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They don’t make flight simulators anymore and they don’t make adventure games anymore. Which is a real stinking shame, because adventure games were simple, beautiful, and aggravatingly difficult to play. Ok, maybe there is a reason they don’t make adventure games anymore.

You played the part of Guybrush Threepwood, an aspiring young pirate who must prove himself worthy through three terrible challenges. Speaking of Guybrush Threepwood, what is it with adventure game character’s names? Only in this genre will you find a hermit with the last name Toothrot and a heroine with the last name Firmflanks. Ok enough of that. While completing the challenges, Guybrush encounters a beautiful lady named Elaine whom he falls in love with, but unfortunately the ghost of the dead pirate LeChuck is also in love with her...and you can imagine that doesn’t go over well with him. One thing leads to another and before you know it Elaine is kidnapped, forced to marry the ghost pirate, rescued by Guybrush (really she kind of saves herself) and then watches as Guybrush fights and destroys the pirate with an exploding bottle of root beer.

The Secret of Monkey Island was one of the most successful of LucasArt’s adventure games - heck they even released a version for iOS! It relied heavily on comedic dialogue, as was typical with LucasArt’s adventure games.

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