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Inside SCUMM: the adventure workshop
A new Lucas Adventures feature explains verbs, inventory, scripts, iMUSE and the differences between SCUMM, GrimE and ScummVM. Guybrush and LeChuck introduce a workshop with a small door-and-key experiment showing how actions change world state.
Inside SCUMM → · Other routes, the same desire for adventure. →
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Voices of the Caribbean puts the 2001 interview centre stage
A new page brings together Italian and English voice acting, performers and cast changes. Its centrepiece is the site’s complete interview with Massimo Antonio Rossi from 8 February 2001. Material from the former Escape Italian-cast page joins this new destination.
Voices of the Caribbean → · Interview with Massimo Antonio Rossi →
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A passport, a pirate and Wally’s stamp
The Caribbean passport records played chapters, a favourite island, travel companion and motto, with a customisable portrait. Every field is optional, including profession and personal details; choose from forty professions or enter your own. The preview, PNG and PDF include your choices, issue location and date, and the document receives a sequential number on its first download.
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Monkey Island around the world: one passion, many shores
In the Saga, a navigable map explores translations, fan dubbing, personal memories and museum recognition. Italy, Germany, Spain, France, the United States, Russia and East Asian communities offer different perspectives on the same passion. Sources, recovered material and an invitation to the guestbook accompany the journey.
When Guybrush met Star Wars: opening the TGM archive
A new feature reconstructs the April 1993 joke with its scan, bibliographic details and sources. Find it in the Saga and Curiosities.
Explore this story →Three pirate challenges in the crew’s games
Cannons, insults and spitting can be played directly on the site: the naval game tests aim and endurance, the sword-and-insult duel offers four opponents and animated exchanges, and the Booty Island spitting contest asks you to choose a drink and wait for the right wind. Painted scenery, animations, computer and phone controls and local records accompany the challenges.
Cannons, duelling and spitting now have shared all-time and monthly leaderboards. Play without a name; at the end, choose a nickname to publish a verified result.
Ron Gilbert’s Diary: the pages before the adventure
A documented creative chronology joins the Saga: influences, notebooks, design choices, teamwork and the 2022 return, with direct sources, discoveries to explore and an original illustration.
Open the diary →The Secret: open the dossier one chapter at a time
A new Saga dossier explores documented facts, creator statements and theories. Text, game images and sources open only up to the chapter you authorise, with an original spoiler-free illustration.
Open the dossier →Stan’s Jukebox: the adventure changes its music
An interactive iMUSE-inspired room joins the Saga: twelve original tunes, four arrangements, musical walk, mixer and composer with local saving and WAV, MIDI and project export. Original illustrations accompany documented history.
Enter the jukebox →A milestone
The fifth route: treasure hidden across the site
A five-page hunt starts in the Treasure Chest: clues, reusable objects, a map to rebuild and locally saved progress. Hints carry no penalty; an illustrated keepsake awaits at the end.
Open the envelope →A milestone
Guybrush Threepwood and the Voyage of Lost Dreams
Development begins on Guybrush Threepwood and the Voyage of Lost Dreams, our crew’s adventure set before the first Monkey Island. Young Guybrush dreams of becoming a pirate: we are building an Italian story with puzzles, encounters and a retro atmosphere. The project page will collect images and development updates.
Discover the project →Revision of 26 October 2026: startup and pixel-art title, revised proportions and routes in the workshop and study, and Moro behind the Grog counter. Five real captures show progress without revealing the ending. The adventure is in Italian only; seven startup choices are preferences, not seven translations. Internal tests, no download, and the indicative estimate remains 40%.
Postcards, Dispatches and the logbook accompany your visit
Postcards alternate scenes and dawn, daytime, sunset and night atmospheres. Port Dispatches bring the Journal’s last thirty days of headlines across the site, with direct links and a Pause button. At the bottom, the logbook distinguishes the historical estimate since 1999, the count since the redesign and their total, clearly identifying the reconstructed component.
The Lucas adventures, one great journey
The Saga games and ten Lucas adventures gain illustrated introductions, galleries and features, with special editions clearly identified. The history of LucasArts also covers flight simulators, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Dark Forces, Rogue Squadron and Outlaws, with images and chronological milestones.
Other routes, the same desire for adventure. → · The history of LucasArts →
The ten Lucas adventures now share one dossier format: introductions, worlds and characters, gameplay, background stories, image galleries, music, credits and resources form a single route. Existing texts and pictures are integrated by topic; full plots and puzzle details remain behind a spoiler warning. Each dossier links to editions and used physical copies, with routes to other adventures. Revised 25 October 2026.
The Museum, from the origins to adventure worlds
The site’s history accompanies its 1999 and 2015 versions, while an animation links the historical logo to today’s design. The graphic-adventure feature expands with four zoomable screenshots, a short genre history and tips for newcomers, connecting the Museum to Classics, New Routes and the rest of the site.
The Monkey Island Site museum. → · The history of the site → · Stories to play,worlds to explore. → · From our first logo to new horizons →
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The crew welcomes us on Facebook and Instagram
The redesigned Monkey Island Site finds new travelling companions. On 22 October 2026, the Monkey Island Fan Page introduces the site on Facebook and Instagram: it recalls its beginnings in 1999, tells the story of its refreshed return and invites fans to rediscover its pages.
This welcome accompanies our community partnership: the site continues to preserve stories, material and memories, while conversations between fans can continue on both social networks. Thank you to the crew for making room for us, and to everyone arriving in port for the first time or returning after many years.
Meet the crew and discover the partnership → · The mention in Recognition →
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A word from Alfnet · The passion never stayed in the archive
A site born in 1999, more than thirty years of passion for Monkey Island and the wish to set sail again. Alfnet shares the inspiration behind the redesign: rediscovering memories, sharing stories and imagining new adventures.
Explore further: A word from Alfnet · The passion never stayed in the archive
Alfnet’s editorials find a home in the Museum
A dated archive opens for Alfnet’s editorials. Its first text is Monkey Island feeling, dated 31 May 2008 and also published in Meltin’ Pot on Web.
Explore further: Alfnet’s editorials find a home in the Museum
The logbook restarts
The journal returns with milestones from the redesign and selected news from our favourite adventure creators. Dates refer to the events described, with links for further reading.
The materials from the collection, the pages of the Lucas saga and adventures, have returned to the new site, together with the Museum1999 and the Museum2015. The memory of the site remains visitable, while the newspaper returns to welcome new updates.
Learn more: Explore the museum · The history of the site
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Dave Grossman joins Thimbleweed Park 2
Ron Gilbert announces Dave Grossman as a writer on Thimbleweed Park 2. They reunite after Return to Monkey Island.
Explore further: Dave Grossman joins Thimbleweed Park 2
Sources: Il diario ufficiale: Dave Grossman
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Ron Gilbert announces Thimbleweed Park 2
Ron Gilbert announces the start of production on Thimbleweed Park 2, with the return of several members of the original team. The project is presented as self-produced with the support of a private investor, with release expected at the beginning of 2028.
It is news from the laboratory of authors linked to the tradition of adventures: it is not the announcement of a new Monkey Island. The exit window is the one communicated by the developers and may change. The official diary allows you to follow the work without relying on rumors.
Sources: Ron Gilbert's announcement · The official development diary