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	Feb 28 2009	FOOFOORABBIT ScummVM is the most amazing open source project out there. While I don't agree with the ScummVM team's GUI design decisions (they refuse to make the app more Mac-like to keep it fully portable and consistant across all platforms), I'm amazed at hard work they've put into making all the LucasArts, HE, and many other adventure games from the late 80s and early 90s work on any platform. Sarien was merged a while ago to add all the Sierra AGI games...and recently (in 0.14 subversion builds), FreeSCI's SCI engine was merged to add many of the Sierra SCI games. Booya! (Version 0.13)		+5
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Nov 17 2009

ERUNNO It's not like the interface would greatly benefit from a native OS X interface as it is usually only used for launching games.
(Version 1.0.0)

	Nov 1 2005	ANONYMOUS Where do i find the games??? (Version 0.8)		0
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Feb 9 2006

MARIUS_TH search REALLY hard, some of them have been officially abandoned and are freely available on the net.
(Version 0.82)

Oct 30 2006

JORY Most are still available for sale from LucasArts!
(Version 0.9.1)

Jun 28 2007

DINOWARRIOR You could always break the law and search for them on bit torrent sites and download them if you have a broadband connection. I do not have to do that since I bought them all in package deals offered by LucasArts a long time ago.
(Version 0.10)

Jan 16 2008

LKM Buy them. Check out LucasArts' site, amazon.com or eBay. Many of these games are still being sold by LucasArts or distributors, often in compilations.
(Version 0.11)

	Mar 28 2005	ANONYMOUS Incredible program. I love the old LucasArts games, they're some of my favorites. I've completed several games with this, including The Dig, Day of the Tentacle, and Curse of Monkey Island. All of the games performed flawlessly. Thank you for this program! (Version 0.7.1)		0
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	Oct 7 2004	ANONYMOUS scumm vm refuses to recognize the game files as such--it wont let me add games to the list (game files are grayed out when browsing), which renders the app useless. am i missing something? anyone else have this problem? (Version 0.6.1b)		0
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Dec 15 2004

IMACTHERE4IAM Sorry to say this, but RTFM.

In the readme it specifies how to 'ReSCUMM' some game files in order to make them playable in SCUMMVM.
(Version 0.6.1b)

Feb 1 2005

MIKKEL LEMVIG My game-files were also greyed out, but when asked by the ScummVM interface to find the gamefiles, I just pointed to the folder containing the files and it worked.
(Version 0.7)

	Aug 24 2003	JOSEPH HUMFREY Wow! I had only just bought Monkey Island 3, and played it through on my PC before I found I could've played it on my Mac! This is incredible - thank you so much. I feel the incentive to play all the way through all the Lucasarts games all over again :-) It's a bit of a shame the game loading interface isn't all nice and cocoa-ed (seems to be a direct port using SDL?) but otherwise, fantastic work. Again - thank you! (Version 0.5.1)		0
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Apr 11 2004

MATT hey man

i am a traveling actor on the road and i desperately need some games to play for my mac. i think that after reading dostoevsky, i need to play some vodeo games. anyway, i saw this sight that will let me download some lucas arts games and i rememebr loving sam and max and all the monkey islands. i would also like to play this game called secret of mana using a supet nintendo emulator but i just have no idea how do do any of this downloading stuff. i know that it must be pretty easy, but i am clueless. i can act on a stage but computers arent my forte. i would love some help if you have any time in your day. my email is mrkabaaam@yahoo.com if you can help then i would love to get some help. thanks for your time

matt
(Version 0.6)

	Aug 8 2003	ANONYMOUS This is an amazing piece of programming, and a great way to play these games. Trying to set up an old Win95 machine, fiddling with sound and graphics for days can't compare to downloading ScummVM and it's 30 second game config. Playing these games is better now on OS X than when the games were first released! (Version 0.5.1)		0
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	May 26 2003	DAVID It's a fantastic way to play the greatest games ever made. The environment is so close to perfect it's more fun than when the games were first made! (Version 0.4.1)		0
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	May 26 2003	CTOPFEL great! really great. I tried it on my Indy Atlantis Version from a couple of years ago. works great. press cotnrol-alt 5 for nice graphics smoothing. I must look if i can find an old magazine cd where are those games were. (Version 0.4.1)		0
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	May 26 2003	HAZMAT You guys are freakin' geniuses! (Version 0.4.1)		0
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