I realise the 30th anniversary of the initial release is the 15th, so I'm a few days early. Really hope you all enjoy this one as it's been a real labour of love for me to put together, and an absolute pleasure. Thank you to all involved, and please do head to the video description and check everyone out. Full interviews here: RON GILBERT - ua-cam.com/video/qzorEPK6khk/v-deo.html DAVE GROSSMAN - ua-cam.com/video/GABrEdG8Ez4/v-deo.html MARK FERRARI - ua-cam.com/video/ri4_3P2Oh14/v-deo.html
Great work. Was recommended this video from my brother who's in graphic design. I don't normally watch UA-cam videos over 1 hour but I watched this in two sittings. Looking forward to more.
My uncle was a Scotsman living in silicon Valley working for IBM. He came to visit us back in the UK and brought with him a gift of Monkey Island EGA for the PC for me. I played it to death but some of the puzzles boggled my 13 year old mind. I never worked out to follow the shop keeper to the sword master so I found her myself by luck/trial and error in the swamp maze area. I just replayed monkey island 1 and 2 a few months ago and still enjoyed them very much. Thanks to my uncle for bringing such a cool gift. Definitely added to my life and interest in adventure games.
I have a Monkey Island Tshirt thats a pic of most of the Characters all in the Bar. A lot of people look at me weird as I assume they dont even know what Monkey Island is...but when someone DOES know, an instant conversation starts: "That was one of my favorite games growing up" and we both walk away smiling :)
nah, some of it is age. I'm in my mid 40s so anyone around my or older got to experience the evolution of gaming. My first PC was an already date Vic20 and I was really young. Then I got my hands on a C64 at the end of its life and just as the x86 were coming out with Monochrome screens. My actual first x86 was a 286 with 4mb ram and a VGA screen! The first time I played Monkey Island was at a friend's house on a CGA 4 color screen lol :)
I actually picked up my copy of curse solely based on the box art, and managed to con my parents into getting it by plugging the ‘learn valuable trade in lighthouse and VCR repair’ as ‘see, its educational!’ Great times. Looking forward to Return, wasn’t even aware it had been announced until yesterday.
One fun thing I do is when I put my 4 year old to bed i tell him stories from movies or games i love. I adapt them and turn them into kid stories. One of them (his favorite) is the Secret of Monkey Island. It’s so cool to see this 4 year old talk about Guybrush Threepwood and the Pirate Lechuck
Monkey Island touched my heart as a child and still touches it. I don't know whats the point, the secret, the pirates, the monkeys, the music, the grahics, the adventure, the atmosphere, the being inside that role. I still love it.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. I thought Mark's sentiments there were the perfect way to wrap this up. His full interview is absolutely fascinating; I'll upload it in the next few weeks.
52:34 - As cheesy as it may sound, but this image of Guybrush and Elaine standing there and watching the fireworks engraved itself into my memory as my personal start of puberty (or at least the perceived start). I had played MI several times before, but this time I was watching this scene and I was thinking - "aaw...this must be so lovely standing there with such a cute girl in my arm and watching the fireworks...ehm...huh? What?!" - And so I added a completely new, unknown, confusing, yet wonderful feeling to my library. 😊
The soundtrack of this game is one of my absolute favorites. I didn't even play this game when it was new. I wasn't even born when this game came out. But listening to the soundtrack on an MT 32 is amazing. I always feel like music from this period was somehow always trying to clumsily fight through the limitations of the sound cards of the day. Monkey Island seems to own every sound those cards made and sounds all the better for it.
man these were such magical special times, just seeing that Lucasfilm logo was beyond exciting because you knew it was a seal of absolute unrivalled quality, and you were not only going to experience something truly unique and technically ground breaking, but it was like the apex of storytelling and imagination that you could get lost in, it was like being in a movie and you were swept away into these worlds, filled with interesting and often funny memorable characters. To this day the adventure game is my favorite genre by far, I was deeply saddened by their decline in favour of the mindless first person shooters that became so ubiquitous, not that they can't be fun but they can never replace or scratch that itch I have for these type of narrative driven games. My only hope is that we will see a resurgence of these types of experiences and that there will be a continuation of the golden age of adventure games, just thinking of what could have been achieved and created given the sort of time and monetary investment that we saw in shooter type games put into adventure games and where the genre could have gone or could still go as its never too late, I think story telling and the human race have so much to gain if we could make this dream a reality.
You're so right; the early '90s was such a golden age for Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts. They excelled in so many genres. Sadly those days are gone, but I'm hoping the new Monkey Island rekindles some of that. The original Monkey Island was really the birth of my love for narrative-driven games.
My parents bought me this for my Amiga 500 when it came out and loved it instantly. The sense of scale, adventure and humor had me hooked from the start...and so my gaming life began
Absolutely awesome documentary. Lots of really fond memories playing Monkey Island. I'm 41yo and all Lucasfilms adventure games marked most of my childhood. Had the honor to meet Ron Gilbert in person a few years ago. I'm working as a gamedev now, and this game is a big part of how I would love to make games. The humor and the puzzles are simple excellent. Thank you onaretrotip for doing this amazing job!
Thank you very much! I'm 40 in a few weeks so they were my childhood too. Love their adventure games so much (and if course their Star Wars games like Dark Forces and the X-Wing series). Very jealous you met Ron!
41 year old geezer here too! Fond memories of playing this beautiful game on the Amiga. This and other 90s games bring me back to my youth. I feel some of the magic has been kept by indie developers that are more free from constraints and can put out more experimental games, perhaps smaller in scope and production values but closer to the magic of those games. I find most of the AAA gaming industry more intent in creating a virtual casino (mtx and all) and skinner box than really providing an experience akin to a great movie.
Im sorry but beg to differ. There is no actual making of monkey island here. Its just an interview with the people whom made it. Theres no art work, no code examples, no storyline boards or written out story etc. Theres nothing here other than the words of the people working on the game that shows any making of a game. If you watched the making of a movie, you'd expect to see clips of the actors getting dressed in to their costumes or the director yelling cut and the likes. But theres nothing in this video.
@@Channel-iu6de yes, that's true. But I find hearing the people that made it even more interesting. Maybe if you wanted to learn about the technical side of game development, this falls short. But it is great fan service to come back to this game and the people that worked in it
This is an amazing documentary. I love the developers describing their work environment, technical limitations, mindsets and everything that went into making this unique and timeless game. Everyone's given the time and space to describe their experiences, which makes for a fresh perspective on a game so long after its inception. Your efforts to make this happen are very much appreciated, thank you!
Loved listening to Mark Ferrari, specially the last part where he talks about why 3D gmes suplanted and the sadness of it. Great documentary overall, i would have loved it if Michael Land had it´s share of attention, the music is as important to the succes of MI.
