Monkey Island for the iPhone
The Secret of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series. Released in 1990, The Secret of Monkey Island is the fifth game to use the SCUMM engine. The witty game was primarily designed by Ron Gilbert, with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. The trio led the development of the sequel Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge. -wikipedia
For some time I have waited in excitement for the release of The Secret of Monkey Island. I knew that they would be releasing it for the PC and maybe, if we’re lucky, for the Mac. So you will understand my excitement when I found out yesterday that the game had been released for the iPhone. I have actually never played the original Monkey Island, only the third game in the series called The Curse of Monkey Island.Since the original game was released in 1990 the graphics of the game were, by todays standards, quite poor. So Lucas Arts decided that for the re-release they would complete re-draw every scene but keep true to the orginal graphics (shows below). You can actually switch between the new and old graphics by swiping two fingers across the display.
The new version of Monkey Island
The old version of Monkey Island
The sound has also been recorded (not re-recorded since there was none in the original). Lukas Arts has been able to get a lot of the old cast back for this installment (including Guybrush) which is REALLY nice, since nothing throws one off than different voice actors (Listen to me FOX!).
To learn more about the game watch this Behind-the-scenes video from Lucas Arts.
Afterwards go download the game from the App Store.
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