RetroAhoy: The Secret of Monkey Island

Ahoy · 3.2M views · 2018-05-18 · 1:13:54

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Overview

A roughly 75-minute video essay from Ahoy's RetroAhoy series on the making and history of The Secret of Monkey Island. It covers the small LucasArts team, the game's development and its sequel.

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Recommended as a well-made documentary-style history that gives context around the game and inspires replays.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

Topics

Game history & retro gaming Gaming culture & analysis

What people said

FireInsight · 2022-09 · Strong recommendation
Do yourself a favor and watch this wonderful video essay historique on The Monkey Island series from Ahoy; [VIDEO]
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nickt · 2022-04 · Strong recommendation
Really looking forward to this. Back in the day I played it on my Amiga 500, but last year, after watching Retro Ahoys video [1] I got my old 486 out of the loft and bought a Roland MT-32 just to play it - highly recommended, as is the video. [1] [VIDEO]
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TimSchumann · 2020-11 · Recommendation
For those of you who are looking for some context, and have an hour to spare, Ahoy made a great documentary on YouTube about ‘The Secret of Monkey Island’ that touches on this topic. [0] The source material linked in this thread looks to be more authoritative than the video, and if I remember correctly the video even gets this detail of the story wrong, but sometimes it’s nice to know the story around the story. [0] [VIDEO]
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