The Secret of Monkey Island DOX   for Thunderdome BBS   by Barts Bar and Grill BBS

"The Secret of Monkey Island" by Lucasfilm For Zaphod Hi folks. Yes, this game certainly was difficult but with a few hints (thanks Skywalker) I figured it out. Actually this game wasn't as hard as "The Last Crusade" but was a little more fun and had a much more humorous tone to it. Enough talk. I'll do my best to remember what to do. Here goes. Part I: The Three Quests All right. You can go talk to the old man, but he doesn't tell you much. Go down the hill and look at the poster. Now walk to the right and go into the bar. Talk to the pirates. Then go to the back room and talk to the important- looking pirates. They'll give you three quests. Simple enough. Ok, let's go get some inventory. Wait until the chef comes out, and goes off the screen. Get into the kitchen and close the door. Get the meat and put it in the pot. Get it out. Get the pot from under the table where you got the meat from. Now go out to the pier. A bird will come down. (I might suggest turning off turbo for this) Go to the bottom right of the pier and the bird will bounce up. QUICKLY pick up the fish. Get out of the bar. Go to the city. Go talk to the guy with the parrot. Now go talk to the group of pirates. Get the minutes from him with the two pieces of eight. Go to the door directly across the street from the rubber chicken place. Get the rubber chicken with the pulley in the middle. Go to the right and talk to the voodo lady. Listen to her. Do not hit escape in this part. Go back to the street and go through the archway. Go to the alley and meet the "ghostly" (hint-hint) sherriff. Go to the jail and meet the prisioner. Go back to the docks and back up the hill to the old man. Go to the path and you should see a top view of the island. Go to the circus tent in the middle of the island. Go into the tent. When the Spaghetti Bros. ask if you have a helmet, say yes. Also discuss "financial terms". Use the pot as a helmet. Get the money and go to the fork in the road. Go up and get the yellow flowers. DO NOT explore the woods!! (Yet at least) Go out of the woods the same way you came in. Now go to the bridge and give the troll the fish. Don't go to Stan's just yet. Go all the way up to the top right of the island. You should be at Hook Isle. Use the rubber chicken on the wire. Go in the house. Go talk to the man inside. Insult him, but not too much. If he kicks you out, just go back in. See his little trick and leave. Now go back to town. Buy a map from the man. Go to the store and buy the sword, the shovel, and breath mints. Go to the jail and give the mints to the prisioner. Talk to him. Go back to the store. Ask the man about the sword-master. Ask him to talk to her. Follow him to the swordmaster. Go talk to the sword-master. Leave. Go to the fork in the woods. Look at the map (dance-lessons). Write down the directions. (Left, right, up, etc.) Use these directions to choose the paths in the woods. You should make it to a monument. Dig on "X". Claim your treasure. Leave. Go report to the pirates. Go back to the top view and go to the bottom-right of the island (past the lights). Open the door. Keep asking for lessons. He'll give in. Now go fight the pirates walking around. Write down the insults and the answers. I fought A LOT of them and got tons of insults. Fight about 20-25 using the insults. Hopefully, they will have the correct answer to your insult. When you are good enough go to the sword-master. (Just put the cross on the woods where her house is. Use the answers that are the closest to her insult. For example, she says "I hope you have a boat ready" and you would answer "Why? Do you need one?" Simple enough. Report to the pirates. Go back to the town and go to the governor's mansion. When you get to the dogs, use the yellow flowers with the meat. Give the meat to the dogs. Enter the mansion. Pick up the vase. Our good friend Shinetop should appear. You will fight him and get all kinds of good stuff. When you lock him in, go back to the jail and give the prisioner the gopher repelent. He'll give you a cake. Go back to the house. Open the cake (or look at it) and there should be a file. Climb back into the hole in the wall. You'll get the sculpture. When you get out with the sculpture, the governor should come waltzing down the stairs. Ahhh, love at first sight. Bumble though the conversation and when she leaves, permanently "borrow" the vase again. Walk out the door. Once again, our good buddy Shinetop will be waiting for you. You'll get thrown into the water, but don't worry. Remember talking to the head pirates? You said you could hold your breath for ten minutes. Air isn't a problem, but getting over to the ladder is. Pick up that