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About The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
About this game
Developed by LucasArts and published by LucasArts, LucasFilm, and Disney Interactive.
In this reimagining of the popular game The Secret of Monkey Island, you'll take on the shoes of the naive yet hilarious hero who goes on a journey to find the fabled Monkey Island! Tales of pirate wealth draw him into the port of Mêlée with no money, too much confidence, and an insatiable curiosity! Will he be able to find the island?
Like Before, But Better!
This reimagined version of the game adds a great touch of modernity to the beloved classic! The contemporary art style, re-mastered music with full orchestral detail, and the complete voice-over have breathed new life into the timeless classic. It's an experience for both newcomers and old fans!
Become a Famous Pirate!
During your daring adventure, you'll attempt to become the most infamous pirate in all the Caribbean AND try to steal the heart of the beautiful governor, Elaine Marley, while you're at it!
New Features
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition adds an all-new intuitive game interface and control for a better and smoother journey. Additionally, the puzzles now have a hint system to keep them fun!
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- July 15, 2009
- Developer:
- LucasArts
- Publishers:
- LucasArts
Lucasfilm
Disney Interactive
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- Monkey Island
- Link:
- Themes:
- Comedy
Classic
Pirates
Funny
1990s
Great Soundtrack
Cult Classic
Retro
Nostalgia
Pixel Graphics
Atmospheric
- Play Styles:
- Singleplayer
2D
- Features:
- Full controller support
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
- OS: Windows XP® or Windows Vista®
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- Memory: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB for Vista
- Graphics: 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability
- DirectX®: 9.0c (March 2009)
- Hard Drive: 2.5GB free hard drive space
- Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card
- Controller support: Xbox 360 controller
Critic Reviews
87
Based on 23 Critics
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Statistics
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9.88%
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>= 80 Hours
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Achievement Hunter?
0.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
0.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
0.45%
Easy
8.11%
Just Right
68.47%
Tough
20.27%
Unforgiving
2.7%
Relax & enjoy! 68.47% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Tried It
11.17%
Played It
10.03%
Halfway
5.73%
Beat It
42.98%
Conquered It
30.09%
Completionist! 30.09% of players have Conquered It
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition User Reviews
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DarthAndreas
Verified purchase
Even though I am not a big fan of of point and click adventures, where you have to combine two unrelated things to get a third weird thing, I must say that this one is one of the best I ever played. Mostly because of the perfect writing and humor. Also the hint system is quite good, so i never got stuck for too long, even though I probably used it way too often insted of proper thinking.
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Ink
Verified purchase
Classic point and click with no soft-locks by desing. You cant die (technically) and you cant do mistakes that would set you back to previous save.
The only minus is that the classic mode does not have voicelines - this was fixed in MI2 remaster and can be fixed with mod for this version
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Yoge
Verified purchase
A true classic in the p&c genre in a new coat of paint. If you don't like Guybrushes new hair you can get a mod that fixes his hairstyle to the original cover of the game. The new UI layout and keybinds are not very intuitive. Overall a must play for anyone.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 9% of GameFAQs users said The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is Simple or Easy. 68% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 23% of GameFAQs users said The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ACB, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is suitable for players aged 20 and above.
Yes, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
- OS: Windows XP® or Windows Vista®
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+
- Memory: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB for Vista
- Graphics: 128 MB with Shader Model 2.0 capability
- DirectX®: 9.0c (March 2009)
- Hard Drive: 2.5GB free hard drive space
- Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card
- Controller support: Xbox 360 controller
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 11 hours.
Yes, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition has broad critical consensus. 96% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. The Metascore is 87 out of 100.
100% of Fanatical users recommend The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. The average review score is 4.7/5
Yes, 100% of Fanatical users and 96% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was released on July 15, 2009
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is published by LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Disney Interactive
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was developed by LucasArts
Fanatical users tagged The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition as Point & Click, Adventure, Puzzle, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition as Comedy, Classic, Pirates, and Funny
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition as Point & Click
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition as Puzzle
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