Yes, Mark really took the documentary up a notch. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Michael Land I had trouble contacting sadly. He did add me on LinkedIn but then never responded to my messages. A shame, because I agree that the music is a huge part of the game and its atmosphere. I couldn't find much else to say without speaking to him. Oh well.
Mark Ferrari is next to god for me. Just like Chris Crawford. BTW, I recommend to take a look for Mark Ferrari's lecture in GDC about game graphics. Mind blowing. ua-cam.com/video/aMcJ1Jvtef0/v-deo.html
I was a 8 year old Irish kid when my cool aunt brought us the first monkey island game. I still treasure the memories of me and my sister puzzling it out and laughing at the great characters and jokes. Nothing better than the thrill of trying something out and it finally cracking a puzzle!
I remember playing this on my Amiga back in the 90s. Monkey Island was the first adventure game ever for me and I was blown away - especially after solving the 3 trials and realising that this was just the beginning of the journey! (I was 12 or 13 back then ('91 or '92)). It immediately was my favorite game and I can not count how many times I played it through. (and today one of my phone ring sounds is one of the LeChuck themes) Many thanks for this video - there were so many things I didn't know about the development of the game and the artists!
The music got me right from the beginning. 🤩 Best Adventure Game ever! Loved it back when I was a child and still do now that i'm 37. Am still replaying it every once in a while. To me it's unreached. Thank you so much for this documentary. What a great work you did 😀
It says a lot about this game when, as I'm watching the gameplay, my mind is saying the lines before they appear on screen. To me, this is the ultimate point and click adventure. There are many excellent ones, especially from this era but for me none reach the height of this one. Also, best ever theme music for a game.
That was wonderful, thank you! Got me super eager to play through the EGA version of SMI (only played parts of it in that format). There's a peculiar beauty in the art of not letting the limitations of a format limit your vision, where the work is being put into overcoming those limits instead of accomodating to them.
After listening to the story of the name 'Guybrush' for a thousand times, finally the relation to the name of the first pirate our hero meets in the game occurred to me: GUY-BRUSH MAN-COMB ... MIND-BLOWN :)
@@Dowlphin Seeing a notification from someone with a pony pic commenting on a MI video just when I discovered there's a MI reference in the Gameloft MLP game... coincidence? :D
@@CakePrincessCelestia Discovering there's a MI reference in the Gameloft MLP game just when I saw a notification from someone with a pony pic commenting on a MI video... ponincidence? 🤨 ... Copinkiedance? 🤔
1990-1991. I was an eleven year old Swedish boy with an Amiga 2000 as my family's home computer. I immediately fell in love with Monkey Island, it was the best game I'd ever played and still today one of my favorites. I grew up with subtitled movies (no audio dub) and games was in English. LTFL for real and I'm thankful for that. Although I understood most of the game and its wonderful humor I had to have an English-Swedish dictionary right next to me when playing this game to look up words I didn't know. Staple remover was one of them! Thanks for making this documentary and thanks to the old Lucas Arts team for their great work.
Thank you very much, Mark. All the work was worth it as fans seem to be enjoying it, and of course I got to talk to some of the team that made my all-time favourite game! :)
I Rate This Documentary: *9/10 Rubber Chickens with pulleys in the middle* What an absolutely wonderful dive in to one of my favorite games of all time! Just wish there could have been more meat about Michael Lands contribution and the phenomenal soundtrack and it's myriad intricate variations/leitmotifs. Great job overall though and thank you so much for sharing this with all us 'cult' fans'.
Thank you! Yes, I wanted input from Michael Land too, as the music is such a big part of the game, but sadly he did not respond to my invitation.
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I played this hours and hours on my Amiga 500 and later Amiga 1200. Loved it . I still have a A1200 and Monkey Island as well as many other big box games
Thankyou for putting this together, it's much appreciated. I find it weirdly amusing that Ron and the team didnt realise just how much their talent and Monkey island is loved. I've followed Ron's blog etc for eons, throughly entertaining and thought provoking at times. Mark nails it, its excellent story telling by exceptional story tellers.
Thanx so much for the fantastic documentary. Hearing Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman talk about adventure games of yore and the birth of Monkey Island made my day.
Thank you so much for creating this. It's one of my favourite pieces of media ever. I found it after completing Return & loved every minute. I just wish there were ones like this that covered the Broken Sword & Simon the Sorcerer series too.
I got the PC version where you can switch from new to VGA graphics. Recommended it to my daughter. And for the first time she actually picked up a game I told her was great. After a week I asked her wether she had taken a look into it. She had played it to the end. Graphics in classic mode...
I had many long and late nights in the summer of '92 playing The secret of Monkey Island on my Amiga 500 Plus as a teenager. The music and playing the game is always a huge nostalgia trip for me.
1:13:30 That story from Mark Ferrari was incredible! MI was my first computer game (parents christmas' present) as a 9/10 year old kid. Just how it started, the cinematic intro, all the colors (yeah EGA palette) and scenes it really felt you were there. Amazing game. And as I grew up, on each replay, I could understand more of the text, the jokes, etc. I'm glad you got to experience it as an adult and confirm it's not just us, with nostalgia-rose-tinted glasses :D Amazing video, I enjoyed it a lot!
Yes, Mark really lifted the sentiment of this video to another level. I was 9/10 when I first played it too! To whom are you referring when you say they experienced it as an adult?
Playing this game for the first time was a truly magical time in my life and the nostalgic feeling I get when I remember it is like a very potent feel-good drug. It created a bonding love for the PC that still exists today and is the basis of my livelihood now. Thank you for the great insights into the making of it and for finally answering the question of what the Secret of Monkey Island is.
At first I saw this was a 1h22 long video and figured "I'll just watch a few minutes to get the idea". And now I've watchd the whole thing and can't thank you enough. This is probably the game I've played the most in my life and hearing all these stories was really wonderful. Also the whole documentary is well paced and overall very enjoyable. Great job!
I'm loving the recent adventure game renaissance, as the kids who grew up playing classics, like Monkey Island, start making their own games based on their fond memories of the genre. Röki is an excellent modern example and it was one of that games developers who recommended your documentary. So glad I watched it - so insightful and thank you for pulling it together.
Great documentary on one of my all time favorites! I still play it from time to time randomly. You can never hear Mark Ferrari speak without hearing him say 'Dither' or 'Color Cycling'. :) LOVE his art! Wish there was more about the music creation because it is iconic. And are we EVER going to find out what the actual SECRET of monkey island is?
Thank you! Yes, you can tell that Mark loves to talk about the art, which was ideal for me. I would've loved to cover more about the music but sadly Michael Land didn't respond to my messages. Oh well.
There aren't very many games i see being remembered 30 years later. MI was and through the remakes still is a fantastic game. Thank you for assembling this video. 😀 Edit: Using MI Soundtrack during the video is a perfect idea !!
