Space Quest, the Gabriel Knight series, Maniac Mansion, or our personal favorite blast from the past, Tass Times in Tonetown. We hope other former classics get released in short order. Monkey Island is $7.99 on the iTunes store, several dollars cheaper than the recent Xbox Live Arcade release.īy swiping fingers, you get a revamped graphics mode or the original, more pixelated but authentic version. Secondly, there's a ton of good, cheap content just waiting to be rereleased. First off, the original graphics resolutions match what the iPhone can output.
Being point-and-click based instead of control pad-focused, it's probably the perfect genre to make a new splash on the iPhone and iPod Touch formats.
THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND FOR IPHONE FULL
The various rooms and spaces of the game are displayed like giant panoramas, static but full of areas to explore. Many years ago I bought the first Simon the Sorcerer game because I thought it had something to do with Discworld. I was aware of them but point and click adventures really aren’t my thing. In graphic adventures, generally, the main character wanders around a series of landscapes, interacting with the environment and picking up items as the story unfolds. 48 minutes ago &0183 &32 A few months ago, news broke that a new Monkey Island game would be released in 2022 I have to confess, I never played any of the Monkey Island games. LucasArts once had that genre all locked up with titles like Full Throttle, The Dig, and Sam & Max Hit The Road.
Originally released in 1990, there were three other sequels released, the last in 2000. With a perfect version of Myst under its belt, the iPhone's gone one better with a release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition that launched last night on iTunes.įor those who don't remember, The Secret of Monkey Island is perhaps one of the most celebrated graphic adventures in the once-popular genre. The start of point-and-click adventure games to go?Īs a gaming system, the iPhone has had its share of praises and attacks, but it's hard to challenge the appeal of retro titles on the system.
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