Search Results for: Monkey Island

  • Carbonated News (February 2004)

    News Posts News Posts by Paul Franzen on

    ...Will it go the way of Escape from Monkey Island, or will it be more of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? You be the judge! – Is the center of...

  • Carbonated News (April 2004)

    News Posts News Posts by Paul Franzen on

    ...was to be in 3D, and we all know what happened when Lucas Arts brought Monkey Island to the third dimension. Maybe it’s just better this way. – The dubiously...

  • Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Mark Muto

    Fan Submissions Fan Submissions by GameCola on

    ...one great mismosh of a good time. Forget Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle — they’re too well-known anyway, so liking them doesn’t make you cool anymore. Even though...

  • Sprung (DS)

    Reviews Reviews by Matt Gardner on

    ...64 DS-looking graphics. The 2D, Curse of Monkey Island-esque style of graphics is perfect for this game. The replay value is greatly hurt by the fact that you don’t have...

  • The Adventures of Willy Beamish (SCD)

    Reviews Reviews by Travis Combs on

    ...at the loading screens? We’ve all played games like these before: King’s Quest, Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight, Full Throttle. The list goes on and on. Willy Beamish isn’t quite in...

  • Runaway: A Road Adventure (PC)

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    ...really nice—like a slightly more “modern” version of Curse of Monkey Island‘s style (though by “modern,” I just mean that they sometimes make the characters look a little 3D). They...

  • Bone: The Great Cow Race (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Paul Franzen on

    ...fine (if not totally super keen awesome), but I’ve always preferred Monkey Island 3’s 2D cartoony look. As this game is based on a freakin’ comic book you’d think 2D...

  • Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 2: Situation Comedy (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Paul Franzen on

    ...& Max and other similar games (Monkey Island, King’s Quest and so on) are famed for. As with the last title, this game features a simple engine that only has...

  • Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Paul Franzen on

    ...I’m thinking something more along the lines of a Curse of Monkey Island graphics style. This isn’t meant as a knock against the game’ graphics in themselves, of course. They’re...

  • Submissions (April 2007)

    Fan Submissions Fan Submissions by GameCola on

    ...and dislike the fact it is STILL in 3D. Did I miss anything else? Oh wait, you did mention Curse of Monkey Island, which is basically the funniest game of...