What an awesome documentary, about one of the best games in existence. Played it so many times on Amiga, and later on iPad and PS3. The writing, graphics, music and not mention the comedy was all so amazing. I knew immediately that I wanted to make something similar, and with a small group of friends we started drawing, composing and coding. We never finished our own adventure game by any stretch, but it set us on a path that most of us are still on today, and for that I am truly grateful for Monkey Island (tm) and it’s silly inhabitants. Thanks for giving us a deeper insight into it’s making.
09:25 the voice of ron gilbert seems to be recorded with an old mic and a soundblaster. The voice in that era had something magic in they low res standards. Like graphics. The low resolutions where compensated with proportional amounts of imagination, may be this is what make the games work so deep on us. No just the eyes nor the ears. You. Beautiful work, onaretrotip. Worth every second.
Having mostly heard Ron Gilbert's, Tim Schafer's and Dave Grossman's stories about Monkey Island, it was very interesting to get all these anecdotes by Mark Ferrari.
I am so happy that I got this video among my suggestions! It is a comprehensive documentary done amazingly well. I will still say thank you for the nostalgia, despite replaying the series every couple of years. Yes, all 5 of them and soon to be 6. Keep up the good work, nostalgic retro games content will always be special!
Brilliant film this, thanks for doing it. Outstanding to hear from the creators and learn so much more about how it was created and the tricks they had to employ, to get it looking so good. Literally the best game ever - this and Monkey 2 are still *the* games I go back to play, after all these years, nothing else comes close.
I still tear up a little everytime I listen to the theme music. Thanks for those insides. The biggest surprise to me was that the developers themselves needed 15 years to discover what they created. I played it age 9 in the early 90s on every other sunday with my father in Germany. And even back then it blew my little mind instantly. This game introduced me to pount and click adventure games as my favorite genre and set the bar high from the very beginning. Marks story was wholesome af to me. I would have been one of those "kids".
This video is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much. That last bit by Mark Ferrari, that our whole life is story telling is awesome! And the fact that the team didnt know how much their game is loved so many years after it was released is amazing as well.
Thank you! Mark's sentiments really rounded off the video so well. Amazing that they didn't realise how much of a following Monkey Island had until years later!
I was given a box of floppy discs when I was about 8 and this was in it amongst other classics. I remember looking at the floppy (monkey island 1 of...) and being so intrigued. It changed my life.
I was one of this kids in Europe that was captivated and still are to these two wonderful games. Thank you for such an amazing documentary. Listening to the voices of these creators is incredibly insightful of what made this game and story so relatable and special. Too bad the industry thrives now on AAA developments, I wish there was the same room for creativity as they had back in the day without the strain of a budget of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
One of the craziest facts I heard, not mentioned in this doc, is that George Lucas specifically told them NOT to do something Star Wars related, he ordered them to come up with something new. That always blows my mind, that rather than cashing in on Star Wars, at a time when Star Wars ruled the world, he pushed them to create a new thing and from that we got this whole other amazing world of Monkey Island. But it also makes you wonder why they never made ANY Star Wars game in this style, when they did do Indiana Jones. And I'm kind of amazed that they never made a Monkey Island movie, although supposedly the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are influenced by Monkey Island, and Monkey Island itself was originally inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.
@@system-error Yes, Lucasfilm Games were told at inception that Star Wars was off the table, and I think that was a huge benefit for them creatively. Sure, they made some amazing Star Wars games in the 90s with the X-Wing series and Dark Forces, etc, but maybe we wouldn't have had gems like Monkey Island. There's a good talk somewhere on UA-cam with the early team (David Fox, etc) where they talk about the Star Wars ban.
Okay, i also saw the whole video, and i have to say: This is one of the most in-depth, relevant documentaries i have ever seen for the Monkey Island series. This should be on tv. My hat is down!
I very much appreciated the behind the scenes interviews and research. I was honestly just expecting a long recap of all the game's events but this was interesting
Brilliant! Amazing video, probably the best thing I've ever watched about the game. MI has always been my favourite and it's great to hear stories from behind the scenes. Thanks so much for this!
Really well-made video! Thank you so much for sharing. Lots of exciting little tidbits here and there that I didn’t know about. I still remember the game coming out and my neighbour showing it to me on his computer. Also, I think the original illustration of the first scene you enter in the game was made by Iain McCaig, who’s like a concept art and storytelling deity in his own right. Love Mark Ferrari’s work, but my god does he like to tell people how great he is/was.
This is literally the only game series that my family will sit down together and play happily despite not getting along normally. That’s why I love this so much. So many happy memories.
This is beyond brilliant - I've wanted something like this for years as a SOMI fan, and you didn't disappoint. You should be so proud. Well done!! Can't wait to see your new DOTT making of. :)
@@onaretrotip Oh I did! It is...amazing what you do and the level of passion you put into this. I just hope you have some more planned for the future maybe? Well done again! :D
@@GelNerd Thank you, too kind. Yes, more planned for sure, but it can be hard doing those big videos often as they take so long (and I have a busy life and full-time job to contend with).
What a great documentary. You have truly managed to tap into the very essence of what made that game so great. This game evokes memories of simpler times where the future was still unwritten and the burden of adulthood seemed unfathomably distant. Lucasfilm/Arts produced the most captivating characters and stories and hearing how the magic was weaved together sends my nostalgia into the stratosphere. Kudos!
The 'secret'of monkey island is wonderfully funny story telling. There are tentpole moments in all art forms, monkey island is one of those moments when it comes to the computer game genre. It's a classic for a reason, it's just that good and boy is it good.
The Secret of Monkey Island is, to me, the best game ever created, and this documentary is beautifully crafted and it makes justice to it. thanks a lot for putting it out there for us, to remember simpler and fun times.
I only got to play it when the VGA version was available and among all the other games, I didn't realise how much work was put into the dithering artwork though it was really beautiful for what it was. I have to respect development in those days for really considering and working within a limited storage space and the technological limitations. There are quite a number of games out there which didn't seem to care about this and I've seen update patches alone lately that would have blown my internet data plan from a few years ago.
I played Monkey Island when it came out as a 15-year-old. I have no problem saying that it is my favorite computer adventure game of all time. I played it again about 8 years ago when the special edition came out in the Mac app store and it was as good as I remembered. It had been more than 20 years since the last time I played it and I had forgotten most of the jokes and puzzles so it was almost like playing it the first time. I really enjoyed the documentary, despite the fact that you write like a dairy farmer, and it's inspired me to dust off the old copy (re-d/l from the app store) and play it again. Thanks!
