How Monkey Island Games Have Evolved Over 30 Years
The dawn of PC gaming brought with it a few distinct genres. First-person shooters got their start with titles like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, the sports genre can be traced all the way back to Pong, and the adventure genre began its life as simple text-based games. Based on "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, these text-based titles soon evolved into graphic adventures, complete with visuals and sound. Although it wasn't the first, LucasArts' Monkey Island series would go a long way in evolving the adventure game genre.
With the recent announcement that the Monkey Island series is receiving another entry from the original creator, Ron Gilbert, it seems only fitting to look back on how much the series has evolved over the years. From its fairly basic, but groundbreaking roots, to its now-legendary status, Monkey Island has become a staple of the adventure genre, and one of the most important game series of all time.
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Widely considered to be the first adventure game ever made, Colossal Cave Adventure released in 1976, and was an extremely simplistic text-based game. Players are tasked with exploring a cave using one or two-word inputs, find some treasure, and leave. Though quaint by today's standards, Colossal Cave Adventure is one of the most influential games of all time, and gave the adventure genre its foundation.
10 years later, LucasArts began its career in the video game industry. Taking the groundwork of Colossal Cave Adventure, and many others that followed, LucasArts created its first graphic adventure, Labyrinth, based on the David Bowie-led cult classic. Though its graphics were fairly barebones, the gameplay showed promise, with an innovative «word wheel»
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