thing weighing you down. You'll automatically pick up a sword. Go up the ladder and your quests are complete. The old man should meet you down at the pier, and tell you what happened. Go back to the bar. Enter and collect all of the mugs. Go talk to the sad chef. Poor guy. Go into the kitchen, pick up the meat, and fill one of the mugs with grog. Quickly leave the bar. SAVE THE GAME!!! When you get to the map guy, you should pour the grog into another mug. Repeat this until you get over to the jail. Use the grog on the lock and let the prisioner out. He'll run away, but don't worry, he'll be back. Go outside and try to get over to the mansion. Couldn't get in so don't worry about it. Let's go get some wheels! (Or should I say oars) Walk on over to Stan's Ships. He'll be waiting there. You want to buy the ship way in the back. (Yes the junky one) Talk to Stan until he mentions credit. Getting Credit is easy. Walk back to town, and to the store. Ask the man if you can get credit. He'll ask you if you have a job. Reply yes. Slow your computer down and watch how he opens the safe. (I might suggest saving it right before he opens it and writing down how he opens it) He'll come back down and ask you your occupation. Say you are with the circus. The old guy will put the note back and come back down. Ask he to go see the sword-master. When he leaves, open up the safe and get the note. Walk on back over to Stans and deal with him until you agree on a price. (You may have to get rid of the options, I don't know) Now go find the crew. (All you rap and heavy metal fans, this does not mean put in your 2 Live Crew or Motley Crue tapes) Well, Mr. Meathook will help you. Just say you will touch the dangerous animal. Watch out!! This thing is a monster! One member, two to go. How about our friend the sword-master. Tell her what happened and give her the note. Walk down to the dock near the bar. The computer will take over. Oh yes, and all you cheaters reading ahead, the prisioner is the 3 member. Part II: The Journey The boat is very small, but very difficult. Before you start, the crew is useless for know. They will help when the time comes. Don't waste time with them. You should be in your room. Get the feather pen and the ink. Also open the drawer. Get the book and look at it. Then go over to the left and open the chest. Get what is in it. (Can't remember what it was) Don't worry about the cabinet yet. Leave your room and climb up to the crow's nest. Get the jolly roger. Climb back down and go down the hatch. Go in to the kitchen. Get the pan and open up the cupboard. Get a box of cereal and open it. Eat it and get the prize. Look at the prize. Go into the crew's quarters and go down the hatch. Get the rope and open up the chest in the bottom right corner. Get the wine. Go over to the barrels and get the gunpowder. Pick up gun powder again. Go up to the deck and walk over to the cannon. Put the gun powder on the cannon barrel. Go back to your room. Go open up the cabinet with the key and get the chest. Open it and get the cooking instructions. Go down to the kitchen. Walk over to the cooking pot. Put in: Cinnamon Mints Flag Ink Wine Rubber Chicken Cereal Small Monkey-Head Key Chuck them all in. In order of course. Sit back and the computer will take over for a few seconds. Go up to the deck. You should be able to see the island. If not, you're in trouble. Use the rope with the cannon. Go back down to the kitchen and use the business cards in the flaming hot fire. Get back up to the main deck. DO THIS QUICKLY! Use the flaming mass with the rope. Use helmet. The computer should put Guybrush into the cannon. Booooom! Move on to part 3. Part III: The Island This part takes a while. I suggest saving every few minutes, keeping you old games of course. Walk to tree. Look at sign. Walk over to the right and get the bananas. Don't worry about the bananas in the tree, you'll be able to get them later. Walk into the jungle. You may just want to explore the island a little. Go to the left. Walk on over to the beach. Pick up the note. (There will be notes all over, pick them up. Go back to the jungle. Go up the volcano to the fort. Herman will come snooping around. Just ignore him. Wait until he leaves. Pull or push the cannon. Get the cannonball and the gunpowder. (You may have to come back another time to do this, anyway, you get the idea) Make sure to pick up the spyglass. Leave and go to the river fork near the dry- river bed. Climb up the footholds. Get the note near the sculpture. Look at the rock. Flint! Go up again. Use the spyglass. Herman will come around again. When he leaves, push the lookout rock. Go back down and get the note. Go down again and use the gunpowder in the dam. Use the flint on the