Wow, amazing video! You did a beautiful job. I Love Monkey Island, I was playing it when it came out in Italy in the 90' and played a couple more time since. I always thought it never got all the praise and attention it deserves. This game has always been on my number one spot since. The story, the dialoge, all the caracters absolute perfect. On the George Lucas biography it talks briefely about the movie that never was but they went with Pirates of the carribean instead. Well, Happy Birthday Monkey Island!
This was wonderful ! I didn’t get to play this when it was initially released not having a PC. Finally got to play it about a year or two after it was released. The dialogue, music and not to forget the art remains memorable and it definitely remains a pinnacle in gaming for me. The graphics are archaic by modern standard but considering the technology they had at their disposal, I still feel it’s stunning. I wish they had released a version for the iPad like Grim Fandango but apparently it was mired in copyright issues. It’s great news hearing Ron Gilbert is working on a new Monkey Island. Thank you again for this wonderful film.
Thanks! They did release an iOS version of the Special Editions, I have it on my iPod, but it was removed from the store sadly. Glad you enjoyed the video and it stirred up some fond memories.
I realise the 30th anniversary of the initial release is the 15th, so I'm a few days early.
Really hope you all enjoy this one as it's been a real labour of love for me to put together, and an absolute pleasure.
Thank you to all involved, and please do head to the video description and check everyone out.
Full interviews here:
RON GILBERT - ua-cam.com/video/qzorEPK6khk/v-deo.html
DAVE GROSSMAN - ua-cam.com/video/GABrEdG8Ez4/v-deo.html
MARK FERRARI - ua-cam.com/video/ri4_3P2Oh14/v-deo.html
I am already looking forward to the documentary that covers Monkey Island 2 next year. A game that surpasses the original in every way.
@@dudujencarelli Ha! I'd love to, but we'll see.
5 days after that, I was born! This game found me a few years later and I've loved it my whole life.
Great work. Was recommended this video from my brother who's in graphic design. I don't normally watch UA-cam videos over 1 hour but I watched this in two sittings. Looking forward to more.
@@fauzirahman3285 Thanks!
I still feel like i am on a tropical island while hearing that intro 😍 That was not a game, it was like a vacation.
Haha it certainly was.
That's the same thing I always said!
Michael Lands score is beyond captivating. When the music started playing in Sea of Thieves it was a complete vibe change, such transformative music.
Ha I feel the same way
What a beautiful way of putting it. Yes it felt like a true journey and escapism.
My uncle was a Scotsman living in silicon Valley working for IBM. He came to visit us back in the UK and brought with him a gift of Monkey Island EGA for the PC for me. I played it to death but some of the puzzles boggled my 13 year old mind. I never worked out to follow the shop keeper to the sword master so I found her myself by luck/trial and error in the swamp maze area. I just replayed monkey island 1 and 2 a few months ago and still enjoyed them very much. Thanks to my uncle for bringing such a cool gift. Definitely added to my life and interest in adventure games.
That's a great memory, thanks for sharing.
Nothing beats this soundtrack and lovely atmosphere to this day
100%
Maybe the Monkey Island 2 soundtrack do. 😁
I have a Monkey Island Tshirt thats a pic of most of the Characters all in the Bar. A lot of people look at me weird as I assume they dont even know what Monkey Island is...but when someone DOES know, an instant conversation starts: "That was one of my favorite games growing up" and we both walk away smiling :)
Nice.
That was one of my favorite games growing up as well. Still is.
yeah most of the people are just really dumb, we have to learn to live with that
nah, some of it is age. I'm in my mid 40s so anyone around my or older got to experience the evolution of gaming. My first PC was an already date Vic20 and I was really young. Then I got my hands on a C64 at the end of its life and just as the x86 were coming out with Monochrome screens. My actual first x86 was a 286 with 4mb ram and a VGA screen! The first time I played Monkey Island was at a friend's house on a CGA 4 color screen lol :)
Same goes for my “Stan’s previously owned coffins” t-shirt
I actually picked up my copy of curse solely based on the box art, and managed to con my parents into getting it by plugging the ‘learn valuable trade in lighthouse and VCR repair’ as ‘see, its educational!’ Great times. Looking forward to Return, wasn’t even aware it had been announced until yesterday.
In the big box PC days I think we all bought some of our games based on the box art alone. Great times!
One fun thing I do is when I put my 4 year old to bed i tell him stories from movies or games i love. I adapt them and turn them into kid stories. One of them (his favorite) is the Secret of Monkey Island. It’s so cool to see this 4 year old talk about Guybrush Threepwood and the Pirate Lechuck
That's brilliant!
Monkey Island touched my heart as a child and still touches it. I don't know whats the point, the secret, the pirates, the monkeys, the music, the grahics, the adventure, the atmosphere, the being inside that role. I still love it.
Every constituent part was excellent, and it all came together perfectly. What a game!
This was so fun to watch. Thank you so much for putting it together.
Thank you! It was my pleasure.
@@onaretrotip You did a good job sir.
Really amazing video. Most enjoyable UA-cam video I’ve watched in years. Better than what’s on Netflix too tbh!
"Your entire existence is storytelling" -Mark Ferrari. Very deep way to end this excellent documentary! Great work, thank you very much for this.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. I thought Mark's sentiments there were the perfect way to wrap this up. His full interview is absolutely fascinating; I'll upload it in the next few weeks.
@@onaretrotip Awesome! I look forward to it. Thanks again!
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52:34 - As cheesy as it may sound, but this image of Guybrush and Elaine standing there and watching the fireworks engraved itself into my memory as my personal start of puberty (or at least the perceived start).
I had played MI several times before, but this time I was watching this scene and I was thinking - "aaw...this must be so lovely standing there with such a cute girl in my arm and watching the fireworks...ehm...huh? What?!" - And so I added a completely new, unknown, confusing, yet wonderful feeling to my library. 😊
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Haha, that's great!
If your first crush wasn't Elaine Marley, you missed out on something lol
@@JimmiWazEre Yeah, definitely! And as long as your first crush isn't Nurse Edna, that's totally fine 😆
The soundtrack of this game is one of my absolute favorites. I didn't even play this game when it was new. I wasn't even born when this game came out. But listening to the soundtrack on an MT 32 is amazing. I always feel like music from this period was somehow always trying to clumsily fight through the limitations of the sound cards of the day. Monkey Island seems to own every sound those cards made and sounds all the better for it.
Yes, it's just magical. Never fails to bring a smile to my face.
This documentary is so good, I wish you guys would do more. I've watched this 2 or 3 times, it's so good
Thank you! I'll definitely do more in the future, but it's difficult as I am just one person and also work full time.
@@onaretrotip Yeah! I can imagine this was a gigantic project. Well done!
