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Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 12:39 PM
#12
I'm confused... I guess I was talking about the 5th walk frame, not the 5th frame posted. I didn't like the black line on the shin and figured it would look better like something on the right, which I really crappily whipped up because I should reall...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 12:20 PM
#11
It also seems that the EGA version had the little split in the trousers that is in the SE version but missing in the VGA. Interesting!...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 11:55 AM
#8
Well I'll be a monkeys uncle! Take a look at this - http://amphomepage.com/temp/lee//Guybrush-Animation-Sprite5.png EGA cut out on left and uncut on right. VGA in center. Seems that it was the conversion from EGA to VGA that caused this sprite mes...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 11:35 AM
#7
If you are in a position to load up ScummVM and take a series of screengrabs, the demo for the 16 color version is here: http://demos.robertmegone.com/scumm/monkey1-dos-ega-demo-en.zip Yeah already got it, thanks. Grabbing screens now :-D...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 11:28 AM
#6
Well, if I'm not mistaken, all of the original animation was in 16 colors, so maybe it could be the fault of whoever made the game all pretty in 256 colors and they accidentally filled in the white part of the game. I can't really find any references...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 11:21 AM
#5
Seems unlikely it was intentional. Maybe they drew it the way it seems it should be and it looked wrong for some reason, although I can't see why. It will be interesting to put it in an animated gif and see how much it stands out with no background a...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 11:05 AM
#4
That frame seems to be broken in this sprite sheet as well... maybe that's where the ripped image came from?/guybrush.png[/IMG] Yeah that's where I got it from, I noted the source on the image. Seems to be the only sprite animation sheet for Monkey...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 10:46 AM
#2
Here is the Special Edition Intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyjtxDPUHKs Here is the original intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3dB0qEcG20...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  parabolee
06-23-2009, 10:05 AM
#1
I am starting this thread as a place we can post and study and enjoy the new Special Edition artwork, animation and music and compare it to the original. As a digital artist an animator myself I find this fascinating, and I am a big fan of the new ar...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guybrush's New Look and the Case of the Extra Spacial Dimension
  parabolee
06-11-2009, 3:11 PM
#17
It would be weird if it wasn't point-n-click. I mean the other teltale games were and all the MI games were, so why change it?...  [Read More]
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