My favourite part of the game is the sword fighting, which instead of programming simple fighting mechanics, introduces a witty insult system where you have to not only learn hilarious insults but also the correct responses to each specific insult (I still remember most of the insults and respective replies to this day). And using a sea pirates theme, somehow makes it funnier (and no, this isn’t a parody of Sid Meier’s Pirates, although I understand the confusion since both games were inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean park ride). From puns to anagrams to physical humour, The Secret of Monkey Island is widely famous for its irreverent comedy. The 1st thing you’ll notice when playing (apart from the graphics and the excellent music) is the tongue-in-cheek humour.
The very first line in the game and our hero’s initial motivation. The FM Towns and CD-ROM versions feature a graphic inventory with icons instead of words that would later be used in the Special Edition of the game. If you’re familiar with any point-and-click graphic adventure, this interface is quite intuitive and the mechanics are just like in any other such game: grab whatever object isn’t nailed down to the ground (or if it is, finds a way to unnail it) and use the objects with people or other objects to solve the puzzles or to get more objects (to solve other puzzles to progress). To perform any action, you simply click in a command, then click in any object on the main screen and/or in your inventory. The gameplay is just like all the other Lucasarts’ SCUMM graphic adventures: the main screen where the action occurs and the bottom screen where you can find all the action commands and the inventory.
And during that particular quest, he finds himself embroiled in a ghost story that will take him to the eponymous Monkey Island. But a closer look at the use of bright colours can at least give the impression of a light-hearted game, in my opinion.Īs you can see in the video, you take the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a wannabe pirate who travelled to Mêlée Island (somewhere in the Caribbean Sea) to become a full-fledged pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy. It’s that good! The only nitpick I might have is that someone might get the idea of this being a serious game.
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It’s colourful, with great imagery (that actually appears in the game) and it could perfectly be a book cover or a movie poster. This is probably one of the most famous video game covers of all times and I can see why. Also in 1992, it was re-released in CD-ROM format for DOS.īoth the FM Towns and the CD-ROM versions featured an updated interface and CD audio quality music tracks but no speech whatsoever.Īnd as always, let’s first look at the cover: It was re-released the next year for the Atari ST and in 1992 it was ported to the FM Towns, Macintosh and the Sega Mega-CD.
It was originally released in 1990 for the Amiga and DOS (both the EGA and the VGA versions). The Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure made by Lucasfilm Games (before changing its name to Lucasarts). And to celebrate such a magnanimous occasion, let’s take a look at one of the best graphic adventures ever made (and a personal favourite): The Secret of Monkey Island. Welcome one and welcome all to the 2nd anniversary of Retro Freak Reviews! It’s hard to believe that 2 years have already passed since I started rumbling about retro computer games.
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