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[[Image:Secret of Monkey Island - DOS - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]] | [[Image:Secret of Monkey Island - DOS - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]] | ||
− | '''''The Secret of Monkey Island''''', known in Japan as '''''モンキー・アイランド ユーレイ海賊大騒動!''''', is an adventure game created by [[Lucasfilm Games]] and released for [[MS-DOS]] in 1990. It is the first in a series of Monkey Island games and uses | + | '''''The Secret of Monkey Island''''', known in Japan as '''''モンキー・アイランド ユーレイ海賊大騒動!''''', is an adventure game created by [[Lucasfilm Games]] and released for [[MS-DOS]] in 1990. It is the first in a series of Monkey Island games and uses the popular [[SCUMM]] engine. |
I first saw this game at a friend's house. He had the LucasArts adventure box set and went through several of the games pretty quickly, so I never got a chance to play it. Hearing more and more about the series over the years, I finally decided to play it around 2015. | I first saw this game at a friend's house. He had the LucasArts adventure box set and went through several of the games pretty quickly, so I never got a chance to play it. Hearing more and more about the series over the years, I finally decided to play it around 2015. | ||
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* Nothing really, this game is pretty solid. | * Nothing really, this game is pretty solid. | ||
− | ==Documentation== | + | ==Media== |
+ | ===Documentation=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Secret of Monkey Island - DOS - Manual.pdf|Game manual. | Secret of Monkey Island - DOS - Manual.pdf|Game manual. | ||
+ | Secret of Monkey Island, The - Ad.jpg|Advertisement. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
− | ==Gallery== | + | ===Gallery=== |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Secret of Monkey Island, The - DOS - Screenshot - Island Cannon.png|EGA screenshot. | Secret of Monkey Island, The - DOS - Screenshot - Island Cannon.png|EGA screenshot. | ||
Secret of Monkey Island - Fan Art.jpg|Fan art. | Secret of Monkey Island - Fan Art.jpg|Fan art. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ===Videos=== | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRIXntFhww youtube.com/watch?v=QgRIXntFhww] - Longplay, VGA. | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpIUxjGfkXg youtube.com/watch?v=FpIUxjGfkXg] - Longplay, special edition. | ||
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+ | ==Download== | ||
+ | This is the LucasFilm Games Passport to Adventure game sampler. It contains an MS-DOS demo version of The Secret of Monkey Island, [[Loom]], and [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure]]. | ||
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+ | * [[Media:Passport to Adventure v1.0.zip|Download]] ([[:File:Passport to Adventure v1.0.zip|Info]]) - Passport to Adventure Demo. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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[[Category: Pirates|Secret of Monkey Island, The]] | [[Category: Pirates|Secret of Monkey Island, The]] | ||
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[[Category: 4-bit Color Graphics|Secret of Monkey Island, The]] | [[Category: 4-bit Color Graphics|Secret of Monkey Island, The]] |
Revision as of 17:00, 22 June 2018
The Secret of Monkey Island, known in Japan as モンキー・アイランド ユーレイ海賊大騒動!, is an adventure game created by Lucasfilm Games and released for MS-DOS in 1990. It is the first in a series of Monkey Island games and uses the popular SCUMM engine.
I first saw this game at a friend's house. He had the LucasArts adventure box set and went through several of the games pretty quickly, so I never got a chance to play it. Hearing more and more about the series over the years, I finally decided to play it around 2015.
Contents
Status
I do not own the game, but I have beaten it, though I required occasional hints.
Review
- Overall: 5/10
- Best Version: DOS VGA remake?
Good
- The script is pretty hilarious, lots of funny dialog options.
- The graphics are quite beautiful, even in the EGA version.
Bad
- You're unable to choose a lot of the dialog options because the game cuts-short a lot of conversations. The only way to read these options is to keep reloading the game.
- Like many adventure games, some of the puzzles are particularly difficult to solve and don't make much sense. I can attribute this to trying to pad the length of the game, trying to sell hint books, or laziness from the developers. Either case is annoying.
- Several parts of the game are just too silly and ruin the experience (but only temporarily).
Ugly
- Nothing really, this game is pretty solid.
Media
Documentation
Gallery
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=QgRIXntFhww - Longplay, VGA.
- youtube.com/watch?v=FpIUxjGfkXg - Longplay, special edition.
Download
This is the LucasFilm Games Passport to Adventure game sampler. It contains an MS-DOS demo version of The Secret of Monkey Island, Loom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure.
Links
- mobygames.com/game/secret-of-monkey-island - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island - Wikipedia.
- gamefaqs.com/pc/562681-the-secret-of-monkey-island - GameFAQS.