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I just played and finished CMI today, really enjoyed it again,
now onto MI2.

I love playing these games once in a while.

Edit: OK, now I've completed MI2, Now onto SMI

Damn it, I figured out what I had done had worked, so I was just wasting time, I was waiting for a cutscene to tell me I'd finished the part but it doesn't happen.

Oh well I finished the game now. So onto CMI

Just on EMI, I think the monkey kombat is really clever, more challenging than the sword fighting. Some people think it sucked, probably cause it took them a while to figure out the system, but it's quite easy once you make a table or something.

Still, Grim Fandango is the best Game I've played, I'm so glad I heard people mentioning it on these forums or I would have never bought it, hence missing out on one of my favourite gaming experiences so far.

I probably shouldn't ask this here, but it's the right topic for people that might know the answer.

In EMI I'm still stuck on the bolders, And I know what to do but my timing is off.

Anyone know the precise timing.

Eg. what's supposed to happen:

Throw bolder in right tunnel - wait for 1st root to move
then throw bolder in middle tunnel - wait for 2nd root to move
then throw bolder in left tunnel - wait for 3rd root to move
then throw final bolder in left tunnel.

In theory 1 ball should go through the middle chute at the bottom.

When I do it either 2 balls go through the middle chute or they miss and none go down.

does anyone know the precise timing?

ie throw just as the root starts moving
or throw in the middle of when the root is moving
or throw just after the root stops moving

or is there a combination of the three.

cause the roots aren't precise for the signal to throw.

I never remember having this much trouble last time I played it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Ahhhh, I playing EMI and I'm up to the part with the bolders where you have to time it so 1 bolder goes down the middle shoot,

I know exactly what I have to do, but it's probably the hardest part of the game, I've tried it about 50 times and I must be out with the timing by a nano second or something.

I keep getting 2 bolders to go through, it's just pissing me off, the chances are I'll get it first time tomorrow.

bastard bullshit action parts of adventure games, they should have a skip button (well some do, even CMI{the canon battle part})

I just had to vent my frustration somewhere

This thread has made me wat to play all these games again,

I enjoyed them all for different reasons, CMI was similar to SMI in a few ways eg. same sword fighting, but obviously they were trying to bring in something that was already popular, this sort of stuff happens in many industries. Movie, Music, TV etc.

I wasn't dissappointed with the development in the graphics, well the backgrounds, the 3D character in EMI wasn't the best, but I still haven't seen a realistic looking 3D character on a computer game yet, I think it's the imperfections in real life people, that haven't been able to be perfected with computers yet. I think they still draw people too squarely and need much more diverse mathematical equations for it to seem more real.

Even in recent movies, when we get it right, we'll look back on movies like Jurassic park and Toy story and think they look too fake.

It's hard to get used to the interface in EMI, you don't have as much control but I figure it was designed with the Play Station in mind.

My favourite is SMI probably only for the fact that it started it all. I enjoyed them all, therefore I can enjoy 4 games rather than just 2.

The background art in EMI is amazing and that alone is a strong point for me, I love being motivated in a game to get further just to see some more stunning graphics.

I've just started playing EMI then I'll play through them all backwards so I finish with SMI.

I got inspired cause I just Bought and Finished Grim Fandango for the first time, And for me it was The Best Adventure game I have played, quite easily.

I'll have to play all the MI games just So it can confuse me so I can play Grim Fandango again.

Then the Indy games - LC & FOA

Then All the Sierra Games

It's just a vicious cycle, but all in amongst all the AGS games too, it will never end,

I hope

I see no reason why you can't go ahead, plus there are zillions of games with a male as the main character.

Sounds more original than most

All valid points, from Relight and Squinky,

Just personally I like to try and get things done myself, it just makes me feel like I've done a complete job, more satisfaction. I can understand more with a longer game that is non linear.

So far I've released 2 games without beta testing and haven't had bug reports, it could be just no-one has played my games, but I thoroughly go through and try everything, usually make sure each bit works as i progress too.

but when I have a longer game, beta testing I guess will be necessary,

as for MAGS I never thought of making a team for a game but wouldn't that be a disadvantage to other competitors, I guess they could make a team too, anyway It's really about having more games to play, not about winning, the better quality makes the comp seem more attractive.

