The Curse of Monkey Island
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the Monkey Island adventure game series. Players control Guybrush Threepwood, a aspiring pirate, as he navigates the Caribbean to save his love Elaine…
The Curse of Monkey Island is an adventure developed by LucasArts, released 31 October 1997 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 8.4 hrs to finish.
What The Curse of Monkey Island is
The Curse of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 1997. It was published by Activision. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on SCUMM. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Curse of Monkey Island is a 1997 adventure game developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. A sequel to Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991), it is the third game in the Monkey Island series. The story follows protagonist Guybrush Threepwood as he seeks to lift a curse from his love Elaine Marley, while once again being menaced by undead pirate LeChuck.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Monkey Island series
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third of 7 entries we hold in the Monkey Island series. It arrived 6 years after Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. The next entry was Escape from Monkey Island in 2000.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Curse of Monkey Island launched on 31 October 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, NFL Blitz, Diddy Kong Racing and Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, NFL Blitz, Diddy Kong Racing, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Curse of Monkey Island yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Characters
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