# I loved Monkey Island
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [June 1, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338 "2009-06-01T10:10:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/1 "2009-06-01T10:10:00Z")
Ooooh yes… it was a long time ago. I loved all 4 of them.
I’m not into games as a rule, so I don’t have any idea what’s out there.
Can someone please recommend a game that a Monkey Island fan would really love.
Thanks.
PS - I’m on a mac now
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### Author:  [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/2 "2009-06-01T10:30:47Z")
Now you didn’t hear this from me but there’s this thing out there called [SCUMMVM](http://www.scummvm.org/). It allows one to play all of the LucasArts adventure games and quite a few from other companies on pretty much any modern platform including Mac. I last played Monkey Island on my Nintendo DS, for example. So you could play Sam and Max Hit the Road or Full Throttle on your current Mac. Of course you’d have to dig out your original CD’s for the data files…
Unfortunately the current Sam and Max stuff is not available for Macs. The same goes for Tim Schafer’s (the creator of Monkey Island) most recent game Psychonauts. I’m only mentioning those since they’re the most logical connection and someone has been cruel.
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/3 "2009-06-01T10:52:47Z")
I strenuously suggest _Day of the Tentacle_ and _Sam & Max Hit The Road_. Same kinds of games, same amount of zany. _Full Throttle_ is also nice, but waaaay too short.
Finally, _Grim Fandango_ is a bit more serious, in that it runs more on odd, weird and smartass rather that rubber chickens with pulleys in them, but it’s still one of the greatest adventure games I ever played.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/4 "2009-06-01T11:40:34Z")
Grim Fandango is one of those games that is different from any other game I played and I loved it.
Rex Nebular
The graphical Zork releases are great.
Return to Zork - Low quality graphics many puzzles.
Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands - Good graphics many puzzles much like Myst.
Zork Grand Inquisitor - Good graphics and puzzles. The game is close to the original series humor. This is the one I’d get if I only got one.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/5 "2009-06-01T11:47:19Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#):
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> Return to Zork - Low quality graphics many puzzles.
To hijack… remember the Return to Zork playbill? Okay, it wasn’t really a playbill but the concept was the same. The box came with an oversized booklet featuring headshots of all the actors they digitized and small biographies.
Of course I wouldn’t hire any of them based on their acting in Return to Zork. The days when FMV was used as a selling point were very strange times.
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### Author:  [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/6 "2009-06-01T13:09:43Z")
Thanks for the tips. I’ll certainly be having a look at a few of these.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/7 "2009-06-01T14:44:10Z")
> [@Just\_Some\_Guy](#):
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> To hijack… remember the Return to Zork playbill? Okay, it wasn’t really a playbill but the concept was the same. The box came with an oversized booklet featuring headshots of all the actors they digitized and small biographies.
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> Of course I wouldn’t hire any of them based on their acting in Return to Zork. The days when FMV was used as a selling point were very strange times.
Yes I remember. I didn’t care who they had acting the parts though. The important part was the need for a faster cd drive so the movies played justifying the equipment upgrade.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/8 "2009-06-01T14:50:23Z")
Another recommendation for Grim Fandango. Also, in adventure games, I really loved Syberia and its sequel. Very moody, very pretty games, though lower on the humor, but higher on the general effects and feeling.
I found Zork really creepy and freaky. I barely remember it other than that.
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### Author:  [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/9 "2009-06-01T16:59:56Z")
You know, this Tim Schafer guy has written a few other games. Psychonauts, for one. It’s pretty good. And there’s this new game called Brutal Legend coming out in a bit. Maybe you’ll like his stuff.
> **[Tim Schafer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Schafer)**
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> Timothy John Schafer (born July 26, 1967) is an American video game designer. He founded Double Fine Productions in July 2000, after having spent over a decade at LucasArts. Schafer is best known as the designer of critically acclaimed games Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Brütal Legend and Broken Age, co-designer of Day of the Tentacle, and assistant designer on The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. He is well known in the video game industry for hi Tim...