Having listened to the Ahoy documentary at least 20 times, this was refreshing and fun. It's great how different coverage can be so complementary.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
man these were such magical special times, just seeing that Lucasfilm logo was beyond exciting because you knew it was a seal of absolute unrivalled quality, and you were not only going to experience something truly unique and technically ground breaking, but it was like the apex of storytelling and imagination that you could get lost in, it was like being in a movie and you were swept away into these worlds, filled with interesting and often funny memorable characters. To this day the adventure game is my favorite genre by far, I was deeply saddened by their decline in favour of the mindless first person shooters that became so ubiquitous, not that they can't be fun but they can never replace or scratch that itch I have for these type of narrative driven games. My only hope is that we will see a resurgence of these types of experiences and that there will be a continuation of the golden age of adventure games, just thinking of what could have been achieved and created given the sort of time and monetary investment that we saw in shooter type games put into adventure games and where the genre could have gone or could still go as its never too late, I think story telling and the human race have so much to gain if we could make this dream a reality.
You're so right; the early '90s was such a golden age for Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts. They excelled in so many genres.
Sadly those days are gone, but I'm hoping the new Monkey Island rekindles some of that. The original Monkey Island was really the birth of my love for narrative-driven games.
My parents bought me this for my Amiga 500 when it came out and loved it instantly. The sense of scale, adventure and humor had me hooked from the start...and so my gaming life began
Same here!
I remember playing it for four hours straight on the Amiga. Just as I got to Monkey Island, the game crashed and I lost all my progress.
Absolutely awesome documentary. Lots of really fond memories playing Monkey Island. I'm 41yo and all Lucasfilms adventure games marked most of my childhood. Had the honor to meet Ron Gilbert in person a few years ago. I'm working as a gamedev now, and this game is a big part of how I would love to make games. The humor and the puzzles are simple excellent.
Thank you onaretrotip for doing this amazing job!
Thank you very much! I'm 40 in a few weeks so they were my childhood too. Love their adventure games so much (and if course their Star Wars games like Dark Forces and the X-Wing series).
Very jealous you met Ron!
41 year old geezer here too! Fond memories of playing this beautiful game on the Amiga. This and other 90s games bring me back to my youth. I feel some of the magic has been kept by indie developers that are more free from constraints and can put out more experimental games, perhaps smaller in scope and production values but closer to the magic of those games. I find most of the AAA gaming industry more intent in creating a virtual casino (mtx and all) and skinner box than really providing an experience akin to a great movie.
Im sorry but beg to differ. There is no actual making of monkey island here. Its just an interview with the people whom made it. Theres no art work, no code examples, no storyline boards or written out story etc. Theres nothing here other than the words of the people working on the game that shows any making of a game. If you watched the making of a movie, you'd expect to see clips of the actors getting dressed in to their costumes or the director yelling cut and the likes. But theres nothing in this video.
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@@Channel-iu6de yes, that's true. But I find hearing the people that made it even more interesting. Maybe if you wanted to learn about the technical side of game development, this falls short. But it is great fan service to come back to this game and the people that worked in it
"30 years ago..."
"Oh, you mean, the seventies"
"NO"
Yes, we are old :(
52 now and played it when I was 18
@@herenkapsalon 44 myself and think I was around 10 or 11.
34 here,Monkey Island, LeChucks Revenge, is how I learned to read lol
videos Wait... so 1986?
This is an amazing documentary. I love the developers describing their work environment, technical limitations, mindsets and everything that went into making this unique and timeless game. Everyone's given the time and space to describe their experiences, which makes for a fresh perspective on a game so long after its inception. Your efforts to make this happen are very much appreciated, thank you!
Thank you so much, that's very kind. Really glad you enjoyed it.
Loved listening to Mark Ferrari, specially the last part where he talks about why 3D gmes suplanted and the sadness of it. Great documentary overall, i would have loved it if Michael Land had it´s share of attention, the music is as important to the succes of MI.
Yes, Mark really took the documentary up a notch. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Michael Land I had trouble contacting sadly. He did add me on LinkedIn but then never responded to my messages. A shame, because I agree that the music is a huge part of the game and its atmosphere. I couldn't find much else to say without speaking to him. Oh well.
@@onaretrotip hey you can save Michael for the 2nd part ;)
Mark Ferrari is next to god for me. Just like Chris Crawford.
BTW, I recommend to take a look for Mark Ferrari's lecture in GDC about game graphics. Mind blowing. ua-cam.com/video/aMcJ1Jvtef0/v-deo.html
@@MrHarbot Ooh, will definitely watch that. Thanks!
@@onaretrotip And I know for sure Dominic Armato would be happy to have a chat for part 2 :)
I was a 8 year old Irish kid when my cool aunt brought us the first monkey island game. I still treasure the memories of me and my sister puzzling it out and laughing at the great characters and jokes. Nothing better than the thrill of trying something out and it finally cracking a puzzle!
Good times :)
What nationality are you now?
I remember playing this on my Amiga back in the 90s. Monkey Island was the first adventure game ever for me and I was blown away - especially after solving the 3 trials and realising that this was just the beginning of the journey! (I was 12 or 13 back then ('91 or '92)). It immediately was my favorite game and I can not count how many times I played it through.
(and today one of my phone ring sounds is one of the LeChuck themes)
Many thanks for this video - there were so many things I didn't know about the development of the game and the artists!
It blew me away on Amiga too, which is where I first discovered it. Great memories. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I remember it like it was yesterday. My friends and I wracking our tiny little brains around those puzzles and laughing at the outrageous dialogue.
Good times.
The music got me right from the beginning. 🤩
Best Adventure Game ever! Loved it back when I was a child and still do now that i'm 37. Am still replaying it every once in a while. To me it's unreached.
Thank you so much for this documentary. What a great work you did 😀
Me too - I'm 40 and still play through it every year or two. Thank you, really pleased that you liked it.
I’m the Ghost Pirate LeChuck, and this is my favourite game in the Tri-Island Area!
Ah, the man himself!
Really? Ask me about Loom.
@@greenman3464 jajaja.. i remember that ad on the game . Remember the badge
Nice dr. Doofenshmirtz reference
@@greenman3464 That was a magical age.... computer games that touched a whole generation.
MS DOS is DEAD.. long life to MS DOS and Lucasarts.!!!
This was exactly what I was hoping for and more. So many fantastic contributions and memories from those who were there. Great job
Thank you so much!
I agree. I've seen many well made gaming documentaries over the years, this one is top notch!
It's interesting to think that Ron was almost certainly already working on the next Monkey Island game when he did the interviews for this.
Yes, really interesting in hindsight. His interview was July 2020 so he must have known!
It says a lot about this game when, as I'm watching the gameplay, my mind is saying the lines before they appear on screen.
To me, this is the ultimate point and click adventure. There are many excellent ones, especially from this era but for me none reach the height of this one.
Also, best ever theme music for a game.
