Secret of Monkey Island

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 11:58:09

I've just downloaded Secret of Monkey Island, and I can't open it. Any ideas why?

MadReizka · Sat 08/03/2003 12:16:16

You could tell more, PC specs, what file you cant open.

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 12:21:39

The file is called "monkey~1.001" and when I try to open it (regularly or in DOS), it displays "Windows cannot open monkey~1.001 unless it knows what program created it".
$:-\$

BOYD1981 · Sat 08/03/2003 12:45:34

is that the only file you downloaded or was there more than one?
if you did download more than one you'll most likely have a file called "monkey~1.rar"
start by extracting that file and it *should* extract all the others, it's also a good idea to have WinRAR installed

Igor · Sat 08/03/2003 12:45:41

I guess that's the true secret of Monkey Island then

I don't really know if that's the problem, but "*.001" usually means that archive is separated in more files. For example: Monkey.arj, Monkey.001, Monkey.002....
So, if you want to open Monkey.001, you'll need Monkey.arj (or zip, or rar...) first.

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 13:32:55

its a zip. only i unzipped it, and that's the result I got. What can I do? (I have winzip 8.1)

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 08/03/2003 13:46:30

where did you dl it from? its on kazaa.. (and works)

Pumaman · Sat 08/03/2003 13:56:15

Quote from: custard on Sat 08/03/2003 13:46:30
where did you dl it from? its on kazaa.. (and works)

Haha, you mean you downloaded something called "Secret of Monkey Island" from kazaa and didn't end up with "Secret Island Fantasies 5 XXX"? Blimey.

Jimi: your problems are due to the way it was zipped up - we can't give you a definitive answer because it's not a problem with the game, it's a problem with whoever uploaded it.

scotch · Sat 08/03/2003 14:04:37

You should just download it again ._. There are loads of places to get it apart from kazaa. And if it wont run still use scummvm.
Actually the one on kazaa doesn't work for me either (gets a divide by zero error somehow), only the german version works

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 14:15:23

Thanks.
(if it says divide by zero, the site said keep trying, it will load eventually.)

Matt Brown · Sat 08/03/2003 14:16:49

hahaha, that happened to be once when I tried to download FIFA 2002 CHris. one file was p0rn, the other was GTA3.

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 14:24:41

ha!

Scummbuddy · Sat 08/03/2003 15:32:09

The .001 is only part of the file. You need a couple more. Just buy it off ebay.

Andail · Sat 08/03/2003 16:29:42

And while we're at it, we should discuss whether monkey island 2 was just a dream or not. That's obligatory with a subject title like that.

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 16:32:00

What's the Monkey Island series actually about?

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 08/03/2003 16:33:30

grog.

Jimi · Sat 08/03/2003 16:35:43

Eh?

scotch · Sat 08/03/2003 16:42:12

It is about grog.

Matt Brown · Sat 08/03/2003 17:23:45

what IS teh secert of monkey island?

Scummbuddy · Sat 08/03/2003 17:29:47

It was a small chest in the amiga version, but Guybrush was so stupid he blew up the dam with the gunpowder blowing the chest above his head and God knows where it is now....