The Secret of Monkey Island

When my brother brought home a game called Monkey Island, i thought he was mad. But i was wrong. Within about three minutes of watching him playing it, i was pushing him off the computer, wanting to have a go myself. If youve never played any of the monkey island series, youre missing a treat. Its a role-playing/adventure game, in which you take up the role of a wannabe pirate called Guybrush Threepwood. You start on a place called Melee Island, and your first task is to complete three trials, set by some chief pirates. I wont tell you what else happens, cos i dont want to give away too much of the plot, but i promise you, whatever youre expecting, forget it. If ...

wow this is god dam amazing wot a classic this is the best game of its time. The person that created this was a pure genius, the graphics are not brilliant but playability is excellent! This is a must for any fans of rpg style games and should be good for anyone liking a good game that's slightly on the unusual side! This may need an excentric person to complete it!Please don't advertise anything on dooyoo. Don't leave links for referral schemes - we'll delete them. Dooyoo is an independent forum for people to share information, rather than a resource for self-promotion. ...

The Secret of Monkey Island was both one of my best and one of my worst games on the Amiga. It was good in that great attention was paid to the level of detail in the game. Graphically, this game was superb. I also liked the fact that the game was, to me, a challenge (Do I hear sniggering from all you hardened RPG fans?). It took me ages to complete and I spent many a frustrated evening hurling abuse at Guybrush Threepwood for not having a mind of his own. I found the sarcastic humour in the game to be funny. There's one scene in a pub where a grog-swilling pirate advertises new and upcoming game releases! Although this game has a serious plot to ...