Key facts
- Developers
- LucasArts (1990–2010), Telltale Games (2009), Terrible Toybox (2022)
- Publishers
- LucasArts (1990–2010), Devolver Digital (2022)
- Creator
- Ron Gilbert
- Writers
- Ron Gilbert Dave Grossman Tim Schafer
- Platforms
- Atari ST , Amiga , DOS , Windows , Classic Mac OS , macOS , Mega-CD , PlayStation 2 , XBLA , WiiWare , PSN , iOS , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X/S , Android
- First release
- The Secret of Monkey Island , 1990
- Latest release
- Return to Monkey Island , 19 September 2022
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- adventure video game
- Publisher
- Lucasfilm Games
- Based on
- On Stranger Tides
- Developer
- Telltale Games
- Platform
- Android
- Game engine
- Q1371367
- Designed by
- Ron Gilbert
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- topic's main category
- Category:Monkey Island
- Commons category
- Monkey Island (series)
- topic has template
- Template:Monkey Island series
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Encyclopedic overview
Monkey Island is a series of adventure games. The first four games were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. The fifth was developed by Telltale Games with LucasArts, while the sixth was developed by Terrible Toybox with Lucasfilm Games and Devolver Digital.
The games follow the adventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley. The plots often involve the mysterious Monkey Island and its secrets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monkey Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.