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Mequa · 01 December 2010, 15:25

If your display can handle 1280x960 or 1280x1024 or higher modes, try Curse of Monkey Island (MI3) in ScummVM with HQ2X filter. An almost-HD version of MI3

ScummVM can run Amiga versions of Monkey Island 1 and 2, but unfortunately does not emulate the smoother scrolling of the Amiga version of MI2. You need WinUAE for that.

Amiga-wise I mostly use ScummVM to run the Miggy versions of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken.
The latter got a 256 colour remake for FM-Towns with full CD music, which also runs excellent on ScummVM. Amiga Maniac Mansion is still the definitive version (excluding fan remakes such as Maniac Mansion Deluxe, which does not use SCUMM).

Another good Amiga Scumm game which got a decent enhancement exclusive to FM-Towns is Loom.
The FM-Towns version includes all the original backgrounds redrawn in 256 colours, and full CD background music.
A talkie VGA version of Loom was also released for MS-DOS CD-ROM in 1992, which added full speech with cut-down dialogue, but unfortunately removed all the atmospheric in-game music. Fools!

Anyway, both versions are playable in ScummVM (with support for FLAC or OGG Vorbis for CD audio).
Amiga and DOS EGA versions work too.

P.S. There are some tricky ScummVM command-line options required to access hard mode in FM-Towns Loom, but it does work! Just a few minor graphical glitches when running this version of Loom (but ScummVM is open source, so...)

01 December 2010, 15:25	#20
Mequa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 497	If your display can handle 1280x960 or 1280x1024 or higher modes, try Curse of Monkey Island (MI3) in ScummVM with HQ2X filter. An almost-HD version of MI3 ScummVM can run Amiga versions of Monkey Island 1 and 2, but unfortunately does not emulate the smoother scrolling of the Amiga version of MI2. You need WinUAE for that. Amiga-wise I mostly use ScummVM to run the Miggy versions of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken. The latter got a 256 colour remake for FM-Towns with full CD music, which also runs excellent on ScummVM. Amiga Maniac Mansion is still the definitive version (excluding fan remakes such as Maniac Mansion Deluxe, which does not use SCUMM). Another good Amiga Scumm game which got a decent enhancement exclusive to FM-Towns is Loom. The FM-Towns version includes all the original backgrounds redrawn in 256 colours, and full CD background music. A talkie VGA version of Loom was also released for MS-DOS CD-ROM in 1992, which added full speech with cut-down dialogue, but unfortunately removed all the atmospheric in-game music. Fools! Anyway, both versions are playable in ScummVM (with support for FLAC or OGG Vorbis for CD audio). Amiga and DOS EGA versions work too. P.S. There are some tricky ScummVM command-line options required to access hard mode in FM-Towns Loom, but it does work! Just a few minor graphical glitches when running this version of Loom (but ScummVM is open source, so...) Last edited by Mequa; 01 December 2010 at 15:48.