The Secret of Monkey Island

created and published by LucasArts in 1990, running on MS-DOS

type: adventure
genre: Point-and-click adventure
series: The Monkey Island
setting: Early modern
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player

game engine: SCUMM
languages: eng fre ger ita spa

4.6/5

Personal reviews (2)

The first 256-color LucasArts adventure game, and the beginning of their popular Monkey Island series. Join underappreciated hero Guybrush Threepwood on his quest to become the most fearsome pirate in the Caribbean! The game features charming, clever puzzles and hilarious writing.

# 2007-01-04 09:22:10

Great game. 5 star. If you could download it with music and all that would be fantastic. In a world where old games are nearly all dead, it is good to know that Monkey Island will not die

Reagan - # 2007-01-04 09:22:10

Official description

I cursed my luck again as I slid down the monkey's throat. Have my dreams of guzzling grog and plundering galleons been reduced to this? "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us," they said. Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurvy seadogs swilled, the rest would be easy. How could I have known I'd meet a powerful and beautiful woman with a jealous suitor too stupid to realize he'd been dead for years? And how can I crawl through this great stone monkey to find a man who walks three inches above the ground and sets fire to his beard every morning?

• Eye-gouging 3D graphics.
• Ear-piercing reggae music.
• No typing - point 'n' click interface.
• Relentless jabs, and cryptic in-jokes only smart people will understand.
• Average playing time: 30 hours.

# 2024-04-30 19:52:31 - official description

Technical specs

software: DOS 3.x, Lutris, SCUMM, Scumm Virtual Machine,

hardware: 286 CPU, 8086 CPU, 8088 CPU, Color Graphics Adapter, Enhanced Graphics Adapter, Hercules Graphics Card, Multicolor Graphics Adapter, Tandy Graphics Adapter, Video Graphics Array, Mouse, AdLib SPU, Creative Game Blaster sound card, Roland MT-32 SPU, PC speaker SPU, Sound Blaster SPU,

display: raster

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External reviews (16) - average: 90.5% - median: 91.5%

review source		issue	date	score
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	uk	46	1991-07	915/1000	91%	view
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) (9+)	de	49	1991-02	11/12	91%	view
Amstrad PC (Amstrad PC Mag)	fr	36	1990-12	19/20	95%	view
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (085-173)	uk	109	1990-12	94/100	94%	view
DOS International	de	42	1991-01	10/10	100%	view
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	27	1990-11	95/100	95%	view
Génération 4 (001-082)	fr	47	1992-09	82/100	82%
Joystick	fr	11	1990-12	86/100	86%	view
Micro News (13-44)	fr	42	1990-12	5/5	100%	view
PC Leisure	uk	4	1990-12	5/5	100%	view
Power Play	de	34	1991-01	92/100	92%	view
Raze	uk	3	1991-01	93/100	93%	view
The One for 16-Bit Games	uk	26	1990-11	90/100	90%	view
Tilt 39-113	fr	82	1990-10	15/20	75%	view
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment	us	27	1991-04	8/10	80%	view
Zero	uk	13	1990-11	84/100	84%	view