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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.

    CoinMatze's The Secret of Monkey Island (PC) review

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    Pirates are just plain awesome!

    There should be no point in writing this review because

    1. You should have already played this game
    2. If you haven't, there's absolutely no talking to you
    But I'll go on with it anyway so in that unusual case you really haven't played it, I can give you some good reasons to grab a copy from one of your friends or - for all those 15-year-old fps-players - from your dad or buy it on eBay (Try to get the FM-Towns version).

    In "The Secret of Monkey Island" you play Guybrush Threepwood a wannabe pirate who just washed up ashore Mêlée Island. It only takes Guybrush seconds after that to completely fall in love with the governor of this island, Elaine Marley, not knowing that some evil ghost pirate has already put his eyes on her. From there you embark on a quest of love and adventure on exotic and mysterious islands... with sword fighting.

    This is the game that gave the formula for all subsequent LucasArts adventures. And a successful formula that was: gorgeous comic graphics, some of the best digital soundtracks, memorable characters, intelligent and - most importantly - logical puzzles, witty dialogue, stories that are as good as your favorite movie and you couldn't get stuck or die... well, you could die at one point in this game.

    The only replayvalue lies within the jokes and Monkey Island 2 gave me an overall better experience but this game is an absolute classic and should be played by everybody. As soon as you see the title screen and hear the first few sounds of music, you're hooked and will remember this game forever
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       The Special Edition of the original Monkey Island isn't a perfect upgrade, but it's a very accessible one that adds full voice acting, redone music, revamped graphics that are mostly quite attractive, and a robust hint system that helpfully nudges you in the right direction before it hits you over the head with the solution. I've only ever played a few minutes of the original game, so this was a nice way to experience a classic adventure in a friendlier way.The game itself holds up for t...

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