The KIXX re-releases of the Lucasfilm games have very little value. Just $5-$10 for Maniac Mansion and Zak.
I've found reports that the Enhanced Maniac Mansion contains a poster of Zak McKracken (instead of Star Wars) in the game room. I loaded the Maniac Mansion from my DOTT Tri-Box CD and it was the V1 (not enhanced), same with the Maniac Mansion on the DOTT CD in the Lucasarts Archives. I did that because I found it commonly reported that the enhanced MM debuted in DOTT. I then loaded Zak and MM from the Lucasarts Classics (from 1992) and voila there are the enhanced versions of both (As reported by SCUMMVM). I think it is rather safe to assume this is where the enhanced versions made their debut. Now if you were going to play Zak, you would still want to play the 256 color FM Towns version. Freddie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/AD&D/SSI > - info and questions > > Freddie Bingham wrote: > > > The "hi-res" version if Zak that you have is the FM Towns > (Japanese PC > > "Console") 256 color version that is playable on the SCUMM > emulator. I > > do > > No, it is not. What I have is clearly a 320x200 @ 16 color > version, not FM Towns 256-color version. Here is a > screenshot of the low-res one most people > have: > > > http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,305/gameShotId,8122/ > > ..and here is the same shot from the high-res one: > > > http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,305/gameShotId,3579/ > > And to further bake your noodle, here is a low-res original > Maniac Mansion: > > > http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,714/gameShotId,8520/ > > ..and here is the high-res 16-color version: > > > http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,714/gameShotId,30499/ > > Before you start tearing your hair out, I have verified that > the high-res MM was a UK release (go to MobyGames.com and > look at the DOS UK release back box, it has the high-res > shots on it), and the high-res Zak was a KIXX Australian release. > > The remaining question: Are the euro high-res versions worth > more than the original ones? CURIOUS! > -- > Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.oldskool.org/ > Want to help an ambitious games project? > http://www.mobygames.com/ > Or check out some trippy MindCandy at > http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently > subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
