The Secret of Monkey Island Longplay (PC DOS) [Roland MT-32]

Follow me on Twitter: Developed and published by Lucasfilm Games in 1990 For today’s video, I decided to play through one of my favourite games from my childhood, The Secret of Monkey Island. I’d not long had my Amiga 500 computer, and, this was first point-and-click adventure game I’d ever played, I remember being absolutely enthralled at the story, design and narrative. It was like an interactive novel that was funny, engaging and required a fair amount of thought as to where to go and what to do next (you couldn’t just go online and Google for a solution!). The game focuses on the character of Guybrush Threepwood, a young (practically pubescent) man who has arrived on Melee Island in a bid to realise his dreams of becoming a swashbuckling pirate. Things don’t go quite according to plan, and Guybrush finds himself embarking on a series of adventures across the Caribbean where he crosses paths with all manner of scurvy pirates, voodoo ma