM

Jakkoff more like. I often wonder if there are people who work for (e)nos and microsoft who troll for a living. Either way, your a dildo. FADE TO WHITE.

Lonecow @ May 20th 2009 3:08PM

lol I just read his previous post history.

Damn. You know I'll admit there are certain systems I like more then others, even though I own them all, but if you are ever to this level of bias towards one system I feel really really bad for you.

I mean he seriously thinks, on his freetime, about how the 360 is inferior to the PS3. Time of his life wasted thinking about something that CEO's in charge of the companies don't even worry about as much.

And here I am wasting my time, thinking about him thinking about which is better.