If this is true I'd hope LEC would be releasing patches for those of us who already own the old games... otherwise some interpreter borrowing might be called for... ¬ ¬

Looks like it's for real:
http://www.game.uk.com/review.asp?tab=pc&rev_id=148901

At least for people in the U.K.

Hmmm, if someone buys it lemme know. I don't want to waste $$ on something that's not new...which I doubt that it is.

Im probably gonna buy it soon. Theres already one report of someone saying theyve bought it and that it works fine on xp.
I was wondering if it was just the standard disclaimer listed for the pack with no real changes ( requires Windows 95/OSR2/98/98SE/ME/2000/XP) but if sam and max works out of the box they'll have had to have made some interpreter changes or at the very least made changes to imuse.

I'll try and get in contact with him today to try and confim it before I go out and buy it.

Why didn't they stick DOTT into the package ?? 🙁
If they had I would have bought it right away.
My bro lent my DOTT cd to a friend many years ago and I haven't seen it since 🙁 🙁 🙁

Probably because a DOTT sequel isnt on the cards at the moment whereas sequels to Full Throttle and Sam and Max are and if you look at what Tom Sarris keeps hinting at in interviews a Grim Fandango sequel may be planned too.

The Dig then ?
Never heard anything about a sequel for it.
Can't they can Grim Fandango ? I never really liked it 😒

Yeah, The Dig 2 turned out to be Monkey Island 3 (or 4). It sucks, since it was a fabulous game, a great book, and an incredible soundtrack.

It was meant to be a movie at first but they didn't have the technique and made a game instead, or is my memory failing me ?
'Cause they could make it a movie now (even though they shouldn't).

No, you're right. 😀

http://wwhs.fangames.co.uk/entertainment-pack.shtml

What a waste of money.

Update: mymipage e-mailed LucasArts, and apparently they don’t have any plans for releasing in the US at this time. Never mind, though, as you Americans out there can order many things exclusively from the LEC site store, such as the recently re-added Monkey Madness pack. "Due to popular demand", apparently.

Ha, its not too bad, its certainly a step in the right direction for LEC, people have been wanting new windows interpreters for years. I was pleasantly surprised by the graphics filters too, its a good pack and most importantly it all works out of the box without any setup, good stuff.

I say: pfffft!

Just because the US isn't getting "The Entertainment Pack" doesn't mean we won't be seeing the updated classics. LucasArts paid someone to update Full Throttle and Sam & Max so they could start pushing them to raise awareness for their currently announced sequels. LucasArts is notoriously frugal, they don't throw wages at a programmer just to get a European compilation pack functioning properly. Its silly to say that just because The Entertainment Pack isn't headed for the US, the US won't be seeing the updated games.

For instance, the US never got the European-released "Monkey Island Bounty Pack" collection which contained Monkey 1, 2, and 3 all in one box. So, that was "never released" here. However, we did get the "Curse of Monkey Island LucasArts Archive Edition" which contained Monkey 1, 2, and 3 all in one box. So, if you'd asked a LucasArts representitive "will the US ever get the Bounty Pack" they'd say "no plans at this time," you'd all say "what a waste of money," and then a few months later, they'd go and put out the LEC Archive edition of CMI which is basically the same thing as the Bounty Pack, but with a lamer box.

The Entertainment Pack, however, already has one of the shittiest boxes I've seen in a while, so it's US equivilient will probably rock by comparison.

Why does the box matter? I've never understood the whole box thing. It's to sell software, so why do you need the box after you've got it? Honestly...

Yeah, a while ago there was some commotion about the old cardboard boxes being replaced by 'DVD-boxes'. I do not have a problem with that, as Snover said, it's the software that counts, and if it's cheaper with such a 'DVD-box', I'm completely won for it.

BUT, I can easily understand the advocates of cardboard boxes, as they are bigger, and most of the time filled with leaflets, or even small books, and/or other gadgets.

I guess cardboard and plastic (DVD) each has it's own advocates.

Well, let's see..

Cardboard is made out of DEAD TREES. Plastic is synthesised out of chemicals. There is this 'amazing' technology called "Acrobat" that can allow manuals to be printed digitally instead of killing more trees to print them on paper. My big game boxes get thrown away, whereas all my jewel cases get saved (although they're all empty and in storage -- I've got 3½ 200-CD folders full of discs. Much easier this way 😜). You can fit more stuff on the shelves in stores, cutting down on the cost of storage. It's cheaper to print on glossy paper and insert them into the clear plastic flap than it is to print on cardboard. Oh yeah, plastic, especially prefabricated CD cases, are much less costly. 'Nuff said.

People don't want cheap, ecologically well-considered things like cd-roms with pdf files on them ... if it comes to reading a book.

People just want to sit in a comfy chair, with dimmed lights, a beer, and a bag of chips, with their legs stretched ... with a book in their hands, not a laptop!

Or what do you prefer? 😉

(btw, I don't care, I've got a sollution, don't read any books 😉 )

You could always use a PocketPC or a Palm. *shrug*

Besides, RTFM has become a very popular acronym in a very short amount of time, leading me to believe that people don't read the manuals anyway. 😀

This is great stuff for a poll!