# The Secret of Monkey Island: a community playthrough **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [April 20, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033 "2022-04-20T19:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/matt/32/197_2.png) [@Matt](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/123 "2022-04-26T15:41:54Z")
Fatalities are such a dick move ---
**Author:** ![St\_Eddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/st_eddie/32/13650_2.png) [@St\_Eddie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/St_Eddie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/124 "2022-04-26T15:44:30Z")
Not as bigger dick move as spamming leg sweeps. ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/125 "2022-04-26T16:13:11Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > I never did this thing in the game I did at the time, and while I was playing with my daughters a few days ago, I did it again just to show them šŸ˜† but it seems that the humor was lost on them. They were more concerned about the fact that they had the right idea to solve the puzzle, but their father wasted it on a damn rat. ---
**Author:** ![LogicDeLuxe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/logicdeluxe/32/15335_2.png) [@LogicDeLuxe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LogicDeLuxe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/126 "2022-04-26T16:15:57Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > Added 2: I also believe that no other character mentions the existence of the Voodoo Lady. Never played the demo, I see. It has its own little story. If you never played it, just do it now. ---
**Author:** ![a.ammo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/a.ammo/32/263_2.png) [@a.ammo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/a.ammo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/127 "2022-04-26T16:17:06Z")
Iā€™ve freed that rat every time Iā€™ve played the game. What kind of reprehensible people are you, leaving that poor rat in a cell??? ---
**Author:** ![Matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/matt/32/197_2.png) [@Matt](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/128 "2022-04-26T16:17:56Z")
What is this demo of which you speak. Now i have something to look forward to! ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/129 "2022-04-26T16:18:46Z")
I belong to the opposite kind of people: those who used the repellent on it. ---
**Author:** ![LogicDeLuxe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/logicdeluxe/32/15335_2.png) [@LogicDeLuxe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LogicDeLuxe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/130 "2022-04-26T16:23:58Z")
> [@Matt](#): > > What is this demo of which you speak. Now i have something to look forward to! Itā€™s called **Passport to Adventure**. Or play the Amiga demo, if you prefer. > **[ScummVM](https://www.scummvm.org/demos/)** > > ScummVM is a collection of game engines for playing classic graphical RPGs and point-and-click adventure games on modern hardware. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/131 "2022-04-26T17:42:38Z")
> [@LogicDeLuxe](#): > > Never played the demo, I see. No, but Iā€™ve read the reviews. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/132 "2022-04-26T19:04:20Z")
**Update** : Iā€™m in hell! ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/a/a0a47b4942fdc32bf92f86bc765c64e834a4e9dc.png) In the VGA version, is the lava animated using Mark Ferrariā€™s color cycling technique? ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/133 "2022-04-26T19:23:10Z")
In all likelihood. When in motion, it looks exactly like that. And in the Amiga version it was not there because probably it required more memory than available. All the color cycling samples from Mark Ferrariā€™s websites are made with at least a vga (256 colors) palette. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/134 "2022-04-26T19:33:07Z")
> [@Gffp](#): > > And in the Amiga version it was not there because probably it required more memory than available. Considering that color cycling was invented to save memory and to avoid operations in memory, I would have said that the main issue implementing it in Amiga would have been the lack of color registers, not the lack of memory. ---
**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/135 "2022-04-26T19:38:18Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > I would have said that the main issue implementing it in Amiga would have been the lack of color registers, not the lack of memory. Yes. While teorically possible within a range of 32 colors (iā€™m not a programmer, just comparing color cycling samples done for computers with EGA cards at the time), itā€™s justifiable the lack of dedication for the Amiga that was never intended as a reference while developing any of the first two chapters. Amiga conversion does an incredible job but still looks like a simpler version, a derivation from the VGA one. I checked the EGA version on a playtrough video and noticed that there are different color cycling effects (and in more places) compared to the VGA version. > [@LowLevel](#): > > In the VGA version, is the lava animated using Mark Ferrariā€™s color cycling technique? Check also: [Canvas Cycle: True 8-bit Color Cycling with HTML5](http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) and [Living Worlds in HTML5](http://www.effectgames.com/demos/worlds/) ---