Also as not to get off topic (sorry Dave for getting off track)
This game most probably would have won regardless of any other entries, It's one of the best short games let alone MAGS games that has been released for a while.

Your games are always worth playing, look forward to your next game.

It is an invertebrate, but that is a less specific class as there are alternatively vertebrates which are creatures with backbones eg. Us, I'm sure there is another name, I don't think vermiculture is it.

But this is also a MAGS thread so Squinky, how does this relate, I'm sure there's some sneaky relation

It's not an insect, but now I'm stuck on what a worm is classified as, I don't think it's a mollusc, which slugs, snails and oysters are. I'm now confused and need to know.

An insect usually has 6 legs and 3 body parts, or is that 4?

I just got round to playing the game Dave, It was a great idea and great use of RON and Insta-Game.

Clever puzzles, had me stuck for a while but eventually got through it, keep up the great work.

Just an interesting point, you had beta testers in a MAGS game.

I think that should be a point brought up in MAGS, fair enough having testers to find bugs to release a superior product but I think it should be part of MAGS to have no outside help on your games, especially when there are more than one entrant to the comp.

I think after the comp is over you can get bug fixes and rerelease, but I feel releasing as close to a bug free game without help should be up to you as part of the experience.

What do you think?

That game was soooo yesterday, sequels never live up to the standard

I can respect people oppinions whether I agree with them or not, and I don't hold anything against you Darth-Mandarb, even though I don't agree with a lot of it.

I've avoided this thread like the plague, cause i'm sick of all this war debate, I've mentioned my own opinions in the other war threads.

It has all started now and who knows how long it will go for and how many unnecessary lives will be lost. 9/11 is small fry compared to what has been done in return in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it will only get worse. Isn't this just training for North Korea.

I don't like Australia's involvement, being one of very few nations that supplied troops, the main reason is that our Prime minister John Howard was visiting the USA on 9/11 and was effected by it personally. but in a free democratic country, we still have no say.

I also don't like the idea that they are going after a "murderous dictator" and their solution is murdering others to get to hopefully murder him.

aren't most religions against murder, Most nations claim to have a religious background and follow the lord or whoever, but is this all just ignored when it comes to war? Is it any different killing a murderer, than it is a child.

surely if hell exists, even the most moralistic people involved in this war will be going straight there whether they like it or not. It's hereditary for Bush, hell is in his gene's no matter how religious he thinks he is. He'll get to meet Saddam there in person.

I just hope this is over soon.

I hate seeing footage of Troops blowing up shit and going Whoo hoo, and laughing. It's like watching little kids playing war games in the backyard. These types of people shouldn't be given weapons, but on the other hand, I guess those types are the types that join the armed forces.

In a war if you kill someone do you go to prison for murder? no, you come back as a hero with a mental disorder, that's probably worse than gaol.

It's just a giant step back for mankind, but it is human nature, we think we're civilised but it is just a figment of our vivid imagination.

not bad puzzles but you need more messages for looking etc
I finished it but only got 15 pts

Very bizzare game

Australia was known as New Holland before it became Australia, does that mean we can join too

I thought I'd posted a comment on this game but I couldn't find it so,

This game is going to kick arse, the graphics are awsome, love the character art and the whole style.

I saw just one similar thing in my game Saddson Issein, regarding the jokes, you Have G. W. Brush, I had G.U.W Brush (Goo Brush),
But don't change anything, I was just pointing out an observation.

Keep up the excellent work

Hey Erica,

I finally got round to playing the game, It took me quite a while to finish it, but got there in the end, but after I finished something weird happened.

Spoiler

It gave you an option at the end to continue and I chose yes I think, then there was a gui with 3 files and I clicked one and the game aborted, now everytime I try to load a saved game it takes me to the end screen and I can't move or do anything. and every saved game I try takes me to this same spot.

I just wanted to restore a game just before that option near the end where you choose to stay or something else, now I have to start again to get back to that point.

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Good job, I enjoyed it and got stuck in a few places.

cool little game Andriws

It's good sometimes to go around slaying people, ease away from reality.

Panda, Read the manual

I am Australian, It rings a bell, I wasn't thinking of beach sand dunes as it was desert. I haven't seen the tatiana grigorieva one yet

Cool, Aja

I liked the intro sequence, looks like an interesting story