I particularly loved some of the commands possible ('Talk to men of low moral fibre' becomes an option when you confront some pirates), and the way you can even hold what is probably an intelligent conversation with the dog. From the way just about every character in the game gets your name wrong ('Threepwood, my name's Guybrush THREEPWOOD!' you find him screaming for the zillionth time), to the patter of the used ship salesman (whose aim sees to jump about in time with his over-used mouth), who would rather give you his granny than lower his prices, it's packed with characters and situations to make you smile or simply burst out laughing. As much as it can be said that anything does, it's the humour that really makes Monkey Island. I know what you're thinking – humour and computer games go together like Prince Charles and Sam Fox – but think again. One of the very best things about the game is the way a fairly sophisticated sense of humour is incorporated into the game. A quiet triumph for Lucasfilm, then – but nothing comapred to what they've come up with now.

THe game may have been far too easy and a little ragged around the edges, but it was undeniably good. By the time Loom came along, with its stronger plot, improved graphics and easier player interface, my position was starting to look a little tenuous, however. That was an easy enough line to take with the early efforts. Check out the rest of our PC Gaming Week coverage.get 2 minutes into the game, but they just laughed there heads off at the little guy doing. To cap it all, I found it hard to get out of my head the idea that using moving graphics in an adventure wasn't much more than a gimmick, doing little or nothing to help gameplay at all. You control the main character called Chuck Rock, a cave man. Three traditional trials await him: axe throwing, greased pig catching. I found their earlier efforts distinctly C640-like in style, with the mouse-controlled input system as much of a hindrance as a help. The game begins with Heimdall still in short tunics and still to prove his Viking mettle. Never something I really got the hang of, or took a shine to, to be honest.

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