~Monkey Island (CD)

TITLE : THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND (CD-ROM)

PRICE : œ16.99

PUBLISHER : KIXX/LUCAS ARTS

SOFTWARE TYPE : Adventure Game

SYSTEM REQUIRED : 286 or higher with 640k 

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM : 386 or above with 4MB or Ram 

REVIEWED BY : ADRIANO MAURIZIO GRISANTI

REVIEW : Monkey Island is a classic graphical adventure game, which 
uses the well known SCUM 2 interface, which is very user friendly.

Monkey Island introduced me to adventure games on my Amiga (don't 
swear), and since then I have been hooked. 
     
One thing I'd like to point out is that Monkey Island has a very 
pleasant CD soundtrack (reggae), but has no speech like the box says 
"full talkie", I have phoned LUCAS ARTS up and they said it doesn't 
have speech in the game only text, which is a bit unfair.  I have 
removed my sticker off the box which says full Talkie, I don't know 
if all the copies have this on them, if they do it is very unfair and 
misleading.
     
Any way on with the review, Monkey Island is very user friendly and 
is one of these adventure games were you can't die.
     
The story is that you are a young adventurer named Gubrush Threepwood 
and have come to Melee Island to become a fierce, swashbuckling, 
blood thirsty pirate.  However before you can become a pirate you 
must complete 3 trials before you are accepted as a pirate.  
     
As you progress into the game your character falls in love governess
Marley, who gets captured by an evil ghost pirate named LE CHUCK, 
making Guybrush work out how to rescue her, but where is Monkey 
Island and how do you get there ?, all will be revealed.

The final vote for monkey Island is 7.5/10 as it is a very 
entertaining game.
     
If you like this game and want more then don't get depressed Monkey
Island 2 is available for œ16.99 along with other classic adventure 
games such as Loom, space quest and police quest.  All these games 
are available on the KIXX label.



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