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Game entry

The Secret of Monkey Island

1990 · Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure · Mac, DOS, Mega-CD, Atari ST, Amiga, FM Towns · Lucasfilm Games

The Secret of Monkey Island is ranked no. 68 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,853 and 82% of duels won. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against The Walking Dead: Season Two: 7 duels settled, 7 to 0. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 1 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

World rank

no. 68

ELO score

1,853

Wins

82%

Duels played

294

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About The Secret of Monkey Island

I cursed my luck again as I slid down the monkey's throat. Have my dreams of guzzling grog and plundering galleons been reduced to this? "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us," they said. Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurvy seadogs swilled, the rest would be easy. How could I have known I'd meet a powerful and beautiful woman with a jealous suitor too stupid to realize he'd been dead for years? And how can I crawl through this great stone monkey to find a man who walks three inches above the ground and sets fire to his beard every morning?

Do business with quaint and humble shopkeepers. Participate in complex and meaningful dialogues. Visit interesting places and steal stuff. Experience the never-ending nightlife of Melee Island.

The community says

The dialogue options still hold up better than I expected, or maybe I just expected less, and honestly the insult exchanges are the part I remember most…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,853 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Secret of Monkey Island sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 65 Mass Effect 1,854
  2. 66 NieR: Automata 1,854
  3. 67 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1,853
  4. 68 The Secret of Monkey Island 1,853
  5. 69 Devil May Cry 5 1,853
  6. 70 Street Fighter Alpha 3 1,853
  7. 71 Dishonored 2 1,851

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The standing

Where The Secret of Monkey Island ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Secret of Monkey Island stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 1 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

Where The Secret of Monkey Island ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 68 5,035
Point-and-click 1 219
1990s 13 659
1990 2 28

The community

The debate

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  1. adelbert_jenkins

    The dialogue options still hold up better than I expected, or maybe I just expected less, and honestly the insult exchanges are the part I remember most clearly even now.

    PixelSamurai

    Je me souviens surtout des joutes verbales, j'y ai passé un après-midi entier juste à tester toutes les répliques.

  2. AllieRider

    The cursor based interaction feels clunky by modern standards, though the pacing of the puzzles softens that a lot.

  3. Alfonso_1993

    Played it on a friend's computer one summer and never really stopped thinking about it.

    LootRex2

    A mí también me atrapó de esa forma, sin querer soltarlo después.

  4. CritRex56

    Compared to the Walking Dead games I still pick this one, no contest, I know I'm biased.

    ArcadeMaster

    Y aun así aquí sigue, ¿no dice algo eso?

    Celia_44

    Con mi pareja hacíamos algo parecido, uno dirigía y el otro tiraba ideas para los puzles, ¿a alguien más le pasa igual?

  5. Gamboa25

    Ochenta y uno, con un ochenta y dos por ciento de victorias, y sigo sin entender el criterio de este ranking, porque victorias tiene de sobra y puesto no tiene, así que algo falla en el algoritmo o falla mi paciencia, no sé cuál de las dos cosas.

    FrameLegend2010

    Frente a lo que domina ahora en aventuras gráficas, este sigue defendiéndose bastante bien.

    Puente51

    A mí también me tocó descubrirlo por casualidad, y se quedó ahí para siempre.

    PedroHunter

    Con ese ochenta y dos por ciento para qué preocuparse tanto, no.

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