Re-living my childhood

Posted on | April 2, 2008 | No Comments

Broken Sword: The shadow of the Templars Well, after 4 days of trying I now have Broken Sword 1 & 2 on my Mac in ScummVM.

First off I found my old copy of the game on CD. From ‘91 I believe? So I ripped all the files off and installed it in ScummVM only to find that the voice effects weren’t working (technical info ongoing here for those who care). After trying quite a lot of stuff to fix it I eventually gave up and ordered the PC DVD pack with the sequel (The Smoking Mirror) on too. Once this arrived and I used a PC to unpack the files (self extracting .exe) – which is a bit dumb, as ScummVM works on pretty much every operating system out there, so why limit it to a PC? Could have sold quite a bit more there Sold Out Software!

Well now its working perfectly and I look forward to playing through the games again. Except for that feather bit, that was a bitch. Anyway, just to say I feel like a kid again, and I have genuinely forgotten the bulk of this story so I’m sure I shall love the time I take to run through these again. Just like The Dig and Day of The Tentacle. Of which I have