Secret of Monkey Island, The (USA / Limited Run Games)
Sega Mega-CD
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Reviewed in 1993
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✪ Reviewed on December 2, 2024
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The Secret of Monkey Island on MegaCD with digitised voices and CD music. Guybrush Threepwood's sharp humour in his quest to become a pirate. One of the greatest point-and-click games ever made.
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Category
Adventure1 player7+
Description
Young Guybrush Threepwood aspires to be a pirate and faces the ghost LeChuck in this graphic adventure classic. Published by Victor Soft, released in the United States in January 1993. Point-and-click graphic adventure with CD voice acting, quality digital music, hilarious Guybrush dialogue. US edition.
Secret of Monkey Island, The review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Signed by Michael Land, the music blends calypso, reggae and Caribbean themes into a score full of wit and adventure. The famous Monkey Island theme, instantly recognisable, bathes the pirate humour in a sunny warmth. This melodic identity, now iconic, remains inseparable from the game's legendary charm.
A clumsy pirate apprentice dreaming of glory, Guybrush Threepwood faces a ghost in love with his sweetheart across zany islands. A peak of comic adventure, the tale overflows with delicious dialogue, absurd puzzles and a humour that remains unmatched. This LucasArts classic has lost none of its jubilant wit.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,37 GB📅01/01/1993
Published by JVC
Secret of Monkey Island, The (Mega-CD) price, value & rarity
Limited Run Games reissue on a newly produced disc, paired with a rigid sleeve recreating the original longbox. The piece does not reproduce the 1993 Sega Imagesoft pressing but addresses collectors after a guaranteed sealed copy, with an added production booklet tracing the port's history. Its appeal is clearly distinct from the period object and belongs to the LRG sub-market rather than to historical Mega-CD collecting.
Is Secret of Monkey Island, The still worth playing in 2026?
An adaptation of the LucasArts point and click classic, The Secret of Monkey Island on Mega CD benefits from redrawn cutscenes, English voice acting and a redbook iMUSE soundtrack that sublimates the adventure of Guybrush Threepwood. The absolutely cult humour, the inventive puzzles and the pirate universe stay absolutely timeless. For anyone wishing to discover the LucasArts masterpiece in a particularly polished console compatible version, an absolutely essential recommendation today still for any lover of narrative adventure here indeed truly even.
