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How old were you when you were first introduced to Monkey Island?

Chyron8472Chyron8472
edited May 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
How old were you when you were first introduced to the Monkey Island franchise?
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  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited April 2010
    7 or 8
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited April 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    How old were you when you were first introduced to the Monkey Island franchise?

    Too young to remember how old I actually was, sorry. I know I played the first two before Curse was released, and I was born in 85, to narrow it down a bit.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2010
    I was, I think ...eleven? I was first introduced to Monkey Island when MI2 came out.

    hi co-workers who were making those games when I was eleven :( ... :)
  • IgnisIgnis
    edited April 2010
    I was maybe 13. . my best friend showed CMI to me and I was hooked. I bought it myself, but sadly it wouldn't work on the ol' family computer so when I finally got my first computer at 14 I was able to play it--the first thing I used my first computer for: Monkey Island. Good memories. :)
    Actually, after all those hours at my new computer desk playing the game, I now associate the nice smell of wood in new desks to CMI.

    I wasn't able to get ahold of MI 1 and 2 until I was in college, but better late than never.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited April 2010
    I believe I was 9. I was in third grade, and apparently Curse was new when my friend had me try it, though I never realized that before now. It took me years before I found out that it was the third game, though.
  • zhebricazhebrica
    edited April 2010
    I was 8 or 9. My dad gave me the demo version of SOMI shortly after it came out to see if I would like it. I distinctly remember playing the demo on our yellow and black monitor; we had to install a CGA or EGA emulator(!) to get it to run on our PC. I was totally fascinated with the demo and played it through several times until Dad got me the full game.

    My kid is 6 now... not too much longer until I can try to make it three generations of MI fans. :P
  • elzbenzelzbenz
    edited April 2010
    I was 13...

    I am one of the youngest users on this forum since I was introduced to in The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition... I soon bought tales of MI then the curse off ebay...
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited April 2010
    17.

    ...I'm 18 now.
  • MajusMajus
    edited April 2010
    Jake wrote: »
    hi co-workers who were making those games when I was eleven :( ... :)

    Oh my. I was about 6 or 7…
    Anyway, I couldn’t read at that time, and I LOVED that game nevertheless.
    Four disks on the AtariST. Aah, good times.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited April 2010
    I was 12 I think.

    Actually, I don't remember my age. I just remember seeing the EGA version of the game on my aunt and uncle's new computer back then, so I bet it was 1990, making me 12yo back then.

    I borrowed the game from them some time afterward... but I can't remember if I ever returned it. :o
  • unicornfoalunicornfoal
    edited April 2010
    I was also too young to remember playing it for the first time, but as I was born in '89 and my parents acquired SMI in '91 at the earliest, I had to have been pretty small.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited April 2010
    Fifteen, I think. I kept seeing people on the Internet talk about it, and it got me curious.
  • MonkeyManiaMonkeyMania
    edited April 2010
    Age 9 Curse of Monkey Island
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited April 2010
    You people and your ancient computers. I didn't have a computer until I was 13, in 2000.
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited April 2010
    Age 15, Curse of Monkey Island
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited April 2010
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    You people and your ancient computers. I didn't have a computer until I was 13, in 2000.

    I remember my first computer. It was an apple, and we had floppies with teaching games. My parents try to teach us stuff with these, and know I loved playing them, although I can't remember what they were about. I know that much later we gave that computer to my primary school.
    We also had a NES. I used to watch my dad play the first Zelda. Man, I must have been a baby back then.
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited April 2010
    13, back in 1992. The VGA version of SoMI on big floppies.
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited April 2010
    I think I was about 10, when a friend of the family showed me Full Throttle, The Dig and The Curse of Monkey Island. Loved the series ever since.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited April 2010
    I don't recall, but it must have been 6 or so? Hardly knew much english and sucked at adventure games (still do) so "lite" with walkthrough MI2:LCR.
  • shovellshovell
    edited April 2010
    I think I was 6 or 7, I remember first playing a demo of curse and being hooked since then. I actually got the full game for my birthday whatever year it was...

    It could have been younger, as I don't remember if it was before or after that I played the first two, I think it was probably after when my dad magically dug them out from nowhere.
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited April 2010
    I'm starting to feel old again. I was 18 when Curse came out. When I was 6, there were only two King's Quests, and I'd never even heard of computers :D
  • ScrawfflerScrawffler
    edited April 2010
    Around 11 or 12. It was in 2000; my dad worked at a second hand electronics shop back then, and someone had donated the first 2 MI games to the shop. My dad bought them before any of the actual customers got a chance! We got Day of the Tentacle exactly the same way a year earlier.

