The Curse of Monkey Island
Release Date: June 30, 1997
Adventure, point-and-click, pirates, 2D, humorous, singleplayer
Steam
The Curse of the Monkey Island is the third part of a very popular series of Monkey Island adventure games, whose protagonist is the young pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who fights the spirit of the evil pirate LeChucka.
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the very popular series of adventure games called Monkey Island. A young pirate named Guybrush Threepwood, known for his blunt sword and sharp tongue, yet again assumes the role of a protagonist. In The Curse of Monkey Island, Guybrush had to save his true love, Elaine Marley, from being turned into a zombie. Guybrush, hoping to marry the gal, unknowingly put a cursed ring on her finger which turned her into a golden statue. Now, he has to find a way to restore her to her human form and face the ghost of a demonic pirate LeChuck known from the previous Monkey Island games.
- Film-quality animation.
- High quality of music and sound.
- Two difficulty modes: normal and Mega-Monkey (more puzzles to solve).
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[8:26] The Curse of Monkey Island Intro and Pirate Song
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Monkey Island Series
The highly popular adventure game series. Father of the series is Ron Gilbert, and over the years such development studios as LucasArts, Telltale Games, and Terrible Toybox have worked on it.
8 video games
The Curse of Monkey Island Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts
Publisher: Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts
The Curse of Monkey Island System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Pentium 166 MHz, 16 MB RAM
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