Hooray! I was super surprised and happy to see the portraits I made for the Limited Run Games Monkey Island Anthology book make it into the video! Keep up the amazing work!
@NoclipDocs8 ай бұрын
Oh wow, those portraits are wonderful! That book is absolutely terrific, I wish it was still in print so more people could enjoy it. Thanks for commenting Julia!
@JuliaMinamata8 ай бұрын
@@NoclipDocs Thanks so much! I wish the book was still in print too -- Which made me even happier to see you showing them here! I'm glad to have more eyes on them. Maybe once I launch my game (The Crimson Diamond) I'll do more portrait commissions!
@mattsephton8 ай бұрын
Recognised your work immediately! And I've never seen the book 😮
@JuliaMinamata8 ай бұрын
@@mattsephton Ahh, thanks fantastic! It feels really good to know that even with that resolution and with default EGA, it can still be my style! :)
@lmeeken8 ай бұрын
Those portraits are fantastic. I immediately wondered where they were from and who they were by - I'm so glad you commented here!
@carlosla888 ай бұрын
This is the second longest Monkey Island documentary I've ever seen
@danielalbu8 ай бұрын
What's the longest one you've seen? 😜
@iwantagoodnameplease8 ай бұрын
@@danielalbu You'll need a map, ship, and a crew to find the answer to that.
@RexSonic8 ай бұрын
@@danielalbuahoy‘s video on KZbin
@danielalbu8 ай бұрын
@@RexSonicThen you should really check my interviews with these people :) They're much longer than that...
@jorah768 ай бұрын
@@RexSonic That one's shorter though
@Zaborpila8 ай бұрын
One of my fondest Monkey Island related memories is finishing the original game along with my cousin on my uncle's 286. It was 4 AM and after the credits rolled we got the "Turn your computer off and go to sleep!" message.
@sasamalek37218 ай бұрын
I think we all played that game well into the early hours of the morning. I was just 11 when I played it during the summer school break and I remember I was trembling with excitement middle of the night while playing. It was magical. It taught me a lot of english vocabulary too!
@DEVILTAZ358 ай бұрын
Wow did a 286 manage to move the characters the screen . I played it first on the Amiga 500 and that was slow enough lol
@napici8 ай бұрын
@@DEVILTAZ35 I played on a 286 too, monkey island 1 ran pretty smoothly on it, Monkey Island 2 was painfully slow.
@dallesamllhals91618 ай бұрын
@@DEVILTAZ35 Well, weren't most 286s running at more than 7MHz?
@mandrakethemadcoder7 ай бұрын
@@dallesamllhals9161Usually 8, 10 or 12 Mhz.
@jerekarppinen8 ай бұрын
Monkey Island franchise was a great way to extend vocabulary when learning English. Played these games as a kid when English lessons had just started.
@whmchrish8 ай бұрын
Seeing a Noclip documentary about Monkey Island on my feed made my week. I grew up with these games. They've helped shape my sense of humor, my appreciation for videogames as a storytelling medium, I learned English in order to understand and figure out their puzzles, and making a silly fansite for these games during the early days of the internet was the first step towards my eventual career. It's always nice to see the faces behind the curtain - especially when they radiate that passion and love for the thing they've created. Hearing Dominics voice as Guybrush over the years have always felt like catching up with an old friend. I hope we get more - but even if this is closing the book on Monkey Island, it's been a heck of a ride. Wonderful job on the video - as always!
@Daniel-ec8fj8 ай бұрын
this series is gold. curse is a total masterpiece. return was great too. thanks ron, dave, tim and lucas arts! lots of creativity and soul.
@TorreznoEntertainment8 ай бұрын
It is!
@gossipmongersaunt7748 ай бұрын
Curse was epic
@mondoprime8 ай бұрын
Dominic Armato was born to play Guybrush. Just perfect!
@schadenfreude62748 ай бұрын
Didn't realize he's so fat irl. 🙂
@therwfer8 ай бұрын
It's so weird hearing the voice coming out of the wrong face! But he is a mighty voice actor.
@DanWhiteT8 ай бұрын
never seen him before, but as soon as he started talking, immediate recognition
@yannicmeyer4217 ай бұрын
Would you like to know more? There is a nice Episode of the "Podcast My perfect console" with him.
