| Secret of Monkey Island, The | LucasFilm Games | 1990 | |
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Deep in the Carribean lies Melee Island, ruled by the beautiful governor Elaine
Marley. The cruel pirate LeChuck is deeply in love with her - so deeply that he
refuses to accept his own death! As a ghost, he dwells with his undead crew
somewhere near the mysterious Monkey Island. You are Guybrush Threepwood, a young
man whose only wish is to become a real pirate. At the Scumm Bar you meet three
pirates who tell you'll have to complete three difficult tasks in order to be
worthy of this title. This is a classic adventure game that utilizes the command
verb-based SCUMM interface first introduced in Maniac Mansion. This is a 2D (with
occasional animated cut-scenes), 3rd person, point & click game, with subtitles
(no voice). The original music by Michael Land is absolutely 'Caribbean Isle'
perfect, the kind you find yourself humming for days. And the puzzles are
challenging and wonderfully bizarre: involving everything from deadly piranha
poodles to the deadly chemicals in your breakfast cereal. It is the first
LucasArts' adventure game in which it is impossible to get irrevocably stuck or to
die. The branching dialogue system allows you to talk to characters in different
ways without fearing a wrong choice. There are plenty of inventory-based puzzles
to solve, and even "insult swordfighting" to participate in, where Guybrush has
to prove his wit is as sharp as his sword! It is the first adventure game to
use character scaling that showed Guybrush
shrink or enlarge according to his position on screen. The demo version is unique and has Guybrush Threepwood finding himself in the harbor town of Melee Island but trapped from leaving it: a troll blocks the exit and won't let Guybrush pass until he knows the magic phrase. To solve the game the player has to explore the (shortened) town and solve a few basic puzzles which are partly not present in the full version of the game. He also needs to chat with several persons known from the game which all have new dialogue, e.g. the voodoo lady talks about some features of the commercial version and Guybrush constantly cracks jokes about this being a demo. Originally released with EGA
graphics, several months later the PC version was re-released with VGA graphics. In
June 1992, a CD-ROM version of the game was released, featuring vastly improved
music as well as graphical verb and inventory icons (as seen in Monkey Island 2).
In 1997, an updated version was include in the compilation cd Monkey Island Madness.
There was updated redbook audio music soundtrack for the first Monkey Island game, and
the interface was updated to look like Monkey Island 2. IN 2009, a special edition was released with all-new artwork presented in 1080i resolution, full voiceovers, re-recorded and remastered music, a new game interface and a dynamic hint system. See also: #Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition |
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