Retronauts Episode 342: Escape from Monkey Island

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Our non-chronological exploration of LucasArts adventure games continues with an episode all about the legendary developer's final entry in the genre: Escape from Monkey Island. Unfortunately, EMI ended this era of LucasArts with a whimper, as the clunky 3D interface and questionable puzzles make Guybrush Threepwood's Y2K adventure feel more like a voodoo curse than a barrel of monkeys. On this episode, join Bob Mackey and Nina Matsumoto (Thimbleweed Park cover artist and designer at Fangamer) as the two examine this unloved entry in the Monkey Island series to find out what went wrong.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Hop on Board, brought to you by South Eastern Railway.
0:05.8	In each episode you'll be taken on a whistle stop tour of some of the best places to explore
0:09.9	on the South Eastern network.
0:11.3	From delicious food and drink and beautiful countryside walks to vibrant art scenes and
0:16.3	fascinating history.
0:17.8	That's for I, Hop on Board.
0:19.9	Join Greg Wallace, Ed Byrne and Mary Bade for Hop on Board, a podcast giving you the inside
0:25.5	track on Kent and East Sussex.
0:27.7	Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.2	Click on RetroNots, we escape from escape from Monkey Island.
1:05.2	Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of RetroNots.
1:08.1	I'm your host for this one Bob Mackie and today's topic is Escape from Monkey Island.
1:12.2	Yes, it is another one of our LucasArts mini series episodes.
1:15.6	We're not going in any order but this is the final LucasArts adventure in Oh Boy.
1:20.1	What an adventure it is.
1:22.3	It's nobody's favorites.
1:24.0	Although I'd like to hear anyone beg to differ in the comments.
1:26.4	But yet today, talking about all the year 2000 game Escape from Monkey Island.
1:31.0	And who is our special guest for this episode?
1:33.0	You might have heard it before on the previous three Monkey Island episodes so it might not
1:36.5	be surprised but who are you?
1:38.3	Hello, I'm disgusting sushi eater Nina Matsumoto.
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