Phew, that was maybe a bit more convoluted then it had to be. Also because it is easy to activate is why I am not advocating for a "glitchless" category. So basically anyone running the game should be using this glitch because it saves SO much time, not using this glitch means a huge disadvantage. TL DR, as long as you skip the cutscene when you see "sparkles" the glitch should work. The chart ends after the sparkles have ended where the walk speed will be again unaffected. This chart begins a couple of seconds before the first "sparkle", as you can see the walk speed is unaffected until around 5 seconds, about the time the sparkles begin. Demonstrating the difference in walk speed. Otherwise if it takes Guybrush more than 15 seconds to get there it's likely the glitch is not.īelow is a chart showing how long it takes for Guybrush to walk past the poster after skipping the cutscene at different times. If you start the timer as normal once you skip the opening cutscene and providing you skipped past the other cutscenes with expediency and moved Guybrush without making any mistakes, then if you reach the door of the Scumm Bar around the 13 second mark the glitch is most definitely active. Limited Run Games The Secret Of Monkey Island (SCD) Classic Edition Sega CD. The easiest way to know is by using a timer, which if you are doing a run is very convenient. Get the best deals on Secret of Monkey Island Video Games and expand your. While Guybrush will move across the screens quicker and his walk animation is slightly sped up, this change is not super obvious. LucasArts still sells The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. So how will you know you have the glitch active? That's not easy to know just by looking at Guybrush's movement. A shareware demo was released as part of The Secret of Monkey Island Caribbean. Look for the "sparkle" that happens above the L on the left, skip the cutscene when you see this and the glitch should be active.ĭon't worry about how fast or when you should skip the other cutscenes, it appears to have no bearing on anything. Thankfully there is a visual clue to help with this. The glitch occurs when you skip the "lucasfilm games" cutscene at the start of the game, after a certain point.
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NOTE: I have only confirmed this glitch works on ScummVM version of the game (version 1.9.0.2), I have not yet tested DosBOX version and I doubt this works on Special Edition.Īfter researching this a lot I have figured out how to easily activate the "speed glitch" and it is the preferred way to run the game because it allows you to move much faster, possibly saving 4 minutes in all. Sony updated the US end of PSN overnight, and it looks like USers are getting The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, along with the Lost Planet 2.