ScummVM (Monkey Island) on the Xoom

[dvdcatalyst]

Yesterday I messed around with ScummVM on the Xoom, and here is the result:

Monkey Island 1




Monkey Island 3





Full Throttle
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The Dig
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If you are an oldtimer (like me) and still have a nice collection of the good old point&click games, its a great way to get some of the best games on the planet on your Xoom, and the touch screen is perfect for these

More info:

XoomFaq

monkey island 1 intro video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cd_LaOPS8g

monkey island 3 intro video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG4F70So5ZI

Sorry about the bad video recordings. I used my playbook for it, and don't really have a set area to record video.

For the audio, I recorded the headphone output from the Xoom directly with Audacity, and stapled the video and audio together in Premiere Elements.

 

[frenzy757]

how do you save games? I played Full Throttle and couldn't save my game...makes it hard to enjoy.

 

[dvdcatalyst]

how do you save games? I played Full Throttle and couldn't save my game...makes it hard to enjoy.

tap on [3] and it will bring up the ScummVM menu which offers the option to save/load your games.

 

[frenzy757]

what is [3]. I use the soft menu key, and when I try to push the save botton its kind of dimmed out and nothing happens. Then when I go to load the game, nothing is there.

 

[dvdcatalyst]

With [3] I was indicating the overlay button on the right side with 3 on it.

I haven't done much playing with the games yet, besides of making a few videos, but I just loaded up Full Throttle, skipped through the opening intro by "pinching", moved around a little, and saved a game.
I went back to the scumm game launcher screen, and with full throttle selected, I tapped "Load" and it loaded the game at the point of where I saved it.

I don't know why the save-game option might be greyed out, maybe the data folder is set up wrong for scummvm?

 

[Mitchrapp]

I have a question, I know where to get the ScummVM plugins but where do you actually get the Scumm to run them. Help would be appreciated.

 

[dvdcatalyst]

I have a question, I know where to get the ScummVM plugins but where do you actually get the Scumm to run them. Help would be appreciated.

Did you check the XoomFaq article link I posted in the first post?

Xoom News

It has the location for the ScummVM version I used at the bottom, below the screenshots. I just installed that version, no plugins or anything else from the market.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Sorry, I always rush in on things. Thanks, I love ScummVM.

 

[dvdcatalyst]

Sorry, I always rush in on things. Thanks, I love ScummVM.

LOL, I think most of us do.

instead of RT*M its WT*IM (where/what the * is the manual )

Scumm is amazing on the Xoom. but you were right in your first post though, I still have no idea about those scumm plugins that are on the market.

 

[Mitchrapp]

LOL, I think most of us do.

instead of RT*M its WT*IM (where/what the * is the manual )

Scumm is amazing on the Xoom. but you were right in your first post though, I still have no idea about those scumm plugins that are on the market.

Thanks much, lets see Apple try this.

I might not have any time for the family now. Lol.

 

[frenzy757]

So I see that [3] then i try to click on the save button and it is still greyed out. I can't save games, any ideas?

 

[Lars1]

DVD Cat,

I really love (and miss) the Monkey Island games.

I DL the app you referred to in your original post.

Can you please tell me how to set this up to play MI on my Xoom?

TIA

 

[dvdcatalyst]

Setup:

at the very top of the site link,

ScummVM 1.3.0git4117 - Games - File Catalog - Android Games Development

it has "download from this server" which will start downloading the APK installer.

Download the APK file using your PC, and manually copy it to your Xoom

Then use a file explorer (ES File Explorer/Root Explorer etc) to find it on your Xoom and install it. (make sure you have Unknown Sources enabled in Settings > Applications)

Because it is an older app, it doesn't put a shortcut on your homescreen, but it should show a big S in your app drawer.

When you start it, it will show a full screen SDL message, and after that it will show the scumm app menu

then I just created a games folder on the xoom, and folders for the games I had, so I have a monkey island 1 folder, a monkey island 2 folder, a Full Throttle folder etc, and copy the files from each game in its folder

Full Throttle - ScummVM :: Wiki

Once that is all on your Xoom, use add game to browse to your folders, and select the folders that contain the data files. Scumm will recognize what version it is and add it to the list.
from there, just start the game.

scumm is a bit finnicky, so you might have to stop it in settings > applications every once in a while.

 

[frenzy757]

Any ideas in my saving problem?

 

[dvdcatalyst]

Any ideas in my saving problem?

Besides my previous post on your question:

... I just loaded up Full Throttle, skipped through the opening intro by "pinching", moved around a little, and saved a game.
I went back to the scumm game launcher screen, and with full throttle selected, I tapped "Load" and it loaded the game at the point of where I saved it.

I don't know why the save-game option might be greyed out, maybe the data folder is set up wrong for scummvm?

I have no idea. I haven't ran into a save-issue myself, so all I can do is guess. Other people that are using it haven't mentioned anything on save-issues either. There are quite a few responses in this thread on xoomforums.com, where I also posted about ScummVM on the Xoom.

 

[frenzy757]

Yea it crazy no one is having'the same issue. I reinstalled it like ten times

 

[dvdcatalyst]

Yea it crazy no one is having'the same issue. I reinstalled it like ten times

Here is an idea,

Maybe setup scummVM on your pc (ScummVM :: Home) and make sure your game-folders work, and that you can save a game.

Then copy it over to your Xoom, and clear scummdata in settings>apps, and go from there. You might even be able to load your PC save-game on your Xoom.

 

[dvdcatalyst]

And maybe go with a small game first, such as Monkey 1, Loom, Maniac Mansion (if you have any of those)