@Unknow4Cat8 ай бұрын
Thank you guys for making this Documentry. If the Dev's ever see this, thanks for creating the Monkey Island series. I've always loved the mystery behind Monkey Island and the comedy in it. I have a wee bit of hope that another Monkey Island will pop out of nowhere again... it will always be there even if it never comes to pass. Memories of a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle and the blabbering Murry xD fun times I'll never forget :D
@gossipmongersaunt7748 ай бұрын
So much nostalgia. I’m 14 mins in and I am obsessed. So true about monkey island 3 when it came out. Took a minute to get used to the new graphics but once you did, it was like 1080 now days. This game was part of my childhood
@360Fov8 ай бұрын
God we are spoiled to have a channel like Noclip! It's absolutely fantastic. I sold Monkey Island to somebody in high school during my first year, which led me to meeting and forming my lifelong group of friends.... so I can say Monkey Island had a profound impact on my life!
@kitnoCC7 ай бұрын
Sounds like the real treasure was the friends you made along the way...
@keylockmvp8 ай бұрын
The clock on ron was so good. Editors doing gods work there.
@KJ_Styles8 ай бұрын
I was crying when I finished the game and I'm fighting welling up again now watching the end of this documentary. 😥 Thank you so, so much to everyone involved!
@cbiddy96918 ай бұрын
1.5 hours of monkey island documentary? Plug it straight into my veins!
@aprilmae2748 ай бұрын
THIS! Monkey Island Games got me through some BAD times-Monkey Island gave me a guiding light back, mentally. I will ALWAYS return to Monkey Island.
@Panzer_the_Merganser8 ай бұрын
@@aprilmae274You and me both. I made a cd copy of the second game soundtrack after I got a midi sound card; listening to that was my drug when things were difficult. Hope things are better for ya now.
@morbosaurus13448 ай бұрын
Played 1&2 on my Amiga 500+. I was lucky back then, thanks to the A590 and two external drive (DF1 and DF2). Monkey Island 2 was on 12 freaking floppy, the 12th, if i remember well was for the saving the game. Monkey Island 3 was awesome too, played on my brand new PC back in 1998... Back then was unbelievable...
@saturninus83897 ай бұрын
My parents brought home The Secret of Monkey Island on CD-ROM in 1992, when I was 6 years old. I still remember that night vividly. I was in the middle of taking my bath when I could hear the opening music play, and I rushed out to my mom's computer to see what was going on. I was amazed at how gorgeous the game looked and sound, and it immediately became "my" game in the family - the one I imprinted on. Monkey Island had a huge influence on me. It probably helped me to finally learn how to read and write, and it was really formative on my developing imagination. I would write about it constantly at school. I was just a little kid, but Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman, and Tim Schafer became these abstracted heroic figures to me for creating this weird, funny world. I've played all the Monkey Island games since, and for me, Return was a perfect reflection, if not conclusion, for that journey. Who could have figured that 30 years later they could still create something so emotionally resonant with me? What a triumph, honestly.
@Ignunlocked8 ай бұрын
I'm only three minutes in and I've already got goosebumps hearing that Monkey Island music as Part One of the doc starts. Thank you so much for this Danny and team! -Ryan
@Stavvy08 ай бұрын
Having been born in 92, I grew up playing these games. I forget which I played first but I owned the original four floppy discs and dial-a-pirate and all. SUCH great memories with the game and the friends I shared (and continue to share) with. Love it all, though I forget about the Telltale ones - those didn't hook me. Thank you for this fun trip, LucasArts (Ron/Tim and everyone) and those of you at NoClip and I suppose also Devolver.
@IntermissionNovel8 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to run into Dom at a Walgreens a few months ago. He is such a lovely human being. Thanks for this gift of a documentary!
@egilbugge67978 ай бұрын
I really liked Return to Monkey Island. This documentary just makes me appreciate it even more! I love that they didn't just make a Monkey Island for the sake of it, that they wanted to actually tell a story. Thanks to everyone involved with this!
