The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

The Secret of Monkey Island is one of the timeless classics in the adventure game genre, originally released in 1990. It combines epic adventure with dry and witty humor, and made a name for LucasArts as a serious game developer.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is an update/remake released in 2009 featuring redrawn high resolution graphics, complete voice-overs, and remixed music. It also includes the classic CD-ROM version of the game, with no voice-overs and low res artwork and sprites. Uniquely, you can toggle between the two versions of the game on the fly with the press of a single button.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Static Aspect	Native	Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Pillarboxed
Multi-Monitor:	Pillarboxed	Native	Hindrance
4k UltraHD:

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Static Aspect
FMV Cut-Scene:	N/A

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Monday, 1 October, 1990

Tested Version:

Special Edition

Play styles:

Single player

Setting:

Pirate

Genre:

Conventional Adventure

Developer:

LucasArts

Links:

⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Steam,

GOG,

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Widescreen and TH resolutions are supported natively.

In special mode, widescreen is 16:9 anamorphic. Anything wider than 16:9 gets pillarboxed.

In classic mode, everything is 4:3 pillarboxed.

Cut-scenes are rendered using the ingame 2D SCUMM engine, and are 16:9 anamorphic (pillarboxed in TH).

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues

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Gameplay Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

16:10 Screenshot

16:9 Screenshot

32:9 Screenshot

Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

In-Game (Rendered) Cut-Scenes

4:3 cut-scene

16:10 cut-scene

FMV Cut-Scenes

There are no images currently submitted.

Menu Screenshots

There are no images currently submitted.

4k UHD Screenshots

There are no images currently submitted.

Additional Screenshots

4:3 Classic Mode

16:10 Classic Mode

16:9 Classic Mode

Ben Hur Classic Mode

Resolutions & Configurations

15:9 Resolutions

1280x768

16:10 Resolutions

1280x800

1440x900

1680x1050

1920x1200

16:9 Resolutions

1280x720

1920x1080

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Resolutions

Eyefinity / Surround Resolutions

Tested Multi-mon Types

Tested Multi-mon Layouts

3x1-L

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Submitted by The_cranky_hermit on 17 July, 2009 - 02:53
Updated by Rose on 13 May, 2022 - 15:15

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