THE SECRET/CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND

1990, 1991 LucasArts

Ahh, Monkey Island. What attracted me the most about his series was the off-the-wall humor. This is yet another game that they had at school. I think it came with the new computers they got in the office. I know I went in there several times and played it after school and I decided that I had to have it.

Amateur pirate Guybrush Threepwood decides that its time to become a not-so-amateur pirate in the 19th century. He starts off on Melee island by trying to mingle with the tiny pirate society there. But these arent just any normal pirates. No! They dual each other with bad insults and even more horrible comebacks. What do you find when you dig up that buried treasure? Thats right folks, free T-shirts! What were you expecting anyway!? The game just wouldnt be complete without Stan the over-energeic used ship salesman.

Guybrush does actually end up on a half-way important mission to rid the caribbean of the ghost pirate LeChuck, which in itself leads to more humor and more strange events. Have you ever seen a 3-headed monkey, or a guy put a 5 foot long Q-tip out of his pocket? Fear! Most of the characters are re-occuring throughout the rest of the series, but I've only had the privlage of playing the first two. If you can find them, I completely recommend them!

Oh yeah, can someone please give me the recipe for "Grog"?