Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Sep 2, 2025

I guess Sept 2nd is as close to an anniversary we have for Monkey Island. I made the gold master on the 2nd but it probably didn't appear in stores until Oct. There was no "release date" back them. It annoys we when people say Monkey Island "released" today.

https://www.grumpygamer.com/monkey25/

Show threadMeeea 
@grumpygamer ooh so the first version is Dos ?
Sep 2, 2025 at 8:29pmWeb
Show threadRon Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Sep 2, 2025
@Meeea Yes, it was ported to Amiga and Atari ST later.
Show threadmuppethSep 2, 2025
@grumpygamer @Meeea Wow didnt know that it’s this year. Perfect moment to introduce my daughter to this masterpiece!
Show threadMeeea Sep 2, 2025
@grumpygamer oh thank you I always thought it was Amiga first ! I found a few years ago the Atari st one and still proud of it
Show threadMassimo  Sep 2, 2025
@grumpygamer @Meeea In retrospect I wish the Amiga version had the EGA graphic. I wonder if there is documentation about the process of making the Amiga/AtariST 32 color graphics (from the VGA version iirc...)
Show threadTorbjörn AnderssonSep 4, 2025

@massimolauria @grumpygamer @Meeea I wish the Special Edition had included the EGA graphics as its classic mode. At least then I wouldn't have to disagree whenever people tell me it includes the "original version".

I think the Sega CD version uses 32 colors as well? Though at least judging by screenshots from the Amiga version (which I don't have), they're not quite the same. I guess it had to reserve some colors for the inventory icons, while the Amiga version still had the text inventory.