Matt Chat 8: The Secret of Monkey Island

This week, I play one of my favorite adventure games of all time--Lucasfilm's The Secret of Monkey Island. Shown here is the original DOS EGA version, but ports followed for Amiga, Atari ST, VGA, and several other platforms. Unlike many early games, The Secret of Monkey Island is still quite fresh and fun to play today, nearly 20 years after its original release.

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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• lucasfilm
• lucasarts
• scumm
• scummvm
• ega
• dos
• abandonware
• adventure games

[DrGreenfun]

do quest for glory!!!!!

[blacklily8]

done

[Sipie007]

Love MI games and a massive adventure game fan in general. First played this back on 1991 I think on the Amiga. Of course back then there was no hint systems and didnt have the internet to get hints from so I remember having to figure all the puzzles out myself. Brings back many good memories!

[blacklily8]

Aye, thanks for watching. This was one of the few adventure games that I think that normal people could actually solve back then without having to look at hints. I only wish more adventure games were like it!

[rawkfist208]

This is an awesome game. i bought the Special Edition off of Steam! It's soo funny! Although I am REALLY bad at adventure games, so I have to use the hint system ALOT! I'm grateful they put that system in the game.

[blacklily8]

Ah, yes, I much prefer built-in hint systems to having to consult a walkthrough.

[MaximumRD]

Man just getting better and better! And even a new intro lol! I bet your having fun with this huh?

[WarcraftWidoW]

Better and better!

[Influx27]

Do Space Quest!

[BomimoDK]

I heard about people having their marriage be inspired by this game.

[CaseofGlass]

Ah! My favorite game of all times! Had it on Amiga 500, 1MB RAM 4 disk (quite bearable compared to 11 of LeChucks's Revenge). MI had amazing atmosphere and I replayed it several times. A while ago I bought Special Edition (once again I might sound foolishly nostalgic) didn't like it quite as I wanted to.

[hulksjedi]

2:05 go easy on the tacos Matt! I can ear your guts screaming! ;-) awesome review, it is gold! why I have never heard about this channel!?

[TinyTank2]

Excellent! Monkey Island is one of my favorite adventure games, along with Day of the Tentacle. So much fun to play, and they're witty, too!

[DesignatedMember]

This video convinced me to play Monkey Island, thank you.

Currently watching the rest of your videos, they are great, keep up the good work.

[elfmann243]

irrelivant question homing into base camp: Sorry but i just wanted to ask what monitor is that you have in the background to me atleast its SWEEET and was wondering its cost and name :P , as im going to be upgrading my computers hardware (mohterbord, ram processor) and im interested in some monitors.

Anyway, sorry about that; another great episode of mattchat, watched this one like 3 times now, gotta love monkey island!

[cssourcepl]

I love your t-shirt :D

[MrZombie99X]

That's such a great game, I love it. Great Video too. I actually remember reading at one point that some stuff in the Disney Pirate movies was taken from these games. I was always waiting for Depp to take a rubber chicken with a pulley out of his pocket or find one somewhere. lol

[MrJuegazos]

@Trustpt

ahahaha, the evolution of the gamers :P