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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. 100 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,837 and 81% of duels won.

World rank

no. 100

ELO score

1,837

Wins

81%

Duels played

264

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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 1,837 ELO points over the last 123 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. 97 Burnout Paradise 1,838
  2. 98 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 1,838
  3. 99 Mario Kart 64 1,837
  4. 100 The Secret of Monkey Island 1,837
  5. 101 SoulCalibur 1,837
  6. 102 Hades 1,836
  7. 103 Spec Ops: The Line 1,835

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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.

  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?

  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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