Hollywood Monsters [Archive] - Adventure Forums

usman

09-29-2003, 12:33 PM

Hi:
I am wondering that PENDULO Studios do have any Plan to port "Hollywood Monsters" to PC in English after the Huge sucess of "Runaway A Road Adventure" :)
If so when do you guys have any information regarding it.
Thanks and bye.

tabacco

09-29-2003, 01:44 PM

Considering how long it took to get Runaway in english, I wouldn't get my hopes up too soon.

hagstrumpa

09-29-2003, 04:19 PM

Wasn't Hollywood Monsters released in English like five years ago?? :confused:

remixor

09-29-2003, 04:29 PM

Yes, the English version was indeed released some time ago.

Huge sucess of "Runaway A Road Adventure"

Hmmm?

tabacco

09-29-2003, 04:34 PM

Well, there you go then. So fast, it happened years ago ;)

Erwin_Br

09-29-2003, 07:34 PM

Yes, the English version was indeed released some time ago.

Hmmm?

Aw, come on. The fact that it's been released in several countries now must mean something?

--Erwin

DomStLeger

09-29-2003, 11:49 PM

I wasn't aware Hollywood Monsters had been released in english; I'll have to track it down (*sigh* I'll probably find it before I find Runaway :rolleyes: )

Firefoot

10-01-2003, 07:09 AM

I wasn't aware Hollywood Monsters had been released in english; I'll have to track it down (*sigh* I'll probably find it before I find Runaway :rolleyes: )
*D
And if you do find HM... you'll tell us so we can get a copy too, right! :)

Tanukitsune

10-01-2003, 09:54 AM

Copies of Hollywood Mosnters and Runaway are a dime a dozen here....
In Spanish... :frown:
You can even get Runaway in a DVD edition...

MeddlingMonk

10-01-2003, 08:49 PM

A DVD would be nice. Although I like Runaway very much, I have to say that the copy protection scheme is the most annoying since Klingon Academy's 'hey, let's spit the CD out of the drive at random intervals' approach. I mean, seriously, since when do you need to swap disks when you do a friggin' complete install? What kind of a god would allow that?!

Firefoot

10-02-2003, 05:23 AM

Copies of Hollywood Mosnters and Runaway are a dime a dozen here....
In Spanish... :frown:
In Spanish... :eek: I get till "si"... and that's almost it... :rolleyes:

jaf

10-02-2003, 10:11 AM

pfffft! I played Hollywood Monsters like 5 years ago... :devil:

remixor

10-02-2003, 02:13 PM

Aw, come on. The fact that it's been released in several countries now must mean something?

--Erwin

Once I see sales figures, then maybe I'll start talking about "the huge success of Runaway", but until then...

LadyLinda

10-03-2003, 04:58 PM

Hollywood Monsters? Never heard of it, is it any good??

Marek

10-03-2003, 11:21 PM

Hollywood Monsters was once released in the US. It's apparently hard to get though, the publisher sucked and Pendulo never saw any royalties.

Jen

10-04-2003, 04:11 AM

I don't think it was ever "officially" released in English. I played an English-language version of it that was given to me by a prospective publisher who had gotten it from Pendulo. The translation was incomplete; many sections of it (including the closing cutscene) were still in Spanish.

Firefoot

10-06-2003, 05:56 AM

pfffft! I played Hollywood Monsters like 5 years ago... :devil:
said the Spanish guy... :rolleyes:

Jaf! Monsters Inc! *D

FaKu

11-01-2003, 04:42 AM

hi!
I played Hollywood Monsters like 2 years ago, in Spanish
now PLZ some1 tell me: which is its original language?? Spanish or English????

DomStLeger

11-01-2003, 04:50 AM

hi!
I played Hollywood Monsters like 2 years ago, in Spanish
now PLZ some1 tell me: which is its original language?? Spanish or English????

Spanish.

Pendulo Studios is located in Spain, and both Hollywood Monsters and Runaway were made in spanish first then translated. Runaway seems to have done so well in Germany that a sequel is under way. But I imagine that will start life in Spanish, with a German translation made at the end (and hopefully an english translation; though judging by the GMX mess with Runaway I think the sequel will actually arrive in the UK before the original)

FaKu

11-01-2003, 06:10 PM

Spanish.

Pendulo Studios is located in Spain, and both Hollywood Monsters and Runaway were made in spanish first then translated. Runaway seems to have done so well in Germany that a sequel is under way. But I imagine that will start life in Spanish, with a German translation made at the end (and hopefully an english translation; though judging by the GMX mess with Runaway I think the sequel will actually arrive in the UK before the original)
THANKS FOR CLEARING MY DOUBT!!
wow how nice..... it's the first game I see that is REALLY good and the original language is Spanish! really nice! I thought I was playing a translation, lol
thx!

remixor

11-01-2003, 09:55 PM

WHOa!!!!!

