So with The Secret of Monkey Island I wanted to create a game that had the same flavor, but where you could step off the boat and enter that whole storybook world'. Gilbert said in an interview that ' keeps you moving through the adventure but I've always wished I could get off and wander around, learn more about the characters, and find a way onto those pirate ships. The book was the inspiration for the story and characters, while the ride was the inspiration for the ambiance. Ron Gilbert's two main inspirations for the story were Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride and Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides. Gilbert's studio developed the sixth game, Return to Monkey Island (2022), with Grossman assisting. Grossman was the project leader of the fifth game in the series and Gilbert was involved with the first design of the game. The rights to Monkey Island remained with LucasArts, and the third and fourth games were created without direct involvement from the original writing staff. Grossman and Schafer had success on other games before they both left LucasArts. Gilbert worked on the first two games before leaving LucasArts.

Monkey Island was created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. The plots often involve the mysterious Monkey Island and its secrets. The games follow the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley. The fifth was developed by Telltale Games with LucasArts, while the sixth was developed by Terrible Toybox with Lucasfilm Games and Devolver Digital. The first four games were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. Monkey Island is a series of adventure games. Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, Windows, Classic Mac OS, macOS, Mega-CD, PlayStation 2, XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Android

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