OldiesREQ: The Curse of Monkey Island noCD

[daim0n]

I was wondering if anyone still remember this great game. I found it from my locker the past day and it still rocks!

Problem is I have to use cd's to play it. I was wondering if someone still had a working nocd for it somewhere could you please share it ? I searched to net for hours but found nada :(

I could always make an image of it though but I rather not would like to install any virtual cd/dvd players on my comp.

Thanks :)

[Joe Forster/STA]

If you can't find a crack for it anywhere then read the forum FAQ on how to request one (for old games).

[chron]

Use www.scummvm.org

it works better on newer systems and you dont need the cd.

[BarryB]

You can make it play from Hard Drive by copying the RESOURCE folder from both CD's into the game folder as well as the COMI*.* files from both CD's (overwrite any files when asked) then do a simple reg edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Curse of Monkey Island\v1.0

find the text 'Source Path' in the right window of Regedit and double click it then type in .\ (dot and a backslash) then press enter.

Now when you run the game it should play from the hard drive!

[Muyfa666]

Or, once again - Use ScummVM. That's really the best way to play COMI on a modern machine. I even run a port of it on my Xbox.

[BarryB]

It runs fine natively or under SCUMM, choose whichever way you play it :)

[daim0n]

You can make it play from Hard Drive by copying the RESOURCE folder from both CD's into the game folder as well as the COMI*.* files from both CD's (overwrite any files when asked) then do a simple reg edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Curse of Monkey Island\v1.0

find the text 'Source Path' in the right window of Regedit and double click it then type in .\ (dot and a backslash) then press enter.

Now when you run the game it should play from the hard drive!


Thanks. That's all I needed to know <3

[BarryB]

If that fails then try ScummVM as suggested!

[chron]

Problem is that Monkey Island 3 has different voicefiles on both cds which are named the same if I remember correctly.

ScummVM is better because of better Hardware compatibility.

[Muyfa666]

Yes, you rename the files from the CD's to get it all running. But hey, each to their own! :-)

[BarryB]

Well, I did a hex compare on files that had the same name and they were identical on both CD's?

Which files are they if you can remember?

[Joe Forster/STA]

There was a similar problem with Outlaws, a great Western shooter by Lucasarts. And, no, the two files with the same name on the two CD's were not the same. Solution: I wrote a packer/unpacker for the file format and merged the two files into one. Now it runs without either CD. :)

[BarryB]

I've still got Outlaws, and a crack by PARADIGM where you rename the 2nd file so it loads past level 5!