@super_terram8 ай бұрын
Life-long gamer here. Not many of us were playing PC video games back in the early/mid 90s, before windows 95... but we're out there. For us, this franchise is more than legend. It's a part of us. Part of who we are. We incorporated elements of these games, and other Lucas Arts adventures... (Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, etc) into our lives and personas. We are all the products of our youth... and for some of us, these games were a gaint part of our youth... similar to the way sports, or music are for other people. I mean... just look at my avatar. I still consider the original computer games of this era to be a critical part of my life... so much so that as an adult, I can identify the elements of who I am there were at least partially defined by these experiences. I've actually been to Skywalker Ranch... where Lucas Arts was, during the heyday there. I have a family friend who's a producer at ILM. These games are more than games for me. They are like... narratives, by people I really respect. Much love for the people at Lucas Film in the 90s, and much love for Noclip for making this doc. Thank you! So great to see this story enshrined here with other great one of a kind game documentaries. So many people are Lucas Arts from this era still make games today... it's really inspiring! Double Fine is making games like Broken Age... but lets not forget those who haven't been as active... like Sean Clark. So many profoundly talented people.... really can't thank them enough for making such memorable games.
@rawbhl8 ай бұрын
Here here, perfectly said!
@zenithquasar96238 ай бұрын
My favourite series of all time. There is nothing like it! Thank you to devs, thank you to Noclip! Eternaly grateful!
@danbradford98998 ай бұрын
Love hearing every little scrap of info on the development of this wonderful series. Dave and Ron are great.
@Panzer_the_Merganser8 ай бұрын
10:46 I remember seeing a preview of MI2 in a magazine and was blown away that the art included depth of field, with blurry foreground items. It’s quaint now but was impressive back then.
@Damarious258 ай бұрын
I never knew why my mom named me Bobbin Threadbare until I played these games
@BMask8 ай бұрын
Fascinating to see how the game came to be and hearing the intentions behind the work, all organised and framed excellently. Great stuff!
@FelisImpurrator8 ай бұрын
Monkey Island is a magical series, and Return is an excellent love letter to... Not just the parts of it that Ron worked on, but all of it. That much is obvious from how it refused to outright invalidate the other games and actually implies they're all canon, how the trivia cards are packed with tidbits about every corner of the series, how the narrative of the game itself is a broader homage to stories and their value - not a screed about how The Canon must be a sacred idol frozen in time, but how narratives grow from being told and retold and passed down. It's a story for those who loved growing up with stories. In a way it calls back to the very heart of pirate culture, too. Piracy in real life wasn't this fun... But people love the idea of it, because the notion of pirate life is built on tall tales and larger-than-life reputations. Did Guybrush actually do all of those things? Did he do any of them, even? It doesn't matter, because it's still a riveting yarn, isn't it? That's the spirit of the age of sail, right there. Even now I can't pick a favorite game. Every one of them has something to love that it does better than the others, no matter their missteps. I bought the game on launch, and let me tell you, it was as fantastic a time as any to return to monke(y island).
@FelisImpurrator8 ай бұрын
Hey look, it's the exact stuff I talked about before I watched the video! Neat.
@octochan8 ай бұрын
What blew my mind learning about piratical history was that even during the golden age of piracy, there were pirates who mythologized _themselves_. They knew the power of great characters and great stories
@FelisImpurrator8 ай бұрын
@@octochan Yup. When your reputation precedes you there's a lot you can get away with in that kind of life.
@bross928 ай бұрын
“I don’t like to make people cry” -Lies from a co creator of the Monkey Wrench puzzle
@dallesamllhals91618 ай бұрын
Well, versus Sierra...😲
@IIARROWS10 күн бұрын
Imagine not playing the game in English. That was literally impossible without a guide.
@DarshUK18 ай бұрын
I've only played the Curse of Monkey Island (the 3rd one) and yeah, its definitely a nostalgia trip, trying to solve things with my brother and having no idea what to do or where to go at some point, but still loving the art and music. Awesome video as always
@myfavoritemusic24288 ай бұрын
My dad owned the original 2 games on CD-ROM that he got as a gift from my nearly departed uncle, we used to play the games when I was a kid and we both sucked at it, we were dumb as bricks so my dad and I got stuck on so many things, I remember feeling so smart when I realized that to get the code to the safe that the shopkeeper uses in the store, I just realized that I can film him entering the code on my phone and then just repeat that. 10-year old me had NEVER felt that smart before and I gloated about it to my dad for days. These games hold a very dear place in my heart and I am SO glad that you guys put out this documentary, it's so cool to watch interviews and hear stories of how these games came to be and how they designed them, seriously, I can't thank you enough! I'm sure that my uncle would be just as thrilled as I am if he was here.
