Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
1–10 of 174 posts
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#2Wow this really brings back memories! If Ron Gilbert is reading this, thanks for all your hard work on this game. This game was definitely one of the highlights of my childhood.
As to what makes the game great, I think it's the perfect combination of humor, pirates, and difficulty level that feels just right for a kid in the early 90s. It also has an amazing soundtrack.
Look! A three headed monkey!
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#3I was just the right age when ‘Monkey Island’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis’ appeared in my life. That kind of in-world puzzle solving seems absent from a lot of what I see my early-teenage nieces/nephews (choose to) play now.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#4I first played Monkey Island well after its time, but it held up and I enjoyed it immensely. I recall specifically being impressed by the twist in the insult-sword-fighting mechanic that occurs when you fight the Sword Master. I maintain that the game holds up even today, though obviously nostalgia bias probably applies.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#5I first played Monkey Island well after its time, but it held up and I enjoyed it immensely. I recall specifically being impressed by the twist in the insult-sword-fighting mechanic that occurs when you fight the Sword Master. I maintain that the game holds up even today, though obviously nostalgia bias probably applies.
We're in the middle of playing this game for the first time with our kids, after literally decades of having people trying to tell me that I really need to play it. As a first-time player I can say that yes, almost everything about Monkey Island stands the test of time, no nostalgia required.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#6It was a great game.
I also remember making gold master floppies for our products going back to 1987. It's actually a scary process because if you made any mistakes, you got back thousands-millions (depending on who you were) worthless disks back. Even sending out updates cost money and often we had to charge people in order to pay for duplication, packaging, shipping and sometimes a manual update. Often updates were the entire package of N disks; if lucky you can manage a patch disk.
Thinking back now I think there were still dinosaurs on the earth at the time too.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#7I remember my brother playing (and me dicking around a bit with) Zack McKracken first and then Monkey Island. It's always the sword fighting part I remember the most. It's a pity I don't have time for anything anymore, I would love to revisit them some time.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#8I'm still not willing to accept that it's all the imagination of a child running wild at a theme park.
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#9Wow this really brings back memories! If Ron Gilbert is reading this, thanks for all your hard work on this game. This game was definitely one of the highlights of my childhood. As to what makes the game great, I think it's the perfect combination of humor, pirates, and difficulty level that feels just right for a kid in the early 90s. It also has an amazing soundtrack. Look! A three headed monkey!
If you want to be sure he gets your lovely message you should leave a comment on his blog...I just did :)
Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island
#10It was a great game. I also remember making gold master floppies for our products going back to 1987. It's actually a scary process because if you made any mistakes, you got back thousands-millions (depending on who you were) worthless disks back. Even sending out updates cost money and often we had to charge people in order to pay for duplication, packaging, shipping and sometimes a manual update. Often updates were…
I got a bit nervous when someone found out that the computer we used to burn our master CDs on where infected with a virus. Luckily all disks were clean.