Did anyone play "The Secret of Monkey Island" on the PC many years ago?

[zog]

I loved it (and the second one) but haven't played any PC games for years. I'd love to play some now in a similar vein - any recommendations?

Oh I loved it too it was so addictive. I'd play for hours then go to the pub and be looking around me thinking about the objects!! There are 4 MI you know so you could get the other 2 on CD rom.

lol - serves me right

It was looking at the Wii games thread - I'd completely forgotten about Monkey Island but I suddenly remembered the days I spent playing it when I was supposed to be working

there you go

There's a cracking sword fight in the third one I think which is a fight of rhyme and words it's hilarious. Oh I may have to dig mine out.

loved that, loved Day of the Tentacles better though :D . And the Sam and Max games!! And last was Grim Fandango. Have missed those kinds of games since then.

Hotel Dusk for the DS is similar.

thanks ledodgy, I've got vista though, so i assume those won't run on it?

zoec - are those all similar games? Will look them up.

link for a couple of them

Oooh love these games - also Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and 2, and wasn't there one where you had to collect different coloured fruit to make a magic potion? Ahhh, fond memories of wasting time instead of writing up my dissertation...!

day of the tentacle

Ooh thankyou!

Mind you, if they're as addictive as Monkey Island and MN....

this site helps you run old games on new systems by the looks of it

Monkey Island 4 is for the PC.

I too was a MI addict!

Did anyone play LucasArts Zak McCracken?

Zak McKraken was before my time...

www.abandonia.com/

We got Beneath a Steel Sky off Abandonia the other day; point & click, very British.* Sadly LucasArts are enforcing copyright; given that everyone remembers Monkey island, and remembers it as one of their best games ever, they should put it on sale again...

OMG! I used to play this when I went round to see my geeky friend, had forgotten all about it!

Oh I loved Monkey Island.

Monkey Island MN baby names thread - What do you think of the name Guybrush Threepwood?

Definitely not enough point and click adventures nowadays. I get my jollies playing things like the Final Fantasy series, but I get fed up with the fighting bits - I just want a nice brain stretching rpg.

oooooh text and object adventure... salivates
outed myself now...

zog, you can get a free download from microsoft here

it lets you create "virtual" pcs on your computer - you can then install win 95/98 on these virtual machines , allowing you to play all your fave old games!

of course you still need an old win95/98 disc to install the old operating system first

thanks geekdh for reading over my shoulder whilst on mumsnet for coming up with the idea

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OMG!! So amazed to find this (ultimate geekness) thread. Oh I loved them sooo much!!

Missed out on ZMcKraken but also loved Beneath a steel sky, Future wars, Sam and Max...

Oh and Grim Fandango is blardy excellent if you can get your hands on a copy, my bro bought it for me only 6 yrs ago, sadly I lent it out, never to return...

Oh the Scumm Bar, LeChuck and Guybrush And those insult matching bits

Day of the Tentacle!!!! I'd forgotten about that one ZoeC, God it was amazing with its past, present, future theme

It was Wonder Boy 1,2 and 3 for me.