Monkey Island

Monkey Island
Developer	LucasArts, Rare, Telltale Games, Terrible Toybox
Publisher	Devolver, LucasArts, Microsoft, Telltale Games
Distributor
Platforms	various, see below
Released	1990-present
Added to Museum	see below

Monkey Island is an American adventure game series.

It premiered in 1990 with the release of The Secret of Monkey Island.

Fictional storyline

Guybrush Threepwood is a young man who wants to be a pirate.

After completing three trials he gets his wish, though not as he expected.

After amassing a ship and a crew, he travels to Monkey Island to defeat the Ghost Pirate LeChuck and to rescue Governor Elaine Marley.

Guybrush later marries Elaine, but their lives are always upended by LeChuck's inevitable return.

Video games

Title	Developer	Platform	Release	Notes
The Secret of Monkey Island	Lucasfilm Games	1990	Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Mac OS, Sega CD
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	LucasArts	1992	Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Mac OS
The Curse of Monkey Island	LucasArts	1997	Windows
Escape from Monkey Island	LucasArts	2000	Mac OS, PS2, Windows
The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition	LucasArts	2009	iOS, PS3, Windows, Xbox 360	Enhanced remake of Monkey Island 1
Tales of Monkey Island	Telltale Games	2009	iOS, macOS, PS3, Wii, Windows
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition	LucasArts	2010	iOS, PS3, Windows, Xbox 360	Enhanced remake of Monkey Island 2
Return to Monkey Island	Terrible Toybox	2022	Android, iOS, Linux macOS, PS5, Switch, Windows, Xbox Series X/S

Other video games with Monkey Island characters

Title	Developer	Platform	Release	Notes
Poker Night at the Inventory	Telltale Games	2010	Windows	Reginald Van Winslow from Tales of Monkey Island is the host.
Poker Night 2	Telltale Games	2013	iOS, macOS, PS3, Windows, Xbox 360	Reginald Van Winslow from Tales of Monkey Island is the host.
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island	Rare	2023	Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox Series X/S	Three Sea of Thieves "tall tale" DLC missions.