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Play Overview
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) is a classic tongue-in-cheek pirate adventure game. You click or tap the screen to explore locations, find items and complete puzzles. Playing a young man, Guybrush Threepwood, with a dream of being a pirate, you become embroiled in a kidnap rescue. Using intuition, guesswork and an eye for absurd comedy, you must solve the mystery of the island and save the day.
The series original success spawned many other games, as well as a re-released version:
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked The Secret of Monkey Island 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
The series original success spawned many other games, as well as a re-released version:
- The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, PC
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
- The Curse of Monkey Island (1997)
- Escape from Monkey Island (2000)
- Tales of Monkey Island (2009) on Wii and PC
- The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009) on Mac, PC, iOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition (2010) on Mac, PC, iOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked The Secret of Monkey Island 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is an Adventure and Point-and-Click game with Action, Fighting, Narrative, Puzzle and Role-Play elements. This is a single-player game.
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 7 hours and 17 hours to complete. The wide range of duration time comes from the puzzle-solving gameplay that can be completed quickly or have you going in circles for hours.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
This game has helped players develop their Disposition as part of the following pathways:
Age Ratings
Rated for younger players in the US. ESRB EVERYONE 10+ for alcohol and tobacco reference, comic mischief, mild cartoon, violence, and suggestive themes. The game includes several comical depictions of characters, including a scene in which a "Meathook" character turns his back to the camera to reveal slightly exposed buttocks (e.g., "plumber's crack"). During a sword fight, one of the characters uses a suggestive metaphor to describe battle (e.g., "Sword fighting is kinda like making love. It's not always what you do, it's what you say."). While players have no direct control over the sword combat, they can sometimes make/hear comments such as "prepare to die" and "I will milk every drop of blood from your body." One character is depicted with a cigar in his mouth, and another character discusses how rum is an ingredient in a grog mixture.
Skill Level
8+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. You need to be able to read and solve association puzzles to progress. This can be combining items to get where you need. It also requires some resilience and lateral thinking to progress via branching conversations.
Our Game Pathways reveal how 19-year-olds play this game:
- 19-year-old: Irreverence Of My Own Path
Costs
Game Details
Release Date: 01/10/1990
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Point-and-Click (Action, Fighting, Narrative, Puzzle and Role-Play)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Lucasfilm Games (@LucasfilmGames)
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