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leaps of logic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: April 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Most of the puzzle solutions were out of the blue. There were no hints what so ever at what needed to be done.

THE FIRST WAS THE BEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: February 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

HELLO MY NAME IS GIANNIS.
I(MY PARENTS)BOUGHT ME MY FIRST PC BACK IN 1992(14 YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME). IT WAS A HOT DEAL AT THAT TIME:A 386SX PROCESSOR!!!!!!THE PACKAGE INCLUDED 5 GAMES. ONE OF THEM WAS "THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND", THE FIRST OF THE MONKEY ISLAND'S FROM LUCASFILMS(LUCASARTS BACK THEN)I INSTALLED THAT GAME FIRST AND STARTED IT. IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4-5PM.THE NEXT TIME I LOOKED AT MY BEDROOM'S CLOCK THE TIME WAS 11PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT WAS AMAZING..!!!
IT IS THE MOST CLEVER AND ADVENTURUS GAME I EVER PLAYED. I REMEMBER HOW I FOUND OUT THAT THE "MONKEY ISLAND 2:LECHUCK'S REVENGE" WAS GOING TO COME OUT AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IT.
I STRONGLY RECCOMMEND THIS GAME FOR ALL THE ADVENTURE-PLAYRES IN THE WORLD. I HAVEN'T BEING AROUND A PC FOR ALMOST 6 YEARS!NOW I FINALLY BOUGHT MY OWN PC AND THE FIRST GAME THAT I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON.COM WAS A BOX COLLECTION OF THE FIRST 3 "MONKEY ISLAND" GAMES. I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL I GET THEM IN MY HANDS.GET THEM. THE "MONKEY ISLANDS" ARE THE BEST PC-ADVENTURE GAMES EVER. I GIVE THEM 5-STARS*****.

THANK YOU.

P.S.: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AMAZON.COM FOR LETTING ME EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS ON THIS,I REALLY DO.

Fun but complicated

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: July 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Guybrush is a funny character. It might be just my lean, but many things are so arbitrary in this game. It takes way too long to play. Who has the time to check out every little thing to have only one clue discovered every hour? The way to solve things are SO arbitrary, tedious and annoying. It was not created for people who want to play a short fun game. It requires hours and hours and hours of play. In this day and age who has the time? Solving things in this game are bearly logical, so you have to test every item out on every other item hoping you have the right combination of things to get any results. It's just too time consuming. For those that have the time and the patience it's a very fun and funny puzzle solving game.

A LucasArts Masterpiece!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

At first I thought it would be a outdated game but it ended up having excellent graphics for this time. It also has the first games before The Curse of Monkey Island so you know how it all originated. So if you don't have this game get it and if you do have it, enjoy.

All monkey island games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I can highly recommend all the monkey Island pc games.They are fun to play and keep your mind alert.Not too easy though,it keeps your mind active.Just hope that Lucus Arts fetch more games out like these.My son and me have had a great deal of fun trying to clock all the monkey Island games,and succeded.

AMAZING

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

WOW!!!!!!! THE MOST FUN U WILL EVER HAVE IS WITH THIS EXCELLENT ARCHIVE SET OF MONKEY ISLAND CLASSICS. LUCAS ARTS ARE THE KINGS OF AMIMATED ADVENTURE GAMES. AN AMAZING GAME SET... 5 STARS...I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE. BUY IT.......NOW.

Just began playing...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...but so far this has been a lot of fun. My wife and I have been looking for quality puzzle/adventure games since playing the Myst series- this is a very different sort of game, but wonderfullly playable! Very funny and well done.

Awesome Classics, and I can fix the sound problems too!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Those who are experiencing problems running the music correctly in Monkey Island 2 are doing so because of a soundcard incompatibility, as Slackersmurf previously pointed out. However, instead of tinkering with the CMD line of the dos program, I can recommend downloading and installing VDMSound, a free program that's easy to find on google. This nifty little plugin emulates Soundblaster compatibility on ANY soundcard you may have. Once installing it you can simply right-click the DOS game from its folder and select the "run with VDMS" option. I used to have a soundblaster AWE64 card, and since upgrading my computer I'm thrilled to say that VDMSound perfectly matches the tunes and sound effects they way I remember them. This doesn't just work with MI2 either, it has been tested and proven to work with hundreds of classic DOS games. I hope I've helped cure some buyer's remorse for a few people, enjoy the game the way it was meant to be heard!

A must-buy for all TI fans!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a truly wonderful pack o' games.Who wouldn't like to see the
humorous exploits of Guybrush as he falls in love with a governor,
meets his father,visits an outhouse cleaner's business,raises his great-great-grandfather from the dead,messes up a diorama,and defeats his main enemies,Kim and Gil.Lots o' humor and puzzles.A must-have!
"Hey,this isn't the men's room"
---TI2

A must-have collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Monkey Island games are outstanding games for anyone to play. They are laugh-out-loud funny, and present the player with some challenging puzzles. The games rely on imagination rather than shoot-em-up gore and lightening reflexes; this makes them appeal to a broad audience. I gave them as a gift to my mom; she played them straight through and is begging for more games like these.

The games in the archive are the first three on the Monkey Island series, and as such show the evolution of the technology. The first two have much earlier graphics and no sound (except for background music). The third has much slicker graphics and audible dialog. These lead up to the fourth (not included in the set), which has 3D graphics.

But don't let the older technology put you off. These are still the best video games ever written, and you'll be missing a great time if you pass them up.

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