@TheStowAway5948 ай бұрын
Just want to say I really appreciate the effort everyone put into the game, what an incredible series. Oh and the music is so good!
@LeQuan828 ай бұрын
Having played MI1 & 2 back in the early 90s, I have to say that the game was phenomenal. The story, the artwork and animation, the puzzles, the performances…all top tier. Thanks for letting me help!🙏🏽😏
@milosradmilac89118 ай бұрын
Man I still remember banging my head against the monitor with Curse of the monkey island. Never saw anything that looked like that, and it stayed with me for years. This was amazing. Thank you!
@zatramander8 ай бұрын
Return to Monkey Island is a masterpiece. As someone who enjoyed every past Monkey Island game but felt the sequels never reached the level of the first 2 games, Return was everything (or even more than) I could've hoped for. And thank you so much for this beautiful documentary, Noclip; it was a true pleasure to watch!
@loganknoll8 ай бұрын
thank you so much for putting so much work into this, I really appreciate it
@Tayne1958 ай бұрын
9:37 "Optional Easy Mode for beginners and magazine reviewers" Even back then, they knew.
@philtaylor25778 ай бұрын
My fave series. I don’t think it can be understated how much Dominic Armato’s voice work added to the character of Guybrush. He took a good protagonist and made him great!
@gerisk87 ай бұрын
1. Love how Noclip wrapped the whole documentary around memory bias. 2. I always want to become a video game designer after watching Noclip docus. Superb as always. Keep them coming!
@danbellan28278 ай бұрын
I appreciated Ron wearing a shirt reminiscent of Stan's jackets.
@Quandtuniverse8 ай бұрын
This was an excellent documentary and I really loved watching it, but there were several mistakes in the subtitles, apparently done by someone who didn't have enough context to know specific terms being used. Please correct this for our Deaf and Hard--of-Hearing friends! The biggest mistakes I spotted that changed the meanings: -Every instance of "omega" should be "Amiga" -"had a bad cartoon" should be "Hanna-Barbera cartoon" -"Tearaway: A Media Molecule" is written as if it's the full title of the game; it should be Tearaway /at/ Media Molecule, the company that made the game. -"69 version of a room" should be "16:9 version of a room" -"Bermuda" should be "Brrrmuda" -"Inuit and north people" should be "Inuit and Norse people" -when talking about Cogg Islang, "mist" should be "Myst", referring to the game. -ending says "no audio" and does not describe the credits song
@REZZA20208 ай бұрын
Love for Ron to speak more on the innumerable points of social commentary in Monkey Islands. It was sort of almost post-modern. Critique of sales, marketing ? Capitalism ? There is something within MI that does not exist anywhere else! Something larger than life. Ron Gilbert is a bit of an enigma !
@MarkSmithMCS8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this man. SUCH a nostalgia hit from my formative Amiga 500 days. ALL THE FEELS!! ❤
@ClassicGameSessions8 ай бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Such a great game series and the production quality and interviews of this video are a pleasure to watch.
@pedro.raimundo8 ай бұрын
Thank you for this beautiful journey. This was an extremely emotional documentary to watch, and I loved every single bit of it. I'm getting my Monkey Island themed tattoo soon. Thanks for being part of my life.
@Calculon17128 ай бұрын
The Amiga was the system that got me hooked on this franchise and it became my favourite gaming franchise plus LeChucks Revenge is my all time favourite game. Also the Amiga is my favourite computer ive ever used so both my gaming loves.
@thejacketdepartment8 ай бұрын
This has been an amazing piece of documentation and history of videogames, thank you all for it!
@Brighton246018 ай бұрын
17:24 My only knowledge of John Drake comes from mentions at Giant Bomb, so when I heard his name come up, I was so happy to see the e3 footage of Giant bomb @Nite. I always appreciated how Alex often seems a little more asocial, yet he was the one in charge of lining up all the guests at e3, and he did an incredible job year after year. Shows how people can flex talents in unexpected ways.
@rachelk84507 ай бұрын
Best video game series of all time! Love the humor and heart in them. Always so clever as well. Thank you!
@_0451_8 ай бұрын
A classic! Monkey Island is the stuff of legends!
@legendofmi8 ай бұрын
No doubt!
@SushiElemental8 ай бұрын
Aaand secrets! And treasure! Even if it's just a t-shirt.
