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LeChuck
''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. ''Monkey Island'' was created by Ron Gilbert. Gilbert worked on the first two games before leaving LucasArts. Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer, co-writers of the first two games, had success on other games before they both left LucasArts. The rights to ''Monkey Island'' remained with LucasArts, and the third and fourth games were created without direct involvement from the original writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Monkey Island
''Return to Monkey Island'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Terrible Toybox and published by Devolver Digital in association with Lucasfilm Games. The sixth ''Monkey Island'' game, it was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on September 19, 2022, for Linux on October 26, 2022, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 8, 2022, and for iOS and Android on July 27, 2023. It was the first ''Monkey Island'' game by the series' creator, Ron Gilbert, since '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' (1991). Gilbert worked on the first two ''Monkey Island'' games before leaving the development company, LucasArts, in 1992. Further installments were developed by LucasArts and Telltale Games without him. The Walt Disney Company acquired the rights to ''Monkey Island'' when it purchased Lucasfilm in 2012; in 2019, Gilbert negotiated to create a new ''Monkey Island'' with the designer Dave Grossman, who had worked on the first two games. ''Return to Monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Monkey Island
''The Secret of Monkey Island'' is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush Threepwood, a young man who dreams of becoming a pirate, and explores fictional islands while solving puzzles. The game was conceived in 1988 by Lucasfilm employee Ron Gilbert, who designed it with Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. Gilbert's frustrations with contemporary adventure titles led him to make the player character's death almost impossible, which meant that gameplay focused on exploration. The atmosphere was based on that of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride. ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' was the fifth game built with the SCUMM engine, which was heavily modified to include a more user-friendly interface. Critics praised ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' for its humor, audiovisuals, and gameplay. Several publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Guybrush Threepwood
Guybrush Ulysses Threepwood is a fictional character who serves as the main protagonist of the '' Monkey Island'' series of computer adventure games by LucasArts. He is a pirate who adventures throughout the Caribbean in search of fame and treasure alongside his love interest and later wife, Elaine Marley, often thwarting the plans of the undead pirate LeChuck in the process. Though a "mighty pirate" by his own account, he is a rather clumsy and disorganized protagonist throughout the series. It is a running joke throughout the games for characters to garble Guybrush Threepwood's unusual name, either deliberately or accidentally. In all voiced appearances, Guybrush is voiced by actor Dominic Armato. Conception and design The origin of the name "Guybrush" comes in part from Deluxe Paint, the raster graphics editor used by the artists to create the character sprite. Since the character had no name hitherto, the file was simply called "". When the file was saved, Steve Purcell, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LucasArts
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game brand licensing, licensor, former video game developer and video game publisher, publisher, and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as part of a larger 1990 reorganization of the Lucasfilm divisions, the video game development division was grouped and rebranded as part of LucasArts. LucasArts became known for LucasArts adventure games, its line of adventure games based on its SCUMM engine in the 1990s, including ''Maniac Mansion'', the ''Monkey Island'' series, and several ''Indiana Jones'' titles. A number of influential game developers were alumni of LucasArts from this period, including Brian Moriarty, Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and Dave Grossman (game developer), Dave Grossman. Later, as Lucasfilm regained control over its licensing over the ''Star Wars'' franchise, LucasArts produced numerous action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Gilbert
Ronald David Gilbert is an American video game designer, programmer, and producer. His games are generally focused on interactive story-telling, and he is arguably best known for his work on several LucasArts adventure games, including '' Maniac Mansion'' and the first two '' Monkey Island'' games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. While a student in 1983, he co-wrote Graphics BASIC, and he then worked on action games for HESware, which went out of business. He afterwards joined Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts), and was given the opportunity to develop his own games. He invented SCUMM, a technology used in many subsequent games. After leaving LucasArts, Gilbert co-founded the children's gaming company Humongous Entertainment in 1992 and its sister company Cavedog Entertainment in 1995, where he produced games such as '' Total Annihilation'' for adults. He cofounded Hulabee Entertainment with Shelley Day, releasing children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Schafer
Timothy John Schafer (born July 26, 1967) is an American video game designer. He founded Double Fine Productions in July 2000, after having spent over a decade at LucasArts. Schafer is best known as the designer of critically acclaimed games '' Full Throttle'', '' Grim Fandango'', ''Psychonauts'', '' Brütal Legend'' and '' Broken Age'', co-designer of '' Day of the Tentacle'', and assistant designer on '' The Secret of Monkey Island'' and '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge''. He is well known in the video game industry for his storytelling and comedic writing style, and has been given both a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Game Developers Choice Awards, and a BAFTA Fellowship for his contributions to the industry. Career College and LucasArts (1989–2000) Tim Schafer was born on July 26, 1967, in Sonoma, California, the youngest of five children. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. While studying computer science at UC Berkeley, Schafer became interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Grossman (game Developer)
Dave Grossman is an American game programmer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts. He has also written several children's books, and a book of "guy poetry" called ''Ode to the Stuff in the Sink''. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. Game industry career Grossman joined Lucasfilm Games, later known as LucasArts in 1989. At LucasArts, Grossman wrote and programmed ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' and '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' together with Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer. He later co-designed '' Day of the Tentacle''. Grossman quit LucasArts in 1994 to begin a freelance career. For Humongous Entertainment, a company co-founded by Ron Gilbert, he helped create many critically acclaimed games aimed at children, such as the '' Pajama Sam'' series. Later he also wrote children's games for Hulabee Entertainment and Disney. He then designed adventure games at Telltale Games, a compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates Of The Caribbean (attraction)
Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris), Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris. The ride tells the story of a band of Piracy, pirates in the West Indies islands around the Caribbean Sea in the 17th and 18th centuries with the saga of their voyages, troubles, and exploits. The original version of the ride opened at the Disneyland in Anaheim, California, near Los Angeles, in 1967, and was the last ride whose construction was envisioned and personally overseen by Walt Disney, who died three months before it opened. After immense popularity, the ride was replicated six years later at the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World, near Orlando, Florida in 1973. Versions followed at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, and at Disneyland Paris in 1992. Each of the initial four versions of the ride has a different façade but a similar ride experience. The Pirates of the Caribbean ride gave rise to the song "A Pir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disneyland Park (Anaheim)
Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by the Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, and opened on July 17, 1955. Disney initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized that the proposed site was too small for the ideas that he had. After hiring the Stanford Research Institute to perform a feasibility study determining an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a site near Anaheim in 1953. The park was designed by a creative team hand-picked by Walt from internal and outside talent. They founded WED Enterprises, the precursor to today's Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17, 1955. Since its opening, Disneylan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox Series X/S
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are the fourth generation of consoles in the Xbox series, succeeding the previous generation's Xbox One. Released on November 10, 2020, the higher-end Xbox Series X and lower-end Xbox Series S are part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, which also includes Sony's PlayStation 5, released the same month. Like the Xbox One, the consoles use an AMD 64-bit x86-64 CPU and GPU. Both models have solid-state drives to reduce loading times, support for hardware-accelerated ray-tracing and spatial audio, the ability to convert games to high-dynamic-range rendering using machine learning (Auto HDR), support for HDMI 2.1 variable refresh rate and low-latency modes, and updated controllers. Xbox Series X was designed to nominally render games in 2160p (4K resolution) at 60 frames per second (FPS). The lower-end, digital-only Xbox Series S, which has reduced specifications and does not include an optical drive, was designed to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