Agreed! :)
aye, and PPOT has a really good cover of the theme: ua-cam.com/video/c0W0--CCBQ0/v-deo.html
"The sense of humor was light years ahead of anything that came before" .... and after.
You're not wrong!
thimbleweed did good tho
My first point and click, afterwards always been searching for that initial high. Not yet found. Though I have played a lot of pretty good ones.
Day of the tentacle is a good number 2 on the list, btw.
True, although the Space Quest series was pretty good in that department too, especially the latter games
That was wonderful, thank you! Got me super eager to play through the EGA version of SMI (only played parts of it in that format). There's a peculiar beauty in the art of not letting the limitations of a format limit your vision, where the work is being put into overcoming those limits instead of accomodating to them.
Thank you! Yes, couldn't agree more. Making this video really made me appreciate the beauty of the original EGA artwork.
After listening to the story of the name 'Guybrush' for a thousand times, finally the relation to the name of the first pirate our hero meets in the game occurred to me: GUY-BRUSH MAN-COMB ... MIND-BLOWN :)
🤯
Threepwood - Seepgood :)
Threepo, the golden boy. 😄
@@Dowlphin Seeing a notification from someone with a pony pic commenting on a MI video just when I discovered there's a MI reference in the Gameloft MLP game... coincidence? :D
@@CakePrincessCelestia Discovering there's a MI reference in the Gameloft MLP game just when I saw a notification from someone with a pony pic commenting on a MI video... ponincidence? 🤨 ... Copinkiedance? 🤔
I was 8 when I played this. The music and everything always hits me on another level. I replay every 6 years or so.
Nice. I've replayed it every few years since 1990. Never gets old.
1990-1991. I was an eleven year old Swedish boy with an Amiga 2000 as my family's home computer. I immediately fell in love with Monkey Island, it was the best game I'd ever played and still today one of my favorites. I grew up with subtitled movies (no audio dub) and games was in English. LTFL for real and I'm thankful for that. Although I understood most of the game and its wonderful humor I had to have an English-Swedish dictionary right next to me when playing this game to look up words I didn't know. Staple remover was one of them!
Thanks for making this documentary and thanks to the old Lucas Arts team for their great work.
Good times! Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
This is the second greatest documentary I've ever seen. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
@@ElPolloDiabloCH Ha! Thanks for watching :)
Just an incredible amount of work, brilliantly researched and executed, thanks so much for this, great tribute to an amazing game.
Thank you very much, Mark. All the work was worth it as fans seem to be enjoying it, and of course I got to talk to some of the team that made my all-time favourite game! :)
This is a fantastic behind-the-scenes look at one of the best games ever made. Thanks for making the video!
Thank you, John. It really was my pleasure.
I Rate This Documentary: *9/10 Rubber Chickens with pulleys in the middle*
What an absolutely wonderful dive in to one of my favorite games of all time!
Just wish there could have been more meat about Michael Lands contribution and the phenomenal soundtrack and it's myriad intricate variations/leitmotifs.
Great job overall though and thank you so much for sharing this with all us 'cult' fans'.
Thank you! Yes, I wanted input from Michael Land too, as the music is such a big part of the game, but sadly he did not respond to my invitation.
I played this hours and hours on my Amiga 500 and later Amiga 1200. Loved it . I still have a A1200 and Monkey Island as well as many other big box games
Me too! Have my A1200 set up pride of place, and a decent big box collection (including the Monkey Islands of course) :)
Thankyou for putting this together, it's much appreciated. I find it weirdly amusing that Ron and the team didnt realise just how much their talent and Monkey island is loved. I've followed Ron's blog etc for eons, throughly entertaining and thought provoking at times.
Mark nails it, its excellent story telling by exceptional story tellers.
You're welcome! Yes, I was so shocked that they had no idea what a big deal it is.
@@onaretrotip I do hope you'll consider a similar making of LeChuck's Revenge, that's 30 years old next year. Where did all that time go?
Such fond memories of this time and this sounds like the best project to have been involved on. Such a wonderful work environment.
Yes, those early Lucasfilm days sounded really free and a great place to work.
One of my favorite games ever. Every now and then I play the music soundtrack just to bring back all those good memories.
Mine too! Haha yes, I love listening to the soundtrack too.
That was incredible! Thank you so much for putting that together! Love hearing all the stories! So good!
Thank you very much, Brian. I loved hearing the stories too; they gave me some fascinating info. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanx so much for the fantastic documentary. Hearing Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman talk about adventure games of yore and the birth of Monkey Island made my day.
That's so good to hear! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for creating this. It's one of my favourite pieces of media ever. I found it after completing Return & loved every minute. I just wish there were ones like this that covered the Broken Sword & Simon the Sorcerer series too.
My pleasure. Really glad you liked it :)
Great video man, remember those 90's evenings with 4 disks of Monkey Island. Bought hard drive for my Amiga 1200 for MI2.
Thank you! Ah, very wise. I wasn't so lucky, I had to swap the 11 disks on MI2 on my A500 LOL
I was fortunate to have an older brother with an A1200, didn't have to go through the swapping 11 disk pain ☺️
This is one of those games that's worth getting amnesia for. Just so you can play it all over again for the 1st time!
If only!
What's the best way to inflict sufficient brain trauma?
Ask'n for a friend......
I got the PC version where you can switch from new to VGA graphics. Recommended it to my daughter. And for the first time she actually picked up a game I told her was great.
After a week I asked her wether she had taken a look into it. She had played it to the end. Graphics in classic mode...
@@SuAlfons ❤❤❤
Thank you for all the work that you've put into this project. It was a wonderful experience.
Thank you very much! It really was a pleasure.
I had many long and late nights in the summer of '92 playing The secret of Monkey Island on my Amiga 500 Plus as a teenager. The music and playing the game is always a huge nostalgia trip for me.
Good times! :)
1:13:30 That story from Mark Ferrari was incredible!
MI was my first computer game (parents christmas' present) as a 9/10 year old kid. Just how it started, the cinematic intro, all the colors (yeah EGA palette) and scenes it really felt you were there. Amazing game. And as I grew up, on each replay, I could understand more of the text, the jokes, etc.
I'm glad you got to experience it as an adult and confirm it's not just us, with nostalgia-rose-tinted glasses :D
Amazing video, I enjoyed it a lot!
Yes, Mark really lifted the sentiment of this video to another level. I was 9/10 when I first played it too!
To whom are you referring when you say they experienced it as an adult?
@@onaretrotip Sorry, I think I confused it from another video 😅
What a ride, thank you so much for this.
Can't imagine all the work and research that went into this documentary. Congrats!
Thank you, really glad you liked it. It was an enormous amount of work for one person, but it was so worth it because it was a thrill making this.
