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Elaine Marley
Elaine Marley (from ''Escape From Monkey Island'' onward called Elaine Marley-Threepwood) is a character in the ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' series of graphic adventure game, graphic adventure video games. Created by Ron Gilbert for LucasArts, the character first appears in ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' and is one of the core characters in the franchise. Originally conceived as a ruthless island governor, the character evolved during development into the protagonist's Romantic interest (theatre), love interest. While the first two games in the series did not feature voice acting, Elaine was voiced by Alexandra Boyd in ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' and by Charity James in ''Escape from Monkey Island''; Boyd would reprise the role for later entries in the franchise. Elaine is the governor of the Tri-Island Area, a fictional group of Golden Age of Piracy, pirate islands in the Caribbean. She is loved by the undead pirate LeChuck, but instead falls in love with hapless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damsel In Distress
The damsel in distress is a narrative device in which one or more men must rescue a woman who has been kidnapped or placed in other peril. The "damsel" is often portrayed as beautiful, popular, and of high social status; she is usually depicted as a princess in works with fantasy or fairy tale settings. Kinship, love, lust or a combination of those motivate the male protagonist to initiate the narrative. Critics have linked the helplessness of these women to societal views that women as a group need to be taken care of by men and treated nicely. Throughout the history of the trope, the role of the woman as the victim in need of a male savior has remained constant, but her attackers have changed to suit the tastes and collective fears of the period: "monsters, mad scientists, Nazis, hippies, bikers, aliens..." Etymology The word "damsel" derives from the French '' demoiselle'', meaning "young lady", and the term "damsel in distress" in turn is a translation of the French '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, which became ubiquitous in the IBM PC compatible industry within three years. The term can now refer to the computer display standard, the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA connector, or the Graphics display resolution, resolution characteristic of the VGA hardware. VGA was the last IBM graphics standard to which the majority of IBM PC compatible computer manufacturers conformed, making it the Lowest common denominator#Colloquial usage, lowest common denominator that virtually all post-1990 PC graphics hardware can be expected to implement. VGA was adapted into many extended forms by third parties, collectively known as Super VGA, then gave way to custom graphics processing units which, in addition to their proprietary interfaces and capabilities, continue to implement common VGA graphics modes and interfaces to the presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-bit or 16/32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio compared to previous 8-bit systems. These include the Atari ST as well as the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh and Acorn Archimedes. The Amiga differs from its contemporaries through custom hardware to accelerate graphics and sound, including sprite (computer graphics), sprites, a blitter, and four channels of sample-based audio. It runs a pre-emptive multitasking operating system called AmigaOS, with a desktop environment called Workbench (AmigaOS), Workbench. The Amiga 1000, based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, was released in July 1985. Production problems kept it from becoming widely available until early 1986. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is an IBM PC compatible, IBM PC Video card, graphics adapter and ''de facto'' computer display standard from 1984 that superseded the Color Graphics Adapter, CGA standard introduced with the IBM Personal Computer, original IBM PC, and was itself superseded by the Video Graphics Array, VGA standard in 1987. In addition to the original EGA card manufactured by IBM, many compatible third-party cards were manufactured, and EGA graphics modes continued to be supported by VGA and later standards. History EGA was introduced in October 1984 by IBM,High-Resolution Standard Is Latest Step in DOS Graphics Evolution, ''InfoWorld'', June 26, 1989, p. 48.News Briefs, Big Blue Turns Colors, ''InfoWorld'', October 8, 1984. shortly after its new IBM Personal Computer AT, PC/AT. The EGA could be installed in previously released IBM PCs, but required a Read-only memory, ROM upgrade on the Motherboard, mainboard. Chips and Technologies' first product, announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeChuck's Revenge
''Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1991. Players control the pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who searches for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop and faces the zombie pirate LeChuck. Like ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' (1990), development was led by Ron Gilbert with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman (game developer), Dave Grossman. ''Monkey Island 2'' was the sixth LucasArts game to use the SCUMM engine and the first to use the iMUSE sound system. ''Monkey Island 2'' was a critical success, but a commercial disappointment. It was followed by ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' in 1997. A video game remake, remake was released in 2010, following a similar remake of the first game. In 2022, Gilbert released ''Return to Monkey Island'', set after the cliffhanger of ''Monkey Island 2''. Gameplay ''LeChuck's Revenge'' plays like most SCUMM-based point-and-click adventure games. Actions and dialogues are depicted on an Animation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
