ADDIT'S PROFILE

Geez, this whole page is nothing but reminiscing about Monopolo, my secret shame! I’m pleasantly surprised to see it mentioned here again like this.

author=dethmetal
I remember the screenshots Silver4Donuts would post in the screenshot threads on GamingW and all the controversy surrounding the game. I recall people constantly claiming that Silver4Donut's screenshots were not real and were simply mockups. One post in particular claimed that he could tell they were fake, and offered a nonsensical explanation about how RPG Maker processes colors in a certain way or something.

Yeah, that was the dumb thing about Gaming World back then, whenever there was an impressive looking screenshot, gameplay video, or game in the works, there would always be a few people there trying to disapprove it, saying that it was not real or fake that it seriously got very annoying and discouraging for all of those who would get it, like myself and many others. Thank god RMN is a much better place where that type of stuff never happens any more.

author=LordBlueRouge
I did some quick digging and was able to find the videos I was talking about. They were originally let's play videos PepsiOtaku did for Monopolo back in 2010:

Oh yeah, I remember when PepsiOtaku took the plunge and did a short Let’s Play for it many years back! It was the only Let’s Play of this game ever done (to my knowledge) and I remember quite enjoying it, although being a bit nervous at the same time hoping that the game doesn’t crash for him or have any dumb bugs in it (thank god there wasn’t). There were also a lot of things pointed out in his Let's Play that I took notes of and ended up fixing them up or added them in for the remastered version that I’ve been working for quite some time now, like having the ability to save up to two ongoing games mid-way and taking out that the dumb controller type button icon thingy and just replacing with one single type.

author=LordBlueRouge
Part of Monopolo's magic was the original hype Addit built around it - The way Addit hyped this game, he could sell me a used sock and I'd still be interested in whatever he was selling, it was a goddamn phenomenon!

And yet, the only reason why I constantly showed stuff off and hyped it up as much as I did was because I was excited I was finally going to finish something for once and I guess that excitement was both a detriment and a blessing for it.

(And lol about the selling a used sock comment. In reality, I'm actually not that good at sales. My brother is actually a much better salesperson than I am.)

author=LordBlueRouge
I would be lying if I said my more recent stuff that I've worked on, wasn't somewhat inspired by Monopolo.

Oh wow, that’s really flattering to hear - thank you! This is the best praise that I’ve heard about this game since the security guard that I worked with many years back ended up downloading the game to try, didn’t really like it very much, but his four year old niece absolutely loved it and would try to play it with any one that she could.

author=LordBlueRouge
Yeah according to PepsiOtaku's let's play vid, Addit placed a MoleBox over Monopolo; so apparently, it doesn't current run on Windows 7 or above. But I was able to get it to run on Windows XP and below.

But yeah, I guess Addit will have to remove the molebox in order to make it playable on more modern operating systems. Vanit did something similar when he finally re-released FF7 2D a couple of years ago.

Yeah, the remastered version that I’m working with NOT be Moleboxed, as it really was a dumb idea (and expensive) to do that. I think I just wanted to compile everything into a single .exe file because I was also sharing the game with friends and co-workers from work to not confuse them and click on something else and then complain about why the game doesn’t work for them, or something.

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And yeah, like Marrend said, I’m still chugging along with the remastered version whenever I have any free time to spare and plan on uploading it whenever the time is right. I’ve explained to LordBlueRogue in a PM about my master of action regarding it. But, in the meantime and betweentime - yep, still doing it.

author=kentona
this is the remember gamingw thread afterall

But Gaming World was Monopolo and Monopolo was Gaming World! You can’t have one without the other! It’s like PB and J.

And I’m not talking about boss rushes either!

And even worse if the dungeon has no interesting puzzles, set pieces or even any rhyme or reason for the party to even go there in the first place!

Seriously, please don’t put any dungeons like this in your games. It’s almost like your dungeon designer decided to do just the basic bare minimum and clock out early this week. Good on him or her though for taking advantage of the situation! But it doesn't look that good for you.

Good job, Dallas! Way to extend the series and live for another day! (Seriously, if they blew tonight’s game and ended up losing four straight after winning the first game, I would have seriously been pi**ed off. But they didn’t. And that’s ALL that matters.)

Also, lol @ Kory’s new usertitle. (Come on, Kory, you can still brag about last year; no need to change it. You will always be champion.)