![]() PCs come with hard drives as standard, whereas most Amigas didn't. Put simply, the team tasked with creating the Amiga version of Monkey 2 were much more interested in making a perfect port of the PC version than they were in making sure the game would be playable for the majority of Amiga owners. Then there's the half where you're staring in frustration at loading screens and endlessly juggling the game's ELEVEN floppies. There's the half where you're playing the game, laughing yourself stupid at the excellent jokes, falling in love again with the returning characters from the first game and racking your brain over the well thought out, logical puzzles. Monkey Island 2 is very much a game of two halves. Maybe not a classic in the Amiga world, but certainly a classic in the gaming world. It's pretty close, but I think I prefer this one to the original, just because of a few certain puzzles.Īnd because of the great humour, it is very replayable. Some of the puzzles took me a while to figure out, but I was never even close to giving up, because it's all so entertaining. There really isn't a dull moment in this game. Another puzzle involves following a sequence given to you by two skeletons singing it to you via The Bone Song. For example, in one part of the game you get to run around a mansion in a frilly purple dress while being chased by a furious cook holding a dangerous-looking meat cleaver. This game contains some of my favourite adventure puzzles of all time. Strange.Īnd as for the gameplay? Well it doesn't get much better than this, really. The storyline is exciting and interesting, even if the ending is a little. Musically, this game set the standard for many other LucasArts games that followed shortly. The graphics are quite stunning for the game's time, and the musical score is excellent. Quite simply one of the greatest games out there.Īs Guybrush Threepwood would say, "Nice game." Taylor, Vince LeeĪdventure, fantasy, humour, magic, pirates, pointandclick, puzzleĪCE: Advanced Computer Entertainment 53 (Feb 1992) ![]() Story System: Ron Gilbert, Aric Wilmunder, Brad P. Land, Peter McConnell, Clint BajakainĪrrangements: J. Peter Chan, Steve Purcell, Sean Turner, James Alexander Dollar, Larry Ahern, Mike McLaughin, Ken Macklin, Collette Michaud I got a lot of good memories from playing this game back in the days.Dave Grossman, Bret Barrett, Tim Schafer, Tami Borowick, Ron Gilbert There is truly something special about these old big box releases, don’ you think? The artwork on the cover of Monkey island is amazing (in my opinion) and inspires your mind to embark on an epic tale of swashbuckling and pirating. I also store them in a separate disk box for dust protection. If I want to play it I run it from HD to save the disks from wear and tear. I’m proud to say that the game is in very good condition and that the floppies still works. Here’s a few pics of the game in all its glory! The back of Monkey Island (photo by Old School Game Blog) Paperwork and floppies! (photo by Old School Game Blog) Dial-A-Pirate wheel – copy protection (photo by Old School Game Blog) I also own the Atari ST version of the game. The edition I’m presenting here is the one for the Amiga, complete with papers, copy-protection, box and four floppy disks. If you are not familiar with the Monkey Island series, please have a look here. Personally I get the best experience from the Amiga version, although the Special Edition release for the PC (you can get it on Steam) is pretty neat. Tonight I’d like to introduce you to a precious piece of my collection, namely the original version of the famous adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island by Lucasfilm Games! This is one of my all-time favorite games EVER and I still have a go at it from time to time. The Secret of the Monkey for the Commodore Amiga: Original big box version (photo by Old School Game Blog)
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