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### Author:  [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/10 "2009-06-01T17:24:41Z")
I recommend the new Monkey Island episodes 🙂 :
[http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-458](http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-458)
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### Author:  [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/11 "2009-06-01T18:10:35Z")
[http://www.telltalegames.com/store/talesofmonkeyisland](http://www.telltalegames.com/store/talesofmonkeyisland)
You just beat me to it, Borsch! Good eye!
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/12 "2009-06-01T18:43:57Z")
> [@borschevsky](#):
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> I recommend the new Monkey Island episodes 🙂 :
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> [http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-458](http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-458)
Wahoo!!!
I hope it’s voice acted by the guy from 3 and 4!
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### Author:  [@Moglet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moglet)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/13 "2009-06-01T20:42:21Z")
Fantastic! Who’d have thought 🙂
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### Author:  [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/14 "2009-06-01T20:49:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Wahoo!!!
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> I hope it’s voice acted by the guy from 3 and 4!
[It is.](http://www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland/team) 🙂
That team page should have some other familiar names as well, including Michael Land, the composer of the incredible soundtracks of the previous MI games. And [Ron Gilbert](http://grumpygamer.com/) has given the new game his blessing - something that, to my knowledge, he never did for CMI or EMI.
I am so fucking excited about this.
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### Author:  [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/15 "2009-06-01T21:35:26Z")
I’m so excited! I’ve been working on this project for several months and have had to keep it hush hush. No more keeping secrets!
> [@Tanbarkie](#):
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> And [Ron Gilbert](http://grumpygamer.com/) has given the new game his blessing - something that, to my knowledge, he never did for CMI or EMI.
Ron actually came by the studio for a couple days and helped with some ideas, so he gave it more than his blessing.
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### Author:  [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/16 "2009-06-01T21:47:31Z")
> [@Moglet](#):
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> Fantastic! Who’d have thought 🙂
The good and bad news is it’s the same company that’s making the current Sam and Max stuff (that Monkey Island series is really underpromoted; I hadn’t heard of it until this thread and I’ve been playing the Sam and Max games as they get commercial releases). That means they’ll be good little adventure games but at the same time they won’t be available for Mac.
ETA: Announced today? That would explain why I hadn’t heard of it. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/17 "2009-06-01T22:36:56Z")
> [@HoboStew](#):
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> I’m so excited! I’ve been working on this project for several months and have had to keep it hush hush. No more keeping secrets!Ron actually came by the studio for a couple days and helped with some ideas, so he gave it more than his blessing.
That’s awesome that a Doper’s working on the new games. I’m sure you’re not allowed to say anything about it, so I won’t ask. Instead I’ll ask - how was working with Ron?
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### Author:  [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/18 "2009-06-01T22:54:19Z")
I just pre-ordered the Monkey island episodes and I got a free coupon for any episode on the Telltale website. Anybody have any suggestion which episode I should download? I like Sam&Max. Does the episode have a connecting plot or are they independent from each other?
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/19 "2009-06-01T23:09:53Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#):
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> That’s awesome that a Doper’s working on the new games.
The same goes for the Sam & Max games. Former Doper **SolGrundy** is one of the writers for the series. He also wrote and programmed for the original _Curse of Monkey Island_.
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### Author:  [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/20 "2009-06-01T23:11:16Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#):
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> That’s awesome that a Doper’s working on the new games. I’m sure you’re not allowed to say anything about it, so I won’t ask. Instead I’ll ask - how was working with Ron?
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get in on those sessions - he met with the designers and I am on the programming team. Everyone who worked with him had great things to say though. I’m actually allowed to talk about it much more than I was before today so feel free to ask.
[QUOTE=Uosdwis R. Dewoh]
I just pre-ordered the Monkey island episodes and I got a free coupon for any episode on the Telltale website. Anybody have any suggestion which episode I should download? I like Sam&Max. Does the episode have a connecting plot or are they independent from each other?
[/QUOTE]
Almost all of our episodes are pretty independent. There are always some jokes here and there that won’t make sense unless you follow the series, but it shouldn’t mess up the gameplay much. If you like Sam & Max, I would recommend 201: Ice Station Santa. If it were me, I would grab Wallace & Gromit 101 which we just released. I’m also partial to the Strong Bad series, I think 104: Dangeresque was the best of those.
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