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    The Secret of Monkey Island

    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Oct 31, 1990

    The first game in the legendary Monkey Island series. Guybrush's desire to become a swashbuckling pirate gets him more adventure than he bargained for.

    jon_danger's The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (Xbox 360 Games Store) review

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    Great remake of a great game.

    I loved the original game back when I played it, and it was very cool to get to replay through it again.  The ability to switch back to the old graphics is very fun to mess around with.  What more can be said?  It is an exact remake of one of the best adventure games around, so it is hard to review.  The new additions of art and voice acting add plenty of life to the game.  Definitely worth the 10 bucks to download.

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