Windows

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Description

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is an enhanced remake of the classic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) about the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood to become a pirate.

The gameplay is completely identical, but has been re-mastered. It includes an updated hand-drawn art style for high resolutions with more fluent animations, an orchestral music score, full voice-overs and an in-game hint system with clues to help players who get stuck. At any time while playing, players are able to switch between the original game and the enhanced version in real-time.

There are various ways to control the game. Unlike the original game, the possible verbs for actions and the inventory are not shown constantly on the screen. In the Windows version, the mouse is used to walk around and perform the default action for objects, the cursor can be changed by using the scrolling wheel, players can press a key to bring up a box with all possible verbs (as well as the inventory) and finally certain actions are also specifically bound to the keyboard keys. Next to the regular save system, there is also an autosave function.

Alternate Titles

• "The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for iPad" -- iPad title

Part of the Following Groups

• Enhanced remakes
• Game Engine: SCUMM
• Monkey Island series
• Theme: Sea Pirates

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User Reviews

A special treat for Monkey Island fans	*Katakis* (37458)
Only buy if you do not have the original game.	Paul Graves (24)
Yay, Monkey Island ! But... is the remake good ?	Alaedrain (3261)	unrated

The Press Says

UOL Jogos	Jul 23, 2009		100
GameSpy	Jul 15, 2009		90
IGN	Jul 15, 2009	8.7 out of 10	87
GameStar (Germany)	Jul 16, 2009	86 out of 100	86
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 22, 2009	17 out of 20	85
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Aug 28, 2009	85 out of 100	85
Gamers Daily News	Jul 16, 2009	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Jul 16, 2009	8 out of 10	80
PCActu	Mar 02, 2010	7.5 out of 10	75
Mana Pool	Dec 14, 2010	7.4 out of 10	74

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Trivia

At the event "GameStar/GamePro Leserpreis 2009" (February 5, 2009) The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition received the trophy "Best PC Adventure in 2009" after the reader's voting of German gaming magazine GameStar.