Playing this game for the first time was a truly magical time in my life and the nostalgic feeling I get when I remember it is like a very potent feel-good drug. It created a bonding love for the PC that still exists today and is the basis of my livelihood now. Thank you for the great insights into the making of it and for finally answering the question of what the Secret of Monkey Island is.
Oh, me too. It really made a huge impression on me. My pleasure! Glad you liked it.
George Lucas be watching like "So THAT'S who broke my fence 30 years ago!!" :-D
😂😂😂
At first I saw this was a 1h22 long video and figured "I'll just watch a few minutes to get the idea". And now I've watchd the whole thing and can't thank you enough. This is probably the game I've played the most in my life and hearing all these stories was really wonderful. Also the whole documentary is well paced and overall very enjoyable. Great job!
Thank you so much!
This is one of the GOAT video game docs, imho. You are very good at what you do.
Oh wow, thank you so much!!!
I'm loving the recent adventure game renaissance, as the kids who grew up playing classics, like Monkey Island, start making their own games based on their fond memories of the genre. Röki is an excellent modern example and it was one of that games developers who recommended your documentary. So glad I watched it - so insightful and thank you for pulling it together.
Awesome, I'll have to check that game out! Thank you, it was my pleasure.
Great documentary on one of my all time favorites! I still play it from time to time randomly. You can never hear Mark Ferrari speak without hearing him say 'Dither' or 'Color Cycling'. :) LOVE his art! Wish there was more about the music creation because it is iconic. And are we EVER going to find out what the actual SECRET of monkey island is?
Thank you! Yes, you can tell that Mark loves to talk about the art, which was ideal for me. I would've loved to cover more about the music but sadly Michael Land didn't respond to my messages. Oh well.
The philosophical ideas of Mr. Ferrari for the ending is perfect.
Yes, I thought that was a really nice way to round it off. Mark's full interview is fascinating; I will upload it in the next few weeks.
Such a great guy. I want more of this.
There aren't very many games i see being remembered 30 years later. MI was and through the remakes still is a fantastic game. Thank you for assembling this video. 😀
Edit: Using MI Soundtrack during the video is a perfect idea !!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
What an awesome documentary, about one of the best games in existence. Played it so many times on Amiga, and later on iPad and PS3. The writing, graphics, music and not mention the comedy was all so amazing. I knew immediately that I wanted to make something similar, and with a small group of friends we started drawing, composing and coding. We never finished our own adventure game by any stretch, but it set us on a path that most of us are still on today, and for that I am truly grateful for Monkey Island (tm) and it’s silly inhabitants. Thanks for giving us a deeper insight into it’s making.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Monkey Island clearly made an impression on a lot of us.
09:25 the voice of ron gilbert seems to be recorded with an old mic and a soundblaster. The voice in that era had something magic in they low res standards. Like graphics. The low resolutions where compensated with proportional amounts of imagination, may be this is what make the games work so deep on us. No just the eyes nor the ears. You. Beautiful work, onaretrotip. Worth every second.
LOL Thank you!
Thank you for making this. This game is the reason as a 14 year old, I fell in love with video games for the rest of my life.
My pleasure. Me too (except I was ten)!
Having mostly heard Ron Gilbert's, Tim Schafer's and Dave Grossman's stories about Monkey Island, it was very interesting to get all these anecdotes by Mark Ferrari.
Yes, Mark really took this video up a notch. His full interview is just fascinating, I'll upload it in the next few weeks.
@@onaretrotip Awesome! And great job on this video.
@@santishorts Thank you!
I very much enjoyed this! I will be rewatching soon!
Thank you very much!
I am so happy that I got this video among my suggestions! It is a comprehensive documentary done amazingly well. I will still say thank you for the nostalgia, despite replaying the series every couple of years. Yes, all 5 of them and soon to be 6. Keep up the good work, nostalgic retro games content will always be special!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Very exciting time for us Monkey Island fans 😀
Brilliant film this, thanks for doing it.
Outstanding to hear from the creators and learn so much more about how it was created and the tricks they had to employ, to get it looking so good.
Literally the best game ever - this and Monkey 2 are still *the* games I go back to play, after all these years, nothing else comes close.
Thank you very much! Definitely two of the all-time greatest games.
I still tear up a little everytime I listen to the theme music.
Thanks for those insides. The biggest surprise to me was that the developers themselves needed 15 years to discover what they created.
I played it age 9 in the early 90s on every other sunday with my father in Germany. And even back then it blew my little mind instantly. This game introduced me to pount and click adventure games as my favorite genre and set the bar high from the very beginning.
Marks story was wholesome af to me. I would have been one of those "kids".
I know, right! I couldn't believe that it took them so long to realise.
Pound and click, thats what Leisure Suit Larry would like ;)
I’m just gonna sit and stare for the next two days til it starts.
LMAO
This video is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much. That last bit by Mark Ferrari, that our whole life is story telling is awesome!
And the fact that the team didnt know how much their game is loved so many years after it was released is amazing as well.
Thank you! Mark's sentiments really rounded off the video so well. Amazing that they didn't realise how much of a following Monkey Island had until years later!
The announcement of a new Monkey Island game got me revising the momeries of the epic and unique adventure
Great news! I played through the first game yesterday on my DOS PC.
wait, when did they announce this new game????????
@@SuperHns Ron announced it on the 1st of April, trailer dropped on the 4th.
@@onaretrotip What??!!!??!!? Is it FINALLY the 5th of the 5 game game deal that the Voodoo Lady signed with Lucas Arts (RIP). So 'cited!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was given a box of floppy discs when I was about 8 and this was in it amongst other classics. I remember looking at the floppy (monkey island 1 of...) and being so intrigued. It changed my life.
Nice. Changed mine too!
I was one of this kids in Europe that was captivated and still are to these two wonderful games.
Thank you for such an amazing documentary. Listening to the voices of these creators is incredibly insightful of what made this game and story so relatable and special.
Too bad the industry thrives now on AAA developments, I wish there was the same room for creativity as they had back in the day without the strain of a budget of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
Thank you, glad you liked it. Yes, but thankfully some indie studios have been making innovative and interesting games recently.
@Jim The Raspberry Ha, sounds like me - I bought if for Amiga, iOS, PC, PS3, and then Amiga again.
One of the craziest facts I heard, not mentioned in this doc, is that George Lucas specifically told them NOT to do something Star Wars related, he ordered them to come up with something new. That always blows my mind, that rather than cashing in on Star Wars, at a time when Star Wars ruled the world, he pushed them to create a new thing and from that we got this whole other amazing world of Monkey Island.
But it also makes you wonder why they never made ANY Star Wars game in this style, when they did do Indiana Jones. And I'm kind of amazed that they never made a Monkey Island movie, although supposedly the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are influenced by Monkey Island, and Monkey Island itself was originally inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.
@@system-error Yes, Lucasfilm Games were told at inception that Star Wars was off the table, and I think that was a huge benefit for them creatively.
