Via a point-and-click interface, the player guides protagonist Guybrush Threepwood through the game's world and interacts with the environment by selecting from twelve verb commands (nine in newer versions) such as 'talk to' for communicating with characters and 'pick up' for collecting items between commands and the world's objects in order to successfully solve puzzles and thus progress in the game. The Secret of Monkey Island is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. LucasArts released a remake of the original in 2009, which was also well received by the gaming press. Gilbert, Schafer and Grossman also led the development of the sequel Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series. Critics praised The Secret of Monkey Island for its humor, audiovisuals, and gameplay. The Secret of Monkey Island was the fifth game built with the SCUMM engine, which was heavily modified to include a more user-friendly interface. The Secret of Monkey Island - DOS version

The atmosphere was based on that of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride. Gilbert's frustrations with contemporary adventure titles led him to make the player character's death impossible, which meant that gameplay focused the game on exploration. The game was conceived in 1988 by Lucasfilm employee Ron Gilbert, who designed it with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate and explores fictional islands while solving puzzles.

It takes place in a fantastic version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy.

The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. If you think that the game in your browser does not behave as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'. Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS.

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