@nedim_guitar8 ай бұрын
This was great! Thank you for the documentary, it was a joy to watch. And it made want to re-play every game in the series, but especially the Return.
@r.g.thesecond8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Noclip. For me, this came out of nowhere and inspired me a lot. As an avid reader of Ron's blog, I was surprised to hear his voice; It is like seeing your favorite hero on screen for the first time :^)
@lord_dowswell_games7 ай бұрын
GREAT channel and a wonderful documentary about one of my favorites, very well made. I'm a 1981 baby and remember when my dad bought LeChuck's Revenge, I make games and also make documentaries about the games I've made....so this is right up my street, I love documentaries.
@joaky19897 ай бұрын
To this day Monkey Island saga is my top 1 game of all time, comfort game go to when I don't know what to play. Thanks to every single person that worked hard to make it happen and bring joy to my child, teenager and adult self over the decades!
@StubbornFunkyDonkey8 ай бұрын
Literally ended watching this marvelous documentary in tears of both joy and sadness. Thank you, Noclip team, thank you Ron, thank you Dave, thank you the whole team involved in making every single title of Monkey Island. After finishing the video, I've checked if the The Mysteries of Monkey Island book is finally avaliable in English. And it was! Finally! It has released like a week ago. I've ordered it right away to pour a little more Monkey Island into myself. I hope I will enjay it as much as I enjoyed every bit of info on MI I've ever watched or read.
@DerekLieu8 ай бұрын
Awesome doc (as always). I love all the stories and hearing from everyone on team
@XlightninX7 ай бұрын
There's nothing that makes videogames feel less cynical than hearing developers talk about making them and you can tell despite the herculean effort that they really love to do it. Thanks in no small part to the noclip team, you manage to find the heart and soul of the subject damn near every time.
@vegardfiksdal21758 ай бұрын
Thanks, great video, and absolutely *amazing* game. My gratitude to everyone involved in both!
@HobbesFTW3 ай бұрын
I grew up in the video game business, with parents both working at Sierra for decades. They used to trade Sierra games amongst their friends working at other games companies, and I'll never forget when they brought home Loom and Monkey Island. It was just so much more rich in color compared to the typical Sierra titles I was used to, and when combined with unique humor; I was hooked. Monkey Island remains to this day as my favorite series.
@RetroGamesCouple8 ай бұрын
It's always nice to get a comprehensive look behind the scenes on games that you love. Thank you Noclip and keep it up!! 🙏🙏
@agauger288 ай бұрын
Refreshed KZbin at just the right time.
@ChickenatorJrАй бұрын
This series is so special to me from my childhood in the 90s, up until now, the humour the writing the music, everything it's so genius.
@annemariestrehl7 ай бұрын
What a cool documentary. I learned something new and I'm sick a big Money Island fan. Grew up with the games in the 90s (even before I could read and made my parents read it out to me) and can still pay the walk-throughs in my head. They're so ingrained
@EbayDK2K8 ай бұрын
The Amiga 600 (as Amiga 500) was not capable of displaying 256 colors (at least in screenmodes that were meant for games). The Amiga 1200 with AGA chipset was, the 500/600 with its OCS/ECS chipset were limited to 16 or 32 colors. Great video, it is great you mention the amiga. It is very rare with these documentations and as they are very rare and reach a big new audience I would like them to be accurate. Keep up the good work!
@austrianbeatboxchamp8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this documentary! Completely unexpected and absolutely great!
@sionfiction95665 ай бұрын
I played & loved all the Lucasarts Classics back when they came out. I finished RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND 3 hrs ago and came straight here to watch NOCLIPs take. Ron, Dave, all the team, the game was awesome. Expertly swerving away from all those nostalgia sequel pitfalls while hitting the highs. You got me good, right in the feels. Thank you SO much to all involved. It was great! Disney should get you guys to write Star Wars
@REZZA20208 ай бұрын
I can only speak for myself, but it is powerfully linked to some of the happiest moments in my teenage- years and of course to the AMIGA, which itself went onto to radically alter my life trajectory. The AMIGA is the grounds upon which this industry was born and exploded. A generation of 90s teenagers suddenly found themselves obsessed with video and film production, audio, music, sampling, gaming, deluxe paint and sort of recast their bedrooms as personal studios. Usher in the birth of wide scale internet adoption, exiting the BBS phase of the modem. My first ever IRC text across the Internet was to a girl in the 'Caribbean Islands' - 1996 😂. ( Hello 'Shanna') Once in generation technologies and experiences. Incredibly powerful so much so that it has reshaped society. All of it began in the 1990s A period that is like the embryonic origin of what we see today!