Sure, they made some amazing Star Wars games in the 90s with the X-Wing series and Dark Forces, etc, but maybe we wouldn't have had gems like Monkey Island.
There's a good talk somewhere on UA-cam with the early team (David Fox, etc) where they talk about the Star Wars ban.
Okay, i also saw the whole video, and i have to say:
This is one of the most in-depth, relevant documentaries i have ever seen for the Monkey Island series.
This should be on tv.
My hat is down!
Thank you so much! Kind words indeed.
I have no idea why your channel isn't bigger. Your content is always spectacular! Thanks for another great video! I love documentaries like this.
Ah, thank you very much. Too kind.
I very much appreciated the behind the scenes interviews and research. I was honestly just expecting a long recap of all the game's events but this was interesting
Thank you very much!
Brilliant! Amazing video, probably the best thing I've ever watched about the game. MI has always been my favourite and it's great to hear stories from behind the scenes. Thanks so much for this!
Thank you very much!
Agreed, this felt like a labour of love! My heartfelt thanks.
Really well-made video! Thank you so much for sharing. Lots of exciting little tidbits here and there that I didn’t know about. I still remember the game coming out and my neighbour showing it to me on his computer.
Also, I think the original illustration of the first scene you enter in the game was made by Iain McCaig, who’s like a concept art and storytelling deity in his own right.
Love Mark Ferrari’s work, but my god does he like to tell people how great he is/was.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
This is literally the only game series that my family will sit down together and play happily despite not getting along normally. That’s why I love this so much. So many happy memories.
Great memories :)
This is beyond brilliant - I've wanted something like this for years as a SOMI fan, and you didn't disappoint. You should be so proud. Well done!! Can't wait to see your new DOTT making of. :)
Thank you so much! Always nice to hear people enjoy the videos. Hope you like the DOTT one, that was fun to make.
@@onaretrotip Oh I did! It is...amazing what you do and the level of passion you put into this. I just hope you have some more planned for the future maybe? Well done again! :D
@@GelNerd Thank you, too kind. Yes, more planned for sure, but it can be hard doing those big videos often as they take so long (and I have a busy life and full-time job to contend with).
Been wanting to listen to this for a week now. Finally found the time. Didn't disappoint. Thank you for making this! Greets from South Africa.
Thank you very much!
What a great documentary. You have truly managed to tap into the very essence of what made that game so great. This game evokes memories of simpler times where the future was still unwritten and the burden of adulthood seemed unfathomably distant. Lucasfilm/Arts produced the most captivating characters and stories and hearing how the magic was weaved together sends my nostalgia into the stratosphere. Kudos!
Thank you very much! Totally agree with you there.
The 'secret'of monkey island is wonderfully funny story telling. There are tentpole moments in all art forms, monkey island is one of those moments when it comes to the computer game genre. It's a classic for a reason, it's just that good and boy is it good.
Agreed!
Thanks for this entertaining trip down memory lane. Can't wait for your 30th anniversary documentary about Monkey Island 2 to come out :-)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to do one next year for Monkey 2, but might be difficult getting another round of interviews.
The Secret of Monkey Island is, to me, the best game ever created, and this documentary is beautifully crafted and it makes justice to it. thanks a lot for putting it out there for us, to remember simpler and fun times.
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it.
Awesome doc. I love how there's so many people who are dedicated to keeping the history of these classics alive. Well done.
Thank you very much! Great hobby to have.
I only got to play it when the VGA version was available and among all the other games, I didn't realise how much work was put into the dithering artwork though it was really beautiful for what it was. I have to respect development in those days for really considering and working within a limited storage space and the technological limitations. There are quite a number of games out there which didn't seem to care about this and I've seen update patches alone lately that would have blown my internet data plan from a few years ago.
Yes, it really makes one appreciate the EGA artwork after hearing Mark's stories.
Lol my girlfriend got talked into a wirleless internet plan didnt know the limit. Log on and update WOW 5g size. Limit was 4gigs lol
That game had atmosphere like no other game I have ever experienced, before or after.
Definitely.
Amazing episode Pete!! Thanks for letting me be a part of it. 👏
Thanks, Marcus! And thank you for your help. You nailed it man 😀
I played Monkey Island when it came out as a 15-year-old. I have no problem saying that it is my favorite computer adventure game of all time. I played it again about 8 years ago when the special edition came out in the Mac app store and it was as good as I remembered. It had been more than 20 years since the last time I played it and I had forgotten most of the jokes and puzzles so it was almost like playing it the first time. I really enjoyed the documentary, despite the fact that you write like a dairy farmer, and it's inspired me to dust off the old copy (re-d/l from the app store) and play it again. Thanks!
Awesome, glad I've inspired you to replay it.
This is fantastic. My youth played out and discussed. Thank you for producing this.
Thank you. It was my pleasure!
@@onaretrotip this was genuinely one of the most enjoyable things i have listened to/ watched on youtube in ages.
This was a lovely trip down memory lane. Thanks!
Thank you very much!
30 years!!!!! Whaaaat... I remember playing it like it was yesterday.. The golden age for adventure quest games.
It sure was.
Fantastic video. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
One of my favorite games of all time and an honor to play it with my son who also loves it. Great game, and a great video exploring it's history. 😀
Mine too! Thank you very much.
SO much fun to hear from the original people who worked on it :) Very well put together! THank yoU!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I still love the humor and creativity of these classic Monkey Island games!
Me too. Timeless.
Wow, amazing video! You did a beautiful job. I Love Monkey Island, I was playing it when it came out in Italy in the 90' and played a couple more time since. I always thought it never got all the praise and attention it deserves. This game has always been on my number one spot since. The story, the dialoge, all the caracters absolute perfect. On the George Lucas biography it talks briefely about the movie that never was but they went with Pirates of the carribean instead. Well, Happy Birthday Monkey Island!
Thank you! Can't believe it's 30 years old.
Thanks for making this! Loved this game :)
My pleasure!
This was wonderful ! I didn’t get to play this when it was initially released not having a PC. Finally got to play it about a year or two after it was released. The dialogue, music and not to forget the art remains memorable and it definitely remains a pinnacle in gaming for me. The graphics are archaic by modern standard but considering the technology they had at their disposal, I still feel it’s stunning. I wish they had released a version for the iPad like Grim Fandango but apparently it was mired in copyright issues. It’s great news hearing Ron Gilbert is working on a new Monkey Island. Thank you again for this wonderful film.
Thanks! They did release an iOS version of the Special Editions, I have it on my iPod, but it was removed from the store sadly. Glad you enjoyed the video and it stirred up some fond memories.
This was really well made and I learned a lot from the dev accounts. Well done and thanks for putting this together!
Thank you very much! It was a pleasure.