The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: Easter Eggs, Trivia, and Secrets

The Curse of Monkey Island was originally titled The Pirate Curse of Monkey Island – its design differed quite a bit from the final game. You can read more about that in the pitch document. The image above shows the original puzzle flow between the various locations.

The “Visit Fabulous Hook Isle” was created by Tim Schafer himself, who expected it’d be replaced in the final game:

I drew that sign as temp art, assuming a real artist would replace it. I think they left it in to punish me. Look, it’s not easy to draw a cursive F with a mouse in Enhanced Deluxe Paint II. I think Steve Purcell added the shading on “restrooms” and “souvenirs.” And then was like, “That’s it. I can’t look at this anymore. It’s done!”

Guybrush’s pink dress makes an appearance in Death by Scrolling.

Type “Guybrush Threepwood” into DuckDuckGo, and the search engine logo switches into a duck version of Guybrush.

Source: Technical_Pass7714.

In the grand tradition of sprite flipping: In The Secret of Monkey Island, Bob’s pegleg would famously switch from the left to the right side depending on which direction he was facing. This was a result of the sprite being flipped in code as opposed to being properly redrawn. In Return to Monkey Island, Conrad, the museum curator, gets the same treatment – and, additionally, his “Melee” shirt flips, too. Fitting for a location that is a nod to the minuita of the previous games.

Hang out for a few seconds, and LeShip’s paintings will truly get animated.

If you let Herman talk, he’ll list the many treasures on Dinky Island. Note how the bottom dialogue choice changes throughout.

Note the difference between “Classic Mode” and the original’s superior MT-32 music.

If you both ”Look at” and ”Pick up” the bottle in The International House of Mojo, you will get a number of different responses.

Guybrush has many thoughts about his fortune – until Largo takes it all.