Later, you'll land the Bond girl when you perfectly execute your included picnic on Monkey Island.

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"When Monkey Island came out, it didn't do very well, " says Ron Gilbert, Monkey Island co-creator and former LucasArts employee.

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LucasArts, however, will always be revered for many of its past works, including Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island series.

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Getting a book from on top of the rather considerable belly of a sleeping man represents a classic sequence in Monkey Island 2.

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When a Monkey Island: Special Edition remake was released in 2009, the nostalgia factor was enough for it to briefly top the sales chart.

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However, in practise, their roster of revived classic franchises such as Sam and Max and Monkey Island did not seem to be quite there.

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There is a certain irony in the fact that the creator of Monkey Island had the idea while on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World.

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While graphic adventures have fallen out of fashion in recent years, shining examples of the genre (such as LucasArts' latest Escape From Monkey Island) still call out for attention every now and then.

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