Talk:Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

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[edit] Work on Story

As mentioned below, I took it upon myself to correct several details regarding the end of the story. The corrections ended up being quite a bit longer than I'd anticipated. Would it be worthwhile to rework the whole plot summary, maybe break it into its component acts? --68.41.122.213 09:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ending: different versions?

"The two brothers, one from the wound and the other from the gas, fall unconscious and wake up in an amusement park, as children." Are there different versions of the game? When I played it, the brothers were discovered by an employee of the amusement park, who says something among the lines of: "Hey, you kids shouldn't be here.". They never "fall unconscious".

No, I think the article is just a bit wrong...--Wormsie 20:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
I just finished the game about ten minutes ago, so I'll fix it. --68.41.122.213 09:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Icons?

What's the point of those icons in this and the "The Secret of Monkey Island" -article. I think they look funny and are wrongly placed (if it was in the template it would be OK).--Wormsie 10:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Also, both Monkey Island 1 and LOOM has them. It was not me who put them (although I have restored them whenever they were removed), but I find nothing wrong and I find no reason to be removed. Pictureuploader 12:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
As fair-use images, they should only be kept if there is a point. Rather than there being no point to removing them. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 18:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The usage of icons doesn't seem to be very uniform - some articles like that of SimCity 4 has an icon in the info box (which I think would be a good place, as for example ScummVM has its icon there - too bad the template doesn't support it), most game articles don't seem to have one at all. And besides, are those official icons? And what's the point of them? I think they just look "unprofessional", especially when placed like that. DOTT doesn't have an icon, Sam & Max: Hit the Road doesn't have an icon, Grim Fandango doesn't have an icon, The Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island don't have icons... I thought they were just put there by some enthusiastic fan who just wanted something to contribute, and didn't really care if it looked ugly or not.--Wormsie 12:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I would support complete removal. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 13:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Somebody removed the icon from The Secret of Monkey Island on the basis that "Wikipedia articles don't have icons".--Wormsie 11:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
So you say that they should stay. Shouldn't we all agree on something? Pictureuploader 12:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I don't remember saying that icons should stay... I meant that when someone said "Wikipedia articles don't have icons" I wondered if that was some sort of... Wikipedia policy? I don't know. Personally, I'm still against icons. :-P--Wormsie 10:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Please can we sometime settle on the matter of icons? During the last two days, someone restored it and someone else re-removed it. If others are pro icons except me, why don't they write their opinion here? Pictureuploader 02:17, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, looking at the icon used for the Monkey Island 1 article, if memory serves correctly, doesn't the Macintosh version of the game use that icon? --4.156.210.217 13:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello people, I know it's been nearly a year since this discussion took place. But I just want to point out something. If the images are copyrighted then they cannot be there, they fail the fair use criteria due to the fact fair use images must be involved in part of a discussion (for example a screenshot which has text about the game, or box art with all the release info are both acceptable, an icon for display reasons is not). Otherwise they're perfectly fine in my opinion and it comes down to aesthetics. Sorry to bump this topic but it didn't look as if there was a result to the discussion. ●BillPP (talk|contribs) 16:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] cell dog with key

i wanted to add this pic Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg but there is no space in the text. Somebody could do it? Pictureuploader 12:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MOD -form?

Uhm, the music in MI2 is definitely just MIDI. Has nothing to do with MOD. If you don't believe me, rip the files yourself with ScummRevisited. The music was definitely not made with a tracker, and the sounds are MIDI sounds, not samples.--Wormsie 15:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Except in the case of Amiga probably Pictureuploader 08:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Good point. (Never had an Amiga myself, so I wouln't know.) But the original wording was still incorrect, as it only concerned the Amiga version.--Wormsie 08:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MonkeyIsland2.decor.640px.jpg

Image:MonkeyIsland2.decor.640px.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 23:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Review links

I'm just leaving these here for now until I (or somebody else) expand the reception section ●BillPP (talk|contribs) 03:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

  1. http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/37/ (Adventure Classic Gaming)
  2. http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=470 (Quandaryland)
  3. http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/monkeyisland2/review.html?mode=web&om_act=convert&om_clk=stats&tag=stats;theysay (gamespot)
  4. http://amr.abime.net/review_12055 (Computer and Video Games)
  5. http://amr.abime.net/review_8171 (Amiga Computing)
  6. http://amr.abime.net/review_3925 (CU Amiga) Budget Rerelease
  7. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/07/06/point_and_click.html (Professional blog)
  8. http://www.gamerseurope.com/articles/128
Thanks! Kariteh 08:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Excellent, having the raw materials to hand will make work on the article much easier. QuagmireDog 11:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MonkeyIsland2.decor.640px.jpg

Image:MonkeyIsland2.decor.640px.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References and in-jokes

There is yet another reference to Indiana Jones although it may be a bit too obvious: Indy's Whip™ in the Booty Boutique on Booty Island. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.186.78.33 (talk) 13:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)