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What order did you first play the games in?

BigglesBiggles
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
I was wondering what order you originally played the 4 games in?

For me, the first of the Monkey games I played was LeChucks Revenge, in the early 90s on our Amiga - although NONE of us could bloody complete it and i don;t think I finished it until years later! We always got to the part where youre underground and Lechucks chasing you with the lift and the glove and all that and then couldn't complete it! Then my Dad went and bought Secret and I played both in the 90s until...
Curse came out after playing the demo for a few months we got that too. Then Escape finally. Then I bought the PC versions of the first two games and replayed them!

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  • charlieboy2001charlieboy2001
    edited July 2009
    Monkey 1-3 Then intro of 4, then ToMI!!!

    I played the demo of MI4 but then got sidetracked by Grim Fandango and just forgot about it!!!!
  • EddieEddie
    edited July 2009
    1st and second afterwards. Then the 4th and now Tales. Have yet to play Curse of Monkey Island. But the characters just look so awful. I just can't get myself playing it.
  • CaptainWicketCaptainWicket
    edited July 2009
    Come to think of it, I played all 4 games simultaneously (though I'm not proud of it). I discovered the greatness of Monkey Island about 6 or 7 years ago, and ordered all of the games at once from ebay. When I got stuck on one game, I would switch to another. But looking back, I wish I had just played them in order, one at a time.
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited July 2009
    I was lucky enough to play them all in order.

    And I mean lucky, too. I had just come back from watching the very beginning of both MI1 and MI2 on someone's Amiga. I didn't really know what the games were about so it didn't really occur to me it might be better to play MI1 first - so I told my Dad 'I want the one where the guy dangles you over a bridge. That was the second one, right?' and he mistakenly said 'I'm pretty sure that was the first one.'

    We ended up getting MI1, and it wasn't the right one of course, but it worked out for the best!
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited July 2009
    Eddie wrote: »
    Then the 4th and now Tales. Have yet to play Escape from Monkey Island.
    Escape from Monkey Island IS the 4th.

    My personal order is CMI, SMI, MI2, CMI again to keep the order, EMI.
    I have not played TMI yet
  • MagwillMagwill
    edited July 2009
    Played the second game first at my friend's place. Back then we didn't have www.gamefaqs.com so we tried calling in to the PCGAMER magazine hotline. However, they failed so we were stuck at the monkey wrench puzzle :P

    After that I got the first game and completed it.

    Bought third game on release date, and regret that I took mega-monkey before the simple version :/ (although I have played the game over 10 times now anyway)

    Fourth game was another given release purchase.

    And now fifth :)
  • SANAFABICHSANAFABICH
    edited July 2009
    1, 2 and 3. EMI I got started on that one but was so disappointed that I just quit playing and forgot that it ever existed. and finally TMI.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited July 2009
    3,4 2,1 tomi xd
  • Guydutch SmokeweedGuydutch Smokeweed
    edited July 2009
    2, 1, 3, 4, Tales :)
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    1,2,3,4, Tales.
    Exciting, I know. :p
  • TheMandingoTheMandingo
    edited July 2009
    Javi-Wan Kenobi wrote: »
    Escape from Monkey Island IS the 4th.

    My personal order is CMI, SMI, MI2, CMI again to keep the order, EMI.
    I have not played TMI yet

    lol, i think this is my exact order as well. (except that i played TMI).
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited July 2009
    I think I played them 1,3,2,4

    But I think I finished them 1,2,3,4
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited July 2009
    1,3,2,4,tomi
  • vizviz
    edited July 2009
    I played and completed them all in chronological order. With the first two being on the amiga.
  • KB57KB57
    edited July 2009
    Curse first, and then I bought Monkey Island Madness to be able to play the other two, then Escape. And now TMI.
  • CorvCorv
    edited July 2009
    All in order when they wre released (yes I am old).

    My favourites in order (worst to best):
    EMI
    Curse
    Tales
    MI2
    MI1

    Oh god how I hated the graphics style in Curse. Guybrush looked like a complete idiot and that was never how I imagined him in 1 and 2 (and the sprites didn't look like that at all). Yes he is naive, but not an idiot.

    Destroyed the whole atmosphere of the game for me. Also the wahsed out backgrounds - nothing like the 2 original games.

    Guybrush in Tales is the closest to the original. The hair shouldn't be blond, but thats ok. I can't believe that they changed guybrush in the remake of MI to look like the idiot of Curse.

    Ok now I got it off my chest :)
  • J ThreepwoodJ Threepwood
    edited July 2009
    Escape, Curse, Secret and Le Chucks revenge

    then replayed them in order
  • Sir TobbiiSir Tobbii
    edited July 2009
    1,2,4,3,5
  • Guybrush_ThreepwoodGuybrush_Threepwood
    edited July 2009
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • GozzoManGozzoMan
    edited July 2009
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ToMI me too ;)

    And I'm very satisfied with ToMI's Guybrush rendition and the game in general!

    Probably, from best to worst:

    MI2
    MI1 and ToMI's first episode equally
    MI5 (awful Vampire Rubber Chicken and Map Synchronous Quantum Purple Tentacle Catalyst puzzle tough)
    EMI and CMI equally (I've very contrasting sentiments on EMI...)

    ToMI has just begun anyhow! It well may run up the ladder! :D
  • EddieEddie
    edited July 2009
    Javi-Wan Kenobi wrote: »
    Escape from Monkey Island IS the 4th.