@Mantis478 ай бұрын
Really fun and interesting documentary, thank you! Monkey Island is a fundamental part of my childhood and it makes me happy that its legacy lives on. I’ve seen many people say that Return will be the last one, but I’m not so sure about that. We’ve been there, every MI after 2 was “the last one” so I’m positive we’ll see Guybrush again. Maybe by Ron’s hand, maybe someone else’s, but I’ll look forward to sailing the Caribbean seas with pockets full of ridiculous items one more time.
@WhoIsCalli8 ай бұрын
Loved this! Thank you for putting it together
@emanuelngm3 ай бұрын
This is beautiful. Thank you so much Noclip for making this documentary and thank you Ron + team for all the fun ❤
@Paraninja8 ай бұрын
Beautiful third act. Thanks Ron, Dave and all involved in making it happen.
@GuruChaz8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love these adventure games. I grew up with LucasArts and Monkey Island. I really wish more gamers these days were as excited to play these as I still am. Please make some more, Ron Gilbert! We love your adventure games!
@Duskof818 ай бұрын
Let's go! Monkey Island and it's sequels are all time classics! (You fight like a dairy Farmer!)
@carlosla888 ай бұрын
How appropiate. You fight like a cow!
@carlosla888 ай бұрын
People fall at my feet when they see me coming!
@Chomp-Rock8 ай бұрын
@@carlosla88even before they smell your breath?
@superdrog18198 ай бұрын
Ever since I played Le Chuck's Revenge with my friend on his older brothers computer as a kid, I've loved these games. They're so funny. I still play through them every few years.
@DrySushi8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love everything about Ron Gilbert's demeanor and vibe.
@mynameisroman5 ай бұрын
1:12:00 the reveal trailer made me very emotional. it felt like seeing an old friend that you thought was lost forever for decades and now he's standing right in front of you and all those good memories came back all at once
@williehew8 ай бұрын
Ohhh boy. My favourite game series, interviewed by the best video game documentarians. Congrats Danny 👏 👏 👏
@assassinofkeyblades8 ай бұрын
I hadnt played any monkey island game until last year and now ove played almost every game in the series and am in love its crazy how well even the originals hold up this many years later
@andrewdwilliams8 ай бұрын
The Monkey Island guys were involved with "Rescue on Fractalus"? I had that on my Atari 65XE! It was awesome for the time, and quite possibly the first horror game I ever played - the shields down, listening to the footsteps of an approaching pilot, waiting for the knock on the airlock door - or the sudden jump scare as an alien reared up in front of the cockpit. That scared the hell out of me the first time it happened!
@djbriankage8 ай бұрын
This game is an all-timer, and this documentary is really well done. Thank you.
@alb84le8 ай бұрын
thank you for filming this documentary!! you made my day and sooo interesting info
@artisan38 ай бұрын
I cannot express the amount of thankfullness I owe to these people. Its been a journey that started when I was about ten and ended in the most elegant, funny and fullfiling way. A part of Guybrush will always be inside me, taking all the wrong decisions that prove to be the best ones. The inspiration that was inheritted through these games is one that developed my personality in a very big part. Thank you once more. Seems that Return to Monkey Island brought to the table such a new and fresh inspiring title in every way that that the original title did almost 30 years ago or so.
@frydaynightlive8 ай бұрын
i got used to the graphic switch from 2 to 3 and I got used to the new graphics within 10 minutes....great games, great memories
@613aristocrat8 ай бұрын
Props to the team for taking their vision and running with it.
@Sharpypus8 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, Monkey Island 3 was my first one and then I went back and played the old ones. I still adore the voice acting and art style of 3. That and Grim Fandango are simply the best.
