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The Secret of Monkey Island

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This page is for the original Monkey Island. For the 2009 remaster, see The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.

The Secret of Monkey Island
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Developers
Lucasfilm Games
Engines
Original SCUMM
Alternative ScummVM
Release dates
DOS October 15, 1990
Mac OS (Classic) October 15, 1990
The Secret of Monkey Island guide on StrategyWiki
The Secret of Monkey Island on MobyGames
The Secret of Monkey Island on Wikipedia
Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island 1990
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991
The Curse of Monkey Island 1997
Escape from Monkey Island 2000
Tales of Monkey Island 2009
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition 2009
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge 2010
Return to Monkey Island 2022

Key points

Special Edition includes a "classic mode" that closely resembles the original. The original game's data files can be extracted and used with ScummVM.
Can be run under ScummVM.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
Mac OS
This game is not available digitally.

Demo

A demo can be downloaded here and played using DOSBox. It has different puzzles and dialogue compared to the full version.

Essential improvements

Compatibility on modern systems

The classic version can be played on modern systems using DOSBox or ScummVM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Greek
Fan translation. Download here.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References