Seeking old LucasFilm Games (Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom)

May 31, 2004 10:59 PM

Can anybody help me find some old Lucasfilm games, like Maniac Mansion, Secret of Monkey Island, Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom? I used to own all of them but the disks are bad. I have been going everywhere and I still can't find the game for sale.
posted by Keyser Soze to sports, hobbies, & recreation (10 comments total)

You do know that all of these games, sans box, live on in computer heaven over at The Underdogs, right?

God bless early Lucasfilm games.
posted by inksyndicate at 11:01 PM on May 31, 2004

Also available via bittorrent, in the places you would expect to find bittorrents aplenty.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:06 PM on May 31, 2004

Lucasarts Released Maniac Mansion Delux for free - here.
posted by Derek at 11:44 PM on May 31, 2004

Derek: that's not an official lucasarts release, it's a fan remake. although arguably it has tacit lucasarts sanction since they haven't sent the lawyers after them.

underdogs won't have downloads for the lucasarts titles you mentioned. lucasarts is a member of the esa (formerly known as the idsa) and underdogs is careful to not tread on the toes of esa members.

also, some of the titles you mention were pretty popular in their time and underdogs is primarily about, well, underdogs, those gems that were never particularly popular.

you might try here.
posted by juv3nal at 12:45 AM on June 1, 2004

When you do find them (hint: google for "abandonware"), you can use ScummVM to play them on a modern computer.
posted by cmonkey at 1:12 AM on June 1, 2004

Loom with Anti-Aliasing enabled.... that is truly the greatest form of irony.
posted by Keyser Soze at 2:57 AM on June 1, 2004

try #oldgames or #oldwarez on efnet.
posted by mcsweetie at 5:40 AM on June 1, 2004

They used to sell Loom as an oldie, but it doesn't look like it anymore. I'm bummed.
posted by agregoli at 8:11 AM on June 1, 2004

I think I have escape from monkey island on cd somewhere, if you want it.
posted by Hackworth at 10:03 AM on June 1, 2004

nah hackworth, thats pretty new. I found that on supernova. Thanks though.
posted by Keyser Soze at 4:57 PM on June 1, 2004