    It was only a few years ago when I got Curse (well into the days of ScummVM), and last Christmas when I got Escape. So it was nice to actually be one of the first customers when Tales came out!
  • fleskflesk
    edited April 2010
    My first MI game was MI2, and I think I must have been 12 or 13, because I seem to remember playing it on my Amiga 1200 with an additional floppy drive. It could have been on my 500 though. I think the game came on 12 floppies or something.
  • Captain MickeyCaptain Mickey
    edited April 2010
    7-8ish about around Curse. I was at a family friend's house and I fell in love with appearance (cartoons to my 7 year old brain = win). I really loved Guybrush too. I remember very throughly the boat/sword fight scene and giggling at Guybrush's remarks.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited April 2010
    Hmm, SOMI came out in '90, but I think I first played it spring of '91. So, I guess I was 13 years at that time (child of the late seventies), but not far from 14 years old since I was born early august. I remember getting MI2 about a year later.

    sigh... those were the days. The Amiga was at its most popular and still had a couple of years left in it before the PC completely stole the market.

    Yes, nostalgia runs strong in this one.
  • lorecasterlorecaster
    edited April 2010
    I'm pretty sure I played this when it came out, so I was 10 then. I never saw any advertisment for the game, it was just something a friend showed up with. But when MI2 was released I was prepared and had it on my xmas wishlist. It came on 5 floppies.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited April 2010
    lorecaster wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure I played this when it came out, so I was 10 then. I never saw any advertisment for the game, it was just something a friend showed up with. But when MI2 was released I was prepared and had it on my xmas wishlist. It came on 5 floppies.

    Not mine (if we're talking about MI2). 11 floppies for the win!
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited April 2010
    I had 5 floppies for MI2 as well (in fact, I think they're still around somewhere).

    Perhaps the Amiga needed more discs? Smaller capacity maybe?
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited April 2010
    Little Writer wrote: »
    I had 5 floppies for MI2 as well (in fact, I think they're still around somewhere).

    Perhaps the Amiga needed more discs? Smaller capacity maybe?

    Yeah, I know, the Amiga disks were formatted with 880k capacity, while PC ran 1,44mb (basically exactly double the amount). It wasn't meant as a statement of doubt, just saying "HAH, mine came on 11 disks!!!". :D

    I believe they took about the same amount of space if you installed it to harddrive. :)
  • Little WriterLittle Writer
    edited April 2010
    I didn't know that. I had a buddy with an Amiga in those days, we liked the same games but of course they weren't compatible. I remember playing Zak McKracken on his and Indy on mine.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited April 2010
    I was 11 or 12 when I got SoMI, sometime in 1993. It was the Kixx XL re-release, which I've still got. 3 x 3.5" floppy disks, the code wheel, manual and Kixx XL Autumn/Winter 1993 catalogue all for £16.99 (according to the sticker on the box). I also have MI2 from the same range but only got the 5 3.5" disks & a manual. Can't remember if there was anything else in there that I've since chucked away.
  • GibbeynatorGibbeynator
    edited April 2010
    In 2005, I was 17 and I found a boxed copy of Curse of Monkey Island at EB Games.
  • MermaidMermaid
    edited April 2010
    I was 10 when I first played SOMI on my dad's 386.
    This year I turn 30...and I'm still in love!!
  • caeskacaeska
    edited April 2010
    I think I was 9 or 10 when I was introduced to SoMI. Didn't own it, only played it at a friend's sometimes. I bought MI2 on the good old floppy disks when I was around 12. I couldn't read English back then, but I remember I loved it nonetheless.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited April 2010
    I had to be around 3 or 4. My dad got my family the Sound Blaster package that came with LOOM and The Secret of Monkey Island in around 1992/1993. I was born in 1989 so it's somewhere around that age. Feel old.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited April 2010
    I was definitely 5 or 6 when I first played Secret of Monkey Island.
  • DideroDidero
    edited April 2010
    I first got in contact with the series when I rented Curse of Monkey Island from the local library. I don't really recall how old I was then, but I was 8 in 1997, so I guess about 10-12. I even copied the library disks, because I liked the game so much :)
    I bought the game off eBay half a year ago though, because I still like the games, and because I've got more money now.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited April 2010
    I think I was about 10 years old, I was sitting next to my brother as he was playing Curse of Monkey Island.
  • thin029thin029
    edited April 2010
    9. I fell in love with Grim Fandango when I was 7 in 1998 and I decided to try Escape From Monkey Island since it was made by LucasArts and had almost the same game engine. Then I discovered it was #4 and Curse was still in stores, so I got it too. Funny thing: I had to upgrade my computer because Escape required a 3D acceleration graphics card, so I bough one with 8mb dedicated memory! Omg!
    This year I'll turn 19
  • WapcapletWapcaplet
    edited April 2010
    I had the LucasArts-printed SoMI poster hanging on my wall in my college dorm room.

    This was right after the game was first released in 1990.

    I need to find that poster, along with the other ones I bought (I know I have the Maniac Mansion and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe posters somewhere...)
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