Tamara

11-01-2003, 11:23 PM

Sheesh, talk about a blatant attempt to up your post count ... :rolleyes:

Erwin_Br

11-02-2003, 04:28 AM

Sheesh, talk about a blatant attempt to up your post count ... :rolleyes:

Indeed, and it's not the first time! :( Let's inform the FBFI*! :P

*Federal Bureau of Forum Investigation

--Erwin

remixor

11-02-2003, 03:44 PM

:rolleyes: Believe what you like, that wasn't my intention.

Jake

11-02-2003, 06:22 PM

I believe you, remixor.*

*this may or may not be an attempt to boost my post count.

Stinger

11-02-2003, 06:48 PM

Jen is correct; Hollywood Monsters has never been published in English. I'm led to believe this is quite a shame, as the game is supposedly very long and very humorous. I've always thought it looks fantastic. It's pretty obvious that the visuals are by the same team responsible for Runaway.

However, and I can't say too much about this because I'm not sure I'm supposed to, there still exists a fairly reasonable chance that this game may be released in English in the fairly near future.

- Evan

mycroft

11-02-2003, 07:36 PM

usman

11-03-2003, 03:00 AM

Hi:
Need a English version of Hollywood Monsters surely it will be a great game :) someone here Please contact Pendulo studios for the Making of its English Version.
Whats the Email address of Pendulo studios bye the way :)

Firefoot

11-03-2003, 06:28 AM

And if you search for "hollywood monsters" english in Google you end up... here! :D

I heard it is a nice game, so if they want to translate it in English... fine by me! ;)

Tanukitsune

11-03-2003, 06:48 AM

Firefoot

11-03-2003, 07:03 AM

Speaking of spanish adventures does anybody know if "Mortadelo & Filemon" (http://www.mortadeloyfilemon.com/index2.asp) made it to any other countries? I think they call it "clever and smart" in other countries... I think... :confused:
*argh, pop ups...*

They look familiar somehow... but I don't know for sure... and me and names... :rolleyes:

Garyos

11-03-2003, 07:22 AM

Strange I thought it was translated to english...
Speaking of spanish adventures does anybody know if "Mortadelo & Filemon" (http://www.mortadeloyfilemon.com/index2.asp) made it to any other countries? I think they call it "clever and smart" in other countries... I think... :confused:

A Mortadelo and Filemon adventure???? I've only ever "read" it in spanish, but all the wanton cartoon violence in those comics would be interesting to see in a game.... :D

Tanukitsune

11-03-2003, 08:37 AM

Here (http://www.alcachofasoft.com/Web%202.0%20ENGLISH/Home_eng.html) is the website of the makers of the Mortadelo games.... Called Fred & Jeff in English... :(

I had an extremly long post before, but I was stupid enough to try to see the trailer... It mad my PC crash and I lost the post before submiting it... :\

I can tell you more about the games if you want... :sad:

DomStLeger

11-04-2003, 12:43 AM

However, and I can't say too much about this because I'm not sure I'm supposed to, there still exists a fairly reasonable chance that this game may be released in English in the fairly near future.

- Evan

Very interesting, how recent is this info you have?

usman

04-09-2005, 06:58 AM

Hi,

My friend has told me he read on some web site that Hollywood Monster is planned to be translated into English.

WOW :D

fov

04-09-2005, 10:00 AM

I hope it wasn't Evan's forum post. :rolleyes:

Do you know which website it was?

usman

04-09-2005, 10:17 AM

I hope it wasn't Evan's forum post. :rolleyes:

Do you know which website it was?

Hi,

Well I ask him and let everyone know :)

Risingson

04-10-2005, 03:42 AM

Well, you name spanish games and you have all the spaniards in the thread :)

Hollywood Monsters... really, you don't miss a lot with this game. There are virtually no clues to the very tricky puzzles (think of the most annoying parts in Runaway: Hollywood Monsters is like that), and the humor rarely works.

The Clever-Smart,Mortadelo-Filemon,Fred&Jeff (so on) game is a remake of the ... er, third adventure made with that license. There about 7 or 8: the first two are horrid, and the others are third-person short adventures but nice to play, though the one which is being worldly distributed, "an adventure in terror" (or something like that) is the longest and better one. Simple cartoon graphics in a game whose best point is being one of the few really classic adventures in the last years.

Sotaria

07-24-2005, 09:05 AM

Does anyone know where the unofficial translation of Hollywood Monsters exist? Is there a way to get it? I would love to have a copy.

usman

07-24-2005, 09:52 AM

Does anyone know where the unofficial translation of Hollywood Monsters exist? Is there a way to get it? I would love to have a copy.