@jellorelic8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the (as always) excellent work NoClip crew! Love the Monkey Island series all the way back to LeChuck's Revenge on my Tandy _100% IBM compatible_ PC. Many long, lovely memories of that, the old Star Trek adventure game, Space Quest... hayday of the point&click was something else. I distinctly remember seeing the reveal of 'Return' and being surprised at the visual direction, but jazzed that Gilbert was at the helm again.. then it just slipped off my radar into the chaos that has been the past few years. Seeing glimpses of the final product here, I must say it is stunning! Everyone involved seems to have loved the work and proud of the results. Their enthusiasm and care really shitnes through here, and there isn't a much better endorsement than that. And as it happens to be on gamepass currently, I'm off to download it right now and correct the mistake of sleeping on it. Cheers all!
@MMaRsu8 ай бұрын
The Monkey Island series is my favorite adventure series. I know Ron didnt make Curse, but thats my favorite for sure.
@dan_san_vids8 ай бұрын
A dream come true for Danny! Congrats, team. This is so exciting! :)
@tj715208 ай бұрын
I loved thimbleweed park because of the combination of a crazy story and classic pixelart in the monkey island 1 and 2 style. I hope we will see more games like Thimbleweed and the first 2 monkey island games.
@litjellyfish8 ай бұрын
I would say style of MI1. the sprites in MI2 are same style but the (scanned painted) backgrounds of MI2 is a totally different style. Many seems to forget that.
@jussikout1n8 ай бұрын
Additionally the heads' style was from Maniac Mansion.
@litjellyfish8 ай бұрын
@@jussikout1n i would say that thimbleweed really is exactly just maniac mansion style.
@lucasureta40948 ай бұрын
I waited SO long for this. ❤❤
@Cellsplitter8 ай бұрын
I fell in love with Monkey Island back in the early days when we got a demo CD from a PC magazine with Curse of Monkey Island on it. I replayed that demo countless times.
@craigsphotography468 ай бұрын
I was blown away as a console kid when I first played MI2 on a friend's PC, I was finally able to get my fix at home when MI1 came to Sega Mega CD, that was me hooked for life. Return to MI took me back to bring a snot nosed 9 year old clicking everything, thanks to all that made it possible you made my inner child giddy with joy
@guybrushmonkey978 ай бұрын
Great documentary! Loved this game so much, especially the ending: so beautiful and so thoughtful, I cried my eyes out playing it.
@Veloce878 ай бұрын
Another beautiful documentary. Thank you Noclip.
@StefanosKoutsoukos8 ай бұрын
Beautiful documentary on an absolutely monumental game. Thank you!
@TCO_4047 ай бұрын
Love MI3 and MI5, but this one has been growing on me. Great doc as always!
@Kyrkby8 ай бұрын
The ending in Return to Monkey Island might have been controversial for some, and it was for me, but after I read the developer's letter after you beat the game it gave me so much more understanding it. Art truly is nothing without the artist.
@leemp83528 ай бұрын
Still remember loading The Secret of Monkey island up first time on my Amiga 500+ nothing else got played until it was complete which took a long time,, it is my favourite game,, Have never came across this channel until now Just earned a sub off this video alone
@neofluxmachina5 ай бұрын
I grew up playing Curse in the 90s... loved this return to Guybrush's world!
@Dwuudz8 ай бұрын
As a 6 year old, I remember how amazing this game and LOOM were. God damn the nostalgia is strong.
@khlavkhalash52157 ай бұрын
Thx a lot for this documentary. I've been addicted to Monkey Island since 1991, when i first played MI2 on a friends PC and it stuck with me ever since, dunno how often i played the first two games, and also the 3rd. Escape didn't get to me due to the horrible controls but i finished it once . Telltale's games also didn't find a way in to my heart. So imagine, how i felt, when Return was announced. I was looking forward to it a lot. But when i first saw the new design, i was skeptical, and i'm sorry to say, this stuck with me. I'm not blaming anyone, it is of course the progammers' decision how a game looks, but i guess i'm stuck with the first two games, that will always be "my" Monkey Islands. I really tried to love the new game, but especially due to the character models (the backgrounds are really beautiful) this game never had that special vibe to me. Also the repetitiveness in the latter part of the game really irritated me. Still, i'm very grateful to those people, they actually took another shot at this legendary series. And still i had a lot of fun with Return, but sadly the replayability is pretty low.
@GelNerd7 ай бұрын
This deserves to be watched on a global scale! Amazing documentary for us fans of gaming and the phenomenon that is MONKEY ISLAND. Amazing work, well done to all involved! 🐒🏴☠