**Author:** ![asterothe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/asterothe/32/550_2.png) [@asterothe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/asterothe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/136 "2022-04-26T21:30:17Z")
The press release is amazing: (so Guybrush is from old world and its price is $59.95 not $20!) LUCASFILM GAMESā€™ NEW GRAPHIC ADVENTURE DELIVERS SWASHBUCKLING MYSTERY AND SALTY HUMOR. CHICAGO, IL ā€“ June 2, 1990 ā€“ Lucasfilm Games today announced the Fall, 1990 release of THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLANDā„¢, a comedy set during the ā€œgolden ageā€ of piracy in the Caribbean. The gameā€™s twisty plot leads our hero, fresh from the Old World, on a hilarious, complex, swash-buckling search for the fabled secret of Monkey Island. Like other Lucasfilm Games graphic adventures, THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND features cinematic storytelling, high resolution graphics, and a unique point 'n click interface. The late 1600s were the best of times for pirates. Secure in their Caribbean strongholds, they amassed huge fortunes, plundering shipments of New World gold. Tales of pirate wealth attracted many adventurers, among them our hero who lands in the port of Melee with high hopes, no money, and an insatiable curiosity. If heā€™s clever enough, he will win the confidence of Meleeā€™s pirates and soon find himself blown by the winds of fate toward the terrifying and legendary Monkey Island ā€“ an adventure that would chill the bones of even the most bloodthirsty buccaneer. THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND is Lucasfilm Gamesā€™ most ambitious graphic adventure yet. Like its award-winning predecessor, INDIANA JONES(R) AND THE LAST CRUSADE, it features high resolution graphics and special animation. In addition, MONKEY ISLAND has proportional scaling in character animation, innovative ā€œcamera angles,ā€ and significant streamlining enhancements to the acclaimed interface. The player is treated to a wide variety of original entertaining puzzles. Some take the form of dialogue, in which the player has to unravel hidden meaning in hilarious repartee. ā€œThe one-liners are more lethal than the bad guys,ā€ explains Ron Gilbert, the gameā€™s designer. Others are puzzles in which clues and objects from diverse locations combine to advance the player toward end game. Intriguing visual puzzles contribute as much to the atmosphere of the game as they do to the challenge. The first few puzzles in the game are relatively easy. More subtle ones follow. ā€œA first-time adventure gamer wonā€™t feel too frustrated by MONKEY ISLAND,ā€ according to Gilbert, ā€œand will experience the same level of complexity and challenges in game play as in MANIAC MANSIONā„¢ or INDY, for example.ā€ THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND will release in the fourth quarter of 1990 for IBM, Amiga, Atari St, and Macintosh personal computers. Suggested retail price for all versions is $59.95. Lucasfilm Games, a division of LucasArts Entertainment Company, is a subsidiary of Lucasfilm Ltd., a leading entertainment and feature film production company. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/137 "2022-04-26T22:35:04Z")
> [@asterothe](#): > > (so Guybrush is from old world Donā€™t trust a text that was written by a public relations guy or the marketing department! ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/138 "2022-04-27T04:20:07Z")
There are other design documents that seemed to suggest Guybrush arrived to the Caribbean from England. Moreover, Threepwood is a surname in some P.G.Wodehouse novels set in England. Soā€¦ Guybrush is a Brit. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/139 "2022-04-27T10:35:08Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > Added: not to excuse my dumbness, but I would say that not linking a character to any puzzle and making it completely optional could be considered a narrative flaw or at least a waste of resources. > > Added 2: I also believe that no other character mentions the existence of the Voodoo Lady. So, she doesnā€™t seem very well integrated to the world. In MI2 itā€™s very different, she is needed for puzzles and other characters acknowledge her existence. As the vodoo lady is completely optional, I wonder if it can be considered ā€¦ a hint system! And in this case, we canā€™t talk about a narrative flaw or a waste of resources. (except that itā€™s a hint system that the player may never discover. Thatā€™s a flaw I guess šŸ™‚ ) I donā€™t remember: does the lady give informations which are essential for the story to make sense? In this case, she canā€™t be considered a hint system. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/140 "2022-04-27T12:03:10Z")
> [@seguso](#): > > I donā€™t remember: does the lady give informations which are essential for the story to make sense? No. All key information is provided also by other characters in Melee. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/141 "2022-04-27T12:08:07Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > Guybrush is a Brit. I also remember reading this information in some old docs and I wondered: why did they assign to the character an American voice actor? šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-secret-of-monkey-island-a-community-playthrough/5033/142 "2022-04-27T12:14:05Z")
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