What Gamespot Users have to say about The Secret of Monkey Island

  • Rating:10

    The pinnacle of adventure games, sets the bar on a whole new level.

    The Secret of Monkey Island, is a game that was released before I was born and I wouldn't have heard of it if I hadn't been as lucky as I was in finding a copy in my house or no apparent reason, I didn't investigate the ... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.2

    "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us."

    This is a real classic. I was playing it at the time on the Amiga in a german version. my german isn't that good, but it still was a lot of fun. The game is about a young lad who wants to become a pirate and therefor ha... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6

    arr!! ya scurvy landlubbers!!

    When looking at this game with todays eyes, two things come to mind - First - Incredibly well made considering the time and era of game making. Second - Be aware all you young-lings(and everyone who hasn't played it) who... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    One of the greatest games ever!!

    What differences Monkey Island from other games, is the fact that most of the good games out there have a good plot or good story, but Monkey Island have a lot of my favorite things include in a game: mystery and fun. Th... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    An Amazing game

    The secret of monkey island is one of my absolute Favorte games of all time. I remember as a child I would play this and being completly confused by it but I played it some more when I was old enough to accually think an... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9

    The Secret of Monkey Island is one of the best games ever, in my opinion.

    The Secret Of Monkey Island requires an intelligent mind, to be able to complete all the challenging puzzles. The Secret Of Monkey Island features challenging puzzles, great story, fun dialog and great sound. The game ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3

    An adventure to rival the PC offerings!

    For a number of years there had been many of these graphic adventures on the PC, they all had a similar graphic style and amusing tongue in cheek story-lines...and finally the Amiga had one of it's own. You play the p... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3

    A game with such a large fan base is hard to resist but somehow I have managed it until this date (01/07/2006).

    Summery: A game with such a large fan base is hard to resist but somehow I have managed it until this date (01/07/2006). The reason for this being the graphics… one issue I have with gaming classics that I have not expe... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.6

    A Classic

    This Game may look graphically bad today but considering it's age it was good at the time. Although this adventureis not the longest game you will have played it is a great experienced. It's cheesy humour is actually qui... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.7

    If you have ever wanted a good laugh with great gameplay, this is the game for you!

    Now for those of you who are not PC gamers, you may not recognize this very famous series of adventure games brought you by Ron Gilbert (the guy on the latest Podcast as of 6/30/06)! Being the first in a series of 4 gam... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful