Day of the Tentacle revival a possibility

PALGN News | Hinging on the success of other LucasArts revivals.

With LucasArts recently making their feeling known about harbouring an interest to revisit more of its classic gaming franchises, Telltale Games - the development studio behind the recent revivals of LucasArts' well-loved Sam & Max and Escape from Monkey Island titles - has cashed in their two cents on the topic, making it known that they wish to revisit Day of the Tentacle if the opportunity ever presents itself.

Telltale CEO Dan Connors told VideoGamer that the chances of a new Day of the Tentacle entry are "Feasible...I always think of Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island as the big three [LucasArts] franchises...I really love Day of the Tentacle."

He went on to pitch a potential setting for the hypothetical Day of the Tentacle sequel, explaining "My ideas always get shot down, but I wanted to see, like a 32-year-old Hoagie, or Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne all grown up with jobs and what not. But we'll see if that gets any traction."

However, Connors was also quick to point out that "we're certainly not there yet on it," warning that any such revival of further LucasArts' properties would hinge on the on the success of the upcoming The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition re-release - which is set for PC and Xbox Live Arcade - and Telltale's five-part episodic continuation, Tales of Monkey Island which is set to come to PC and WiiWare.

The CEO was cautiously optimistic of the prospective project, "It all depends on how it goes. Hopefully it works out for both companies and it just is a no brainer to keep adding the franchises on."

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12 Comments

Lord Haart

2 years ago

OMG THIS IS ... OMG.

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*Goes running naked down the street waving arms and singing praises to heaven*

Maxxxie74

2 years ago

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*insert the big O scene from When Harry Met Sally*

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Nic_231

2 years ago

Bet you can't chop down that cherry tree...

RhysDeschain

2 years ago

Of course you can't chop down the cherry tree... You can cut down a kumquat tree tho ;D

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

I hope it's not Telltale though, while it's great that they are bringing back all these old adventure titles... they're just not very good at humour. Nowhere near as funny as the original games.

Black Wolf

2 years ago

Well, whoever will be charge I hope that they will use the same actors from Day of the Tentacle.

LeonJ

2 years ago

I'd like to see these games done in 2D though. 3D model don't have the same charm and it's just a money saving exercise.\

I'd love to see all the classics done in Secert of Monkey Island remake though. I would be a happy man.

Fate of Atlantais, Monkey Island 2, Full Throtle, DoTT, Maniac Manison....don't really care about The Dig though...

Hey Seirra, you do this too. R u listenting?

grim-one

2 years ago

Telltales is the new Lucasarts? I really hope this new Monkey Island is great because I'd love to see more DotT =)

GooberMan

2 years ago

Maniac Mansion was great, and DotT was utterly brilliant. Both had something in common - they were set in one house. Trying to make something on the same level as DotT will be quite hard if it's episodic.

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

Episodic could work if they really play around with the time travelling mechanic, there's a wealth of settings they could use for each episode, and each could be largely unique.

Adam

2 years ago

^To be honest, the time-travelling was kind of DoTT's thing. For Maniac Mansion 3 I'd rather see a new mechanic that was equally innovative (in my fantasy dream world that is), maybe parallel universes or something.

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

The fact that the guy doesn't even mention Maniac Mansion implies that the first game will be largely forgotten about.

Honestly all I'd want is for DotT to be released on all online marketplaces and I would die a happy man.

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