Since the first game in the series, The Secret of Monkey Island, three of the games have visited the eponymous island of Monkey Island, while all have introduced their own set of islands to explore. The main setting of the Monkey Island games is the " Tri-Island Area", a fictional archipelago in the Caribbean.
Oblique references from dialogue within the games suggest this theme park motif may have been a misperception stemming from a voodoo curse, but ultimately leaves it unresolved. The third game begins with Guybrush adrift in a bumper car instead of a boat, and ends on a roller coaster ride on Monkey Island. The theme park motif is particularly strong near the end of the second game, which seems to take place in the service section of a modern-day theme park, concrete tunnels complete with elevators and electric lighting. The series also tends to break the fourth wall, as several of the characters acknowledge that they are in a video game.Įach of the games takes place on fictional islands in the Caribbean around the Golden Age of Piracy sometime between the 17th and 18th centuries, though in the fashion of a theme park: The islands teem with pirates dressed in outfits that seem to come from films and comic books rather than history, and there are many deliberate anachronisms and references to modern-day popular culture. The score largely consists of reggae, Caribbean and dub-inspired music. Much of the music of the games is composed by Michael Land. A new entry, Return to Monkey Island, is scheduled to be released in 2022. After the fourth entry, Escape from Monkey Island, the franchise again went on hiatus, though numerous rumors persisted about a revival until the announcement of Tales of Monkey Island by Telltale Games in early 2009. After Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge in 1991, the series went in hiatus until 1997, when it resumed with The Curse of Monkey Island. LucasArts itself used such closed plot paths for its drama games like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (1989), but preferred the open format for other humor-oriented adventure games such as Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) and Day of the Tentacle (1993). This "player-friendly" approach was unusual at the time of the first game's release in 1990 prominent adventure-game rivals included Sierra On-Line and Infocom, both of which were known for games with sudden and frequent character deaths or "lock-outs". The player cannot permanently place the game in an unwinnable state or cause Guybrush to die without great effort. The Monkey Island series is known for its humor and "player-friendly" qualities. 2.1.2 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.Gilbert's studio is developing the sixth game, Return to Monkey Island, with Grossman assisting. Dave Grossman was the project leader of the fifth game in the series and Gilbert was involved with the first design of the game. The rights to Monkey Island remained with LucasArts, and the third and fourth games were created without direct involvement from the original writing staff. Grossman and Schafer, who also worked on the first two games, enjoyed success on other games before they both left LucasArts. Gilbert worked on the first two games before leaving LucasArts.
The first game in the series was created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. Each game's plot usually involves the mysterious Monkey Island and its impenetrable secrets. The games follow the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley.
A sixth game is in development by Terrible Toybox in cooperation with Lucasfilm Games and Devolver Digital. The fifth installment of the franchise was developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with LucasArts. The first four games in the series were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. Monkey Island is a series of adventure games. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge − Special Edition Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, Windows, Classic Mac OS, macOS, Mega-CD, PlayStation 2, XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, iOS, Nintendo Switch
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