Broken Sword I and II

[TriedandTested]

Do these games run OK on Vista?

Short thread! Great games though - classic 2D point n click and something we STILL need more of.

 

[Ascendancy]

They'll run perfectly under Vista using Scummvm.

http://www.scummvm.org

 

[Speedy Pete]

i remember playin this as a demo.....was very impressed

 

[TriedandTested]

One of the best games of its type.

Not very familiar with ScummVM - buying the CDs and running through that or are you suggesting 'other' means? Prefer the former.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

I was having this very conversation with a friend today, we need more games like these!

Apparently a new Monkey Island is coming out, although I dount it will be like it used to be!

 

[DezUk]

Broken Sword 2 was immesnse, the quiality of the 2D graphics just gave it a quality of its own. These new 3D attempts just dont cut it for me. Going further back remeber Underneath a Steel Sky?

 

[TriedandTested]

Totally agree.


What about The Dig. Another classic right there and I believe Speilberg had some involvement.

 

[pingwing]

Broken Sword 2 was immesnse, the quiality of the 2D graphics just gave it a quality of its own. These new 3D attempts just dont cut it for me. Going further back remeber Underneath a Steel Sky?

Ah i loved beneath a steel sky!

Though the broken sword serise is so awesome! Scumm is the best way to play outside of dos box

 

[thevet]

http://www.brokensword25.com/

Link for a fanmade broken sword 2.5,its freeware and you just download and install and then set the language to english ingame and away you go

 

[Ascendancy]

One of the best games of its type.

Not very familiar with ScummVM - buying the CDs and running through that or are you suggesting 'other' means? Prefer the former.

Basically you just download Scummvm and copy across a few data files from your CD. Perfectly legal so don't worry about that.

 

[orderoftheflame]

Can I point out something.

If you buy the "SoldOut Software" modern copies of BS1+2. It actually installs ScummVM with the games, and should run fine with vista. When you install the game it just creates shortcuts to launch the game straight away.

If they don't just download the latest version of ScummVM and import them.

 

[Neolink]

Hehe, Playing through them + Monkey Island 1+2 recently myself! Classics for sure

ScummVM is certainly the best way to go about playing these games, especially since it has some nice optional upscaling features too to improve the visuals somewhat

 

[Ice Rich]

I'm a massive BS fan too. such fantastic games.

I rember when number 3 moved to '3d' graphics . So much of the atmosphere and 'feeling' of the game was captured in the 2d hand drawn art work, it was simply lost when the game went 'modern'.

 

[orderoftheflame]

I rember when number 3 moved to '3d' graphics . So much of the atmosphere and 'feeling' of the game was captured in the 2d hand drawn art work, it was simply lost when the game went 'modern'.

Same with Escape from Monkey Island.

 

[Frapple]

Played through Monkey Island on my Omnia with ScummVM, good stuff.

Never completed Broken Sword I/II without having to refer to a

 

[TriedandTested]

Broken Sword Trilogy - £9 - and just noticed from that screeny that I get Beneath a Steel Sky for free too.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

That from the publishers site?

thats a tempting price.

 

[Frapple]

Trilogy? Pretty sure I played a fourth one, or was that a different dev?

 

[TriedandTested]

From Sold-Out - there's a boxed version and a downloadable one too.

And you are right I think there is another, but not in this pack.

 

[Viper²]

They play without ScummVM or anything like that. I bought 1 and 2 on disc for about £5 a few months ago and they played no problem.