    My personal order is CMI, SMI, MI2, CMI again to keep the order, EMI.
    I have not played TMI yet

    Yeah, I meant curse. Got the wrong title.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited July 2009
    Mi1, mi2, cmi, emi, tmi.
  • thin029thin029
    edited July 2009
    4, 3, 5
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited July 2009
    I found the 1 & 2 CD version at a carboot sale 4 £1.50
  • LapinoLapino
    edited July 2009
    The very exciting 1,2,3,4,5 for me too.
  • Steverin0Steverin0
    edited July 2009
    2, 3, 1 (didn't finish it and can't remember it so tomorrow is extra good for me!), 4 for about an hour then gave up, TMI.

    Enjoyed most in order:

    2
    3
    1
    TMI (BUT this is only one episode played so far and enjoyed very much, by the end of season 1 I could see TMI going up that chart and who knows, maybe we could have many seasons of MI if TTG produce the goods which I have a feeling they might just)
    ..
    ...
    ....
    .....
    EMI (bah, couldnt even navigate around the first scene properly)

    I am still wondering if Lucasarts might make another MI game themselves soon, given the popularity of the franchise there is room for a Lucasarts full game and the TTG chapters but maybe I'm being greedy and more than a little crazy. Good to be Dominic right now I imagine and why not, the guy is very talented. This series would not have been same without him and he will breathe new life into the old via the remake(s).
  • Sir PantalonesSir Pantalones
    edited July 2009
    4, 3, 1, 2, 5.

    So Escape introduced me to the Monkey Island series, and yeah, I loved it. But things only got better once I tried the "not too graphically retarded" predecessor, as I happened to call it. All of a sudden, I felt like playing through the first two games just because I was so curious about the storyline.

    This gave me kind of a split opinion about the ending of Monkey Island 2...
    I loved the plot-twist that the game offered, and it sure would have been interesting to see where it had gone if things turned out to NOT be a curse. But at the same time, I didn't want anyone to "undo" Curse and Escape just because of it.

    Today, I kinda realize how cheesy most of the stuff in Escape was. : S
    It's still a lovely game, though.
  • anthalontanthalont
    edited July 2009
    Played SMI first, I saw the game when a guy from dad's office started playing it secretly in there. I kinda remember dad showing me the game and Prince also :) [I remember win95 as being quite new at the time :D] . I was too young to finish such video games I guess hehe

    I didnt realize the awesomeness of monkey island saga till a friend of mine give me demo disc of CMI. Soon after I bought the full game. I have played it like a maniac. Then got SMI and Revenge from this person. Finished it in order a few times more.

    I refused to play EMI for loong time after watching gameplay video of first part. At first it didnt feel like the game I fell in love.

    I dont remember what got into me but I bought it and finished it after some time anyway :P
    It was okay I guess :)

    EDIT: Oh and I enjoyed Chapter1 much ;)
  • zmallyzmally
    edited July 2009
    I played SoMI not too long after it came out (I think - I was only young) on the Atari ST.

    I was then completely oblivious to any sequel until my uncle provided me with a pirate (oh the irony) copy of CMI.

    Then I bought the Bounty Pack, and played LeChuck's Revenge

    Then I got EMI when it came out! I went to PC World especially :)

    So, in answer to the question, 1, 3, 2, 4.


    I've since aquired the amiga versions (and an amiga, which helps) of both the early MI games, and a couple of other gems to add to my collection which I played through quite recently, but generally I've played through all four roughly once a year each since having them.

    And no, I'm not an EMI hater, just a Monkey Kombat hater lol
  • Mad MaryMad Mary
    edited July 2009
    2, 1, 3, 4 (never finished it), 5
  • purple_monkfishpurple_monkfish
    edited July 2009
    2, at the tender age of about 8... then 1, 3 and 4. finally tomi.
  • FrostbiteFrostbite
    edited July 2009
    3,4,1,2, ToMI. Then again chronologically.
  • NosehairNosehair
    edited July 2009
    1 - done.
    2 - done.
    3 - done.
    4 - lost interest.
    Tales - done.
  • HoppyDragonHoppyDragon
    edited July 2009
    I'm quite happy to say it was SoMI, MI2:LR, CoMI, EfMI, ToMI. I first played SoMI in '92, and MI2:LR sometime around '96. Up until that point, I had no idea a sequel existed and only found out because of the news of Curse of Monkey Island. Luckily the gaming magazine I read about it in included SoMI and MI2:LR, as well at the CoMI demo.
  • MatakuMataku
    edited July 2009
    3
    1
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4


    :p
  • GuineaGuinea
    edited July 2009
    I played them in order.
    I do think I played 1 and 2 parallelly, but not sure.
  • thanatos56thanatos56
    edited July 2009
    3, 2, 4, 1, Tales.

    I managed to get Revenge from Lucas Arts online, but I could never find a copy of Secret until very recently.
  • JessicaJessica
    edited July 2009
    Biggles wrote: »
    I was wondering what order you originally played the 4 games in?

    For me, the first of the Monkey games I played was LeChucks Revenge, in the early 90s on our Amiga - although NONE of us could bloody complete it and i don;t think I finished it until years later! We always got to the part where youre underground and Lechucks chasing you with the lift and the glove and all that and then couldn't complete it! Then my Dad went and bought Secret and I played both in the 90s until...
    Curse came out after playing the demo for a few months we got that too. Then Escape finally. Then I bought the PC versions of the first two games and replayed them!

    I played Secret first a little but not so much because it wasnt my game.
    Then Curse, then Escape.
    Never played Lechuck2, want to but can´t find it to buy somwhere:mad:
    And of course now I played Tales chapter 1.
  • hamziehamzie
    edited July 2009
    1 2 3 4 5

    once i caught a fish alive

    6 7 8 9 10 then i let it go again


    why did i let it go
    because it bit my finger so

    which finger did it bite

    this little finger on my right

    SO ya i played 1 2 3 4 tomi
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