If its that Easy to get a copy it must be in my hand lot before :D

usman

07-31-2005, 12:27 AM

No official wording from anyone yet from PENDULO :(

I think they are fully concentratring with their energies on Runaway 2, but I must say after that they must think about to port Hollywood Monsters in English as there is already previous Beta with them so it wont take them a while to develope the final product :D

Aurebesh

07-31-2005, 07:09 PM

By the way, Runaway didn't have an American AND a UK publisher?! I remember it had a non-American English version, and an American English version. In the American version, the Twin towers were removed from the intro... am I wrong?

Drackman

09-10-2005, 11:51 AM

I´m from Brasil, but i play all my games in english, i´m crazy for a english version for "Hollywood Monsters", let´s try everything to get this.
Let´s send mails for everybody, start topics in every forum. Try to contact the creators, i don´t what else we could do. But, let´s try.

Sorry for the bad english.

MDMaster

09-10-2005, 03:31 PM

Yeah, I have an italian version (11hz dubbing, urgh!) of Hollywood Monsters, and I really don't see the bother to translate another run-of-the-mill 1997 2d adventure game that nobody remembered anyway. Not even after it was rereleased in a dvd style version a couple of years ago.

Aurebesh

09-10-2005, 04:37 PM

Pendulo's first game, Igor: Objective Uikokahonia, DID see an official retail English release, right? I could be wrong, but I think it even had two releases - on floppies and on CD (with voice acting). So, how come they translated their first and third games, but not their second?!

usman

09-10-2005, 10:24 PM

i´m crazy for a english version for "Hollywood Monsters"

.

Mee TOO :)

let´s try everything to get this.
Let´s send mails for everybody, start topics in every forum. Try to contact the creators, i don´t what else we could do. But, let´s try.

100% Agreed :D

Let's do it then !

Hope it works :)

jannar85

09-11-2005, 03:42 AM

Good luck with that :shifty:

If this will be the case, I hope they'll make it better than it was. Not just release the 1997 game with a translation. Update their engine or something would be preferable. - Selling it cheap per download, like Telltale Games.

Aurebesh

09-13-2005, 06:25 PM

Hey, according to mobygames (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/hollywood-monsters/release-info) this game WAS released in the US!

Drackman

09-14-2005, 09:59 AM

Thanks for the information man !!!
I´m trying to contact the developers, distributors, publishers, etc...

Any new information i´ll post here.

Thanks again.

Hey, according to mobygames (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/hollywood-monsters/release-info) this game WAS released in the US!

Fien

09-14-2005, 10:24 AM

Hey, according to mobygames (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/hollywood-monsters/release-info) this game WAS released in the US!

I don't think that info is correct.
There was an English beta version. That's all. Parts of it still in Spanish too.
You can read the review of this version at Four Fat Chicks.

http://fourfatchicks.com/Reviews/Hollywood_Monsters/HM.shtml

usman

09-14-2005, 10:57 AM

I don't think that info is correct.
There was an English beta version. That's all. Parts of it still in Spanish too.
You can read the review of this version at Four Fat Chicks.

http://fourfatchicks.com/Reviews/Hollywood_Monsters/HM.shtml

100% Agreed the info is not correct. HM is never released in English however an English beta was circulated but has taken back :( WHAT A SHAME :(

They might consider to bring this as it not require immense working because an early beta is already been on their shelfs.

Aurebesh

09-14-2005, 11:20 AM

Well, moby just says the game was released in the US, it doesn't say if it's in English or not... :9
But seriously, yes, it probably is a mistake. Such mistakes on moby and underdogs are bad for collectors, because they spread disinformation. Important sources like these two should be more careful when they post info.

usman

09-14-2005, 11:24 AM

Should we contady Moby for the correction ;)

Cathy1

09-16-2005, 09:21 AM

Fien

09-16-2005, 09:31 AM

If you look at the screenshots...the writing is in Spanish.
A full english version was never released. I still think it looks like my kind of game. That would be excellent if they released it in full english. IMO :)
Cathy

It's not a great game. Imo. :D I agree with the FFC review, although I never bothered to finish it. It started out okay, but pretty soon it became very confusing.

bysmitty

09-16-2005, 10:30 AM

Don't get me wrong, I would friggin' love to see them re-release their older games in english. I would buy them in a heartbeat. But.... I think that it very unrealistic. Pendulo is neck deep in Runaway 2, a major commercial release that has quite a bit of hype attatched. Why should they divert resources from that project to re-releasing their old games that would only be of interest to a few hundred people tops. It would just take to long and be to costly for them to spend their time doing this. Again, I to would love for them to update these games but I really don't think it would be to their benefit.

...bysmitty

Cathy1

09-16-2005, 12:42 PM

I agree. I wouldn't want them to take away people from Runaway 2 either.
Because of course they (hopefully)have to still re-do that one in english.
But afterwards it would be nice to see an english version of HM.
Just my http://bestsmileys.com/oneofakind/2.gif
Cathy