![]() ![]() ![]() You choose among the verbs to be used with a bar in the lower part of the screen. The graphics are fast and screen scrolling is smooth. The legendary SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) game engine works without a fault. ![]() ![]() The CD-ROM version is available as part of the Monkey Island Madness CD in The LucasArts Archives Vol. The CD can even be played in an ordinary CD music player. The CD-ROM version includes a fabulous CD audio soundtrack with new songs that are not heard in the original version. The theme song of Monkey Island is simply a legend! The sound quality in the original version is not so good if you do not own a Roland soundcard (you just cannot do miracles with an AdLib soundcard). The tunes are ones that sticks in your head for weeks. The music in The Secret of Monkey Island is great. The interface in the CD-ROM version has been upgraded to the one used in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, in which the inventory objects are now visible as pictures and not as word descriptions as in the original. There are 2 (actually 3) versions of the game released-the original Floppy Disk version in either 16 (EGA) or 256 (VGA) colors and the CD-ROM version. The atmosphere is great, from the calm night scenes on Mêlée Island to the hot jungle climate on Monkey Island. Sure, they are pixelated, but who cares? Character animations are lively, and backgrounds are beautiful looking. The graphics are quite pretty even by today's standard. While it may spot a dated look now, this is not necessarily a negative. The Secret of Monkey Island is released in 1990. Guybrush, as any good hero is destined to do, now must find a way to the legendary Monkey Island and rescue Elaine. Just when he finally masters the arts of thievery, sword fighting and treasure hunting, he hears that LeChuck has kidnapped the beautiful governor Elaine Marley whom he plans to marry. Still, Guybrush starts his pirate initiation known as The Three Trials. He finds out that all pirates on the island are too afraid to even sail because of an evil ghost pirate named LeChuck. Guybrush, our antihero, arrives on Island of Mêlée to become a pirate. Exactly what is the magic that attracts gamers again and again to see the misadventures of Guybrush Threepwood? Let us find out! Shiver me timbers and all that, mates, 'cause Guybrush is here! Ron Gilbert, the creator of the series and the designer of this first game, has achieved a position akin to that of a demigod in the world of adventure games. The series has been a legend among adventure gamers since the release of The Secret of Monkey Island. The adventure games from the Monkey Island series always appear on such a list. Whenever a list of best computer games of all time is created, rather few old titles pop up. ![]()
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