cannon-ball. Ka- Booooooom!! (Wayne's World!! Ha!) Leave. Go over the pond. Get the rope from the dead guy. Go over to the crack. Use the rope with the branch. Use the other rope with the sturdy stump. Get the oars. Go up and get to the top view. Lead Guybrush to the right over to the other beach. Get the note in the bottle. Talk to Herman. Leave. You can go over to the hill and see the hideout but there is no need to. Cruise on down to the beach you started on. Use the oars with the boat. Row the boat to the right and up until you get up to the top beach. Get out of your boat and walk over to the village. Walk over to the far right and get the bananas from the fruit bowl. Walk to the left. The headhunters should be there. Talk to them. Say "I am a mighty pirate!" They'll want something. You don't have it, so just let them take you to the hut. Don't worry about the banana picker. Just pick up the loose board and leave. Go back to your boat and row down to the beach near the hill. Go back to the river fork. Climb up to the art sculpture. SAVE HERE!!!!!! Pull or push the sculpture so the rock on the end is in line with the footholds going up. Go up and pick up a rock from the heap. Push the rock. Should hit the banana tree. DO NOT hit your ship!!! Climb down and walk to the beach with the tree on it. Get the bananas. Walk to the jungle. Go over the monkey. (Little flashing dot) Give all FIVE bananas to him, or until he looks full. He will follow you. Go over to the worshipping grounds. Pull the nose on the totem pole in the back. Walk to the opening. The monkey will imitate you. Go in the fenced area. Get the wimpy-little idol. Go back to your boat. Row up to the top beach. Walk to the village. Walk all the way over to the right. Come back to the left. Give the idol to the natives. They will walk away. Go into the big hut. Get the banana picker and the small skull. Go back outside. Herman should be there. (How? God only knows.) Give the picker to him. He'll give you the Q-Tip. Back to the monkey-head. (on the hill)(You have to row back) Use the Q-Tip in the giant monkey ear. Don't go in just yet. Leave. Row back up and walk to the village. Give the Q-Tip to the friendly-natives. They will talk to you. They will mention a navigating head to you. When they start talking about nutrition, talk to them. They will say "You can't have our head." Give them the flyer the Stan gave you on "How to Get AHEAD in Navigating (or some other subject. Just make sure it says AHEAD.) They will give you the head. Leave and go back to the giant-monkey head. Enter it. Use the head. It will spin in the direction you are supposed to go. If you can't see it, just look at the head. When you get to the cliff overlooking the ship, talk to the head. Keep saying please and he'll give you his necklace. Use the necklace to turn invisible. Walk to the ship. Go to the door on the left. Use the compass on the key. Alla-Peanut Butter-Sandwiches!! Go to the hatch. Go past the sleeping ghosts. Go pick up the feather. Walk back to the sleeping ghosts. Tickle his feet. He'll drop the grog. Go back to the animal room. Use the key on the hatch. Go down. Use the grog in the dish. Walk over the grease. Grab a handful. Walk back up. Go back to the main deck. Walk over to the door on the right. Use the grease on the door. Open the door. Go in and get the tools. Go back down the hatch, to the animal room, and use the tools on the crate. Get the root. Get off the ship. When you are on the ledge "Give the necklace to". Don't worry about the rest of the sentence. The computer will understand. Leave the caves. Don't worry, you don't have to find your way out. The natives will make the solution. Leave the village. You will be transported to the cliff. But the ship is gone!! Talk to the ghost (don't kill him). Your buddies from the ship will show up. Talk to them. Part IV: Guybrush Kicks Butt You can figure this part out on your own. Get set for an excellent ending. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I hope this helps. This game took me about two months to solve. It was fun though. I have a few more hints. .Save Often .These hints may not be accurate. I wrote this from memory. This is a not suppose to be a full walk- through. Do a little exploring. The game is filled with little surprises. .Check this out. When on the lookout cliff, walk over to the far right. You Sierra fans will get a chuckle. That's it. I'd like to thank Skywalker and the others who helped me. I'm outta here. -- The Traveler -- Brought to you as a service of "The Traveler's Tavern" on Thunderdome BBS (414)778-1484 and "The Traveler's Tavern" on Bart's Bar and Grill (414)541- 6360. Keep on gaming! *******************************************************************************