alt.games.lucas-arts.monkey-island FAQ
====================[Frequently Asked Questions]====================
* Updated 20th April 1999 *
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part One - The Three Most Asked Questions
* Where can I download these games?
* I've "lost" my code wheel...
* Can you e-mail the game files to me?
Part Two - The Website Journey
* Recommended sites
Part Three - Buried Under Monkey Island Puzzles
* Where can I get a walkthrough?
* Where do I get help for individual puzzles?
* How do I win the sword fights?
* where i get mud
Part Four - Guidelines Kick Butt
* Basic guidelines for posting
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Part One - The Three Most Asked Questions
====[Read these before posting yours]====
Q. Monkey Island 1 and 2 aren't available in my country / I can't be
bothered buying MI1+2. Where can I download them?
A. We're not going to tell you - you should buy the games legally. The
excuses that "the games aren't available any more" or "they're not
available here" simply aren't true - they are still available, from
overseas if necessary - you just have to look. Here are some
resources for you to try:
* If you live in the US, they can still be bought from the LucasArts Company
Store (at http://www.lucasarts.com/companystore/).
* If you live in some other countries, they can be bought in a single
package containing all three Monkey Island games. This pack is called
"The Monkey Island Bounty Pack", and costs about as much as a new release.
* The games can be obtained via mail-order - Software First
(http://www.softwarefirst.com) sends orders overseas from the UK.
* Ebay (http://www.ebay.com) allows users to trade their old games. You
could try finding the game there.
* Old games can be traded on the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.marketplace
with some risk. Be sure to find out some more information about the user.
Q. I've "lost" my code wheel. Can somebody send me an image of the wheel /
direct me to a crack?
A. Nope. If you've genuinely lost your code wheel, you should contact
LucasArts' repesentatives in your country for a replacement.
Q. One of my game disks is corrupted. Can you e-mail the files to me?
A. Nope. That'll teach you not to make backups. Again, contact LucasArts'
representatives.
Part Two - The Website Journey
=====[Recommended Sites]======
Q. I'm looking for information and news on Monkey Island and other LucasArts
games. Can you recommend some good websites for me?
A. There are hundreds of Monkey Island and adventure-related sites on the
Internet. However, the following sites are the biggest and most regularly
updated:
* The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar (http://scummbar.mixnmojo.com)
* LucasFans (http://lucasfans.adventuregamer.com)
* Mix 'N' Mojo (http://www.mixnmojo.com)
Part Three - Buried Under Monkey Island Puzzles
============[Help if you are stuck]============
Q. I'm a pathetic wimp. I want to download the full walkthrough solution to
one of the Monkey Island games, and complete it in a day. Where can I get
such walkthroughs?
A. Walkthroughs for all three Monkey Island games are available at
Walkthrough Central (http://www.huzatron.freeserve.co.uk/tips/). The
files are available in both HTML and plain text formats.
Q. I'm stuck on a particular puzzle, but I don't want to spoil the entire
game by downloading a walkthrough! How can I get help with just this
puzzle?
A. You can post on this newsgroup, of course (read the Guidelines, below, if
you're unsure). You can also use a UHS Hint file, which will give you
progressively more obvious hints for the puzzle you're stuck on. Visit
http://www.uhs-hints.com for more information.
Q. I am unable to win the sword fight with the Swordmaster/Rottingham.
How do I win?
A. Firstly, you must collect as many witty replies as possible from the
other pirates. To do this, simply give them an insult - if they reply
with the correct answer, it will be added to you list.
If you're just plain unsure of which insult to use, there is a full
listing of the insults matched with their replies at:
* http://scummbar.mixnmojo.com/hints/ (Swordmaster - MI 1)
* http://scummbar.mixnmojo.com/hints/hintscmi.html (Rottingham - MI 3)
Q. where i get mud
A. I presume you mean "Where can I get mud?". It's generally on the ground.
Remember that half-baked answers will get half-baked replies.
Part Four - Guidelines Kick Butt
==[Guides and tips to Posting]==
Please, don't worry about posting here - feel free to post any questions,
opinions, snippets of news, or anything else you like. Nobody is going to
laugh if you ask a silly question, or get angry about your point of view (so
long as it's not -too- extreme). There are, though, some golden rules to
posting:
* Be concise. Nobody wants to answer a question asking, "How do I win sword
fight?", particularly in this newsgroup. Remember that there are three
Monkey Island games, two of which involve sword-fighting.
* "Lurk" (read the messages without contributing) in a newsgroup for a day
or so before posting, to give you an idea of the general mood of the
group.
* Don't give out your proper e-mail address on the newsgroup, or enter it as
your e-mail address in your newsreader - you'll be inundated with adverts
for dodgy products and other things before you know it. If you wish to
leave an e-mail address, protect it by changing the address slightly (use
fred@myisp.nospam.co.uk, for example).
* Avoid posting in HTML. It may add such features such as colours and font
changes to your article, but do you really need them to express your
point?
If you do, then quite frankly, the point isn't worth reading. Not all
users have a newsreader which can read HTML, and not everybody appreciates
effectively downloading a message twice.
* When replying to a message, DON'T start a new thread. There's nothing more
irritating than seeing a new thread which seems to be some kind of reply.
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- Huz
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