12-03-2006, 11:09 PM | #1 |
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Lucas Classic Line - adventure re-releases in the UK
I did a quick search and did not find this topic, so don't flame me too much if it is a repeat, my intentions are good!
I was surfing on RPGdot today and came accross a news item back from Nov. 20 that said that many of the LucasArts adventure games are being re-released in the UK. They say Grim Fandango, The Curse of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, and The Dig will be re-released. I did a quick check on Amazon.co.uk and it is TRUE. It looks like some have already been released and even more adventures (such as Sam & Max Hit the Road and DOTT) are scheduled for a Jan 12, 2007 release. Great news for our UK friends, unfortunately on this one, I am from Canada. Cheers, Stain |
12-04-2006, 01:05 AM | #2 |
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Will they still ship stateside?
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12-04-2006, 01:37 AM | #3 |
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I'm sure you can find a site that will. Why they don't rerelease the MI box collection I dont' know.
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12-04-2006, 02:00 AM | #4 |
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Look at the price! I am sure they were available for less before. I bought the combination of Sam & Max and DOTT for £7.86 ( much cheaper than the current single offering) from Amazon UK.
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12-04-2006, 07:05 AM | #5 |
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Fecking expensive.
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12-04-2006, 07:37 AM | #6 |
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A re-release of The Dig is indeed good news! Great game!!
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12-04-2006, 07:55 AM | #7 |
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Insane pricing.
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12-04-2006, 12:20 PM | #9 |
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... I paid £10 for new DVD cased Sam/DOTT + EFMI + Grim fandango a while back from Gamestation when they had their clearing of Lucas games, I also got the dig and Full throttly pretty cheap. along with Discworld noir. :/
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12-04-2006, 12:41 PM | #10 |
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I've made some great finds, but never online. Dammit
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12-04-2006, 12:56 PM | #11 |
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I didnt buy online either. I prefer not to.
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12-04-2006, 03:19 PM | #12 |
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I have no idea why those are marked as preorders, since all of these games have already been released on the LucasArts Classics line...
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12-04-2006, 10:44 PM | #13 |
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they're probably pre-orders because this is a new release, not just a re-boxed release of the older titles. I will have a look too because i wouldn't mind getting hold of the Dig which i only ever played on my AMIGA 2000. I would like to play that game again, it was great... also some of the others like DOTT i never actually played.. so that would be great to get into...
im still battling thru keepsake, its not interesting enough to keep me playing for more than an hour at a time.. i bought it last semester ah well... GoT
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12-05-2006, 04:17 AM | #14 |
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I'd be extremely, extremely surprised if this is anything other than a mistake on Amazon's part.
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12-05-2006, 04:28 AM | #15 |
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We have these in Norwegian stores too. The Dig and full throttle have I seen for about a year, "curse of monkey island" just arrived to a price of 199kr, about 30$.
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12-05-2006, 08:47 PM | #16 |
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Isn't that the price of a cup of coffee in Oslo?
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12-06-2006, 01:59 AM | #17 |
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12-06-2006, 04:55 AM | #18 |
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So this thread has become about the price of coffee in Oslo now? Well, here is my contribution. $10 is certainly wrong. It's more like $15. But then you get a really big cup. Like, half a gallon or something..
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12-06-2006, 05:29 AM | #19 |
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Damn... I need to visit Oslo.
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12-11-2006, 12:15 AM | #20 |
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On topic the LA "rerelease" has been available here for about 2 years now. It's ~€2 per game. I got Sam n Max + Day of the tentacle for €15 two years ago. Keep in mind that they come in DVD-cases with no manual, but hey it doesn't consume that much space and is cheaper so I'm happy.
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