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  Scabb Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The island is inhabited by an anarchistic yet peaceful community of pirates.
In the western part of the island is a swamp which houses the "International House of Mojo", run by the Voodoo Lady.
A graveyard is located at the southeast end of the island, and the houseboat (named the Jolly Rasta) of the Jamaican pirate Captain Dread is docked at a peninsula in the southwest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scabb_Island   (389 words)

  
 Monkey Island series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The islands teem with pirates dressed in outfits that seem to come from movies and comic books rather than history, and there are many deliberate anachronisms and references to modern-day popular culture.
The main islands of the Tri-Island Area are Mêlée Island, Booty Island, and Plunder Island, which are all ruled by Governor Elaine Marley in place of her long lost grandfather, Horatio Torquemada Marley.
Skull Island: Located off the coast of Blood Island, it is the destination of a hideout for pirate smugglers who have made the uncursed diamond their own.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monkey_Island_series   (2571 words)

  
 Scabb Island
Scabb Island is a nice and quiet place to live.
The heart of the island is the town of Woodtick, which offer the basic facilities a citizen need.
Scabb Island also has the larger of only two cemeteries in the Caribbean, but it can get a little scary being there all alone…especially if there are bats.
www.worldofmi.com /info/islands/scabb   (156 words)

  
 The Secret of Monkey Island - an adaptation
Scabb Island, however, stood alone, in that not many islands were nearby.
But perhaps Scabb was now the only island where pirates were free to be pirates, in all their warts and glory.
But unlike most islands where the cemetery, if not exactly prominent, is at least in the general area, Scabb Island's cemetery was located on a lonely, windy promontory at the southeastern corner of the island, about as far from everyone else as possible.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/neches/158/m2-1.htm   (14138 words)

  
 Scabb Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Scabb Island began in much the same way as Mêlée Island
Rapp Scallion's Steamin' Weanie Hut, and Largo LaGrande.
After Guybrush showed up looking for treasure (why he went to Scabb Island for treasure is beyond me), he made short work of Largo and the island was as peaceful as a pirate infested, lawless land mass can be.
www.evilsponge.com /mi/scabb.html   (156 words)

  
 Review: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The four pieces of map are distributed on three islands: Scabb Island, the one you started on, Booty Island (which happens to be run by none other then Elaine), and the oppressive dictatorship of Phatt Island.
The plot of the game slows down to a snail's pace once you start to explore the three islands, as you slog through puzzle after puzzle with very little return in the way of story advancement.
Scabb Island has the most logical puzzles of the three island areas.
www.justadventure.com /reviews/MI2/MI2_Review.shtm   (1197 words)

  
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There is a certain built in Monkey Island logic in all the puzzles, though.
One fun thing is that Ron Gilbert, the creator of the first two games in the Monkey Island series, got his inspiration to the game from a ride at Disneyland, California called Pirates of the Caribbean.
You've seen four incredibly well-done versions of Monkey Island, and there’s an immense amount of stories that remain to be told within that series.
www.delteradventures.com /monkeyisland_eng.html   (1446 words)

  
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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge opens with Guybrush in a rather precarious predicament, dangling from a rope over a precipice and clutching a heavy-looking chest that threatens to drag him to his doom.
Monkey Island 2 was released only a year or so after its predecessor, The Secret of Monkey Island, then fans had to wait an anxious seven years before the third game, The Curse of Monkey Island, appeared.
Of course the last two titles in the series, Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island, are not as primitive as the first two.
www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=470   (957 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2
The voodoo lady has moved from her little house on Melee Island to a nice cottage in the swamp on Scabb Island.
He is not very helpful to Guybrush when he arrives on the island, but I guess that is to be expected, considering how Guybrush threaded him on Monkey Island.
The men of low moral fiber have emigrated to Scabb Island, where they spend all of their time sleeping on a ledge next to the local laundry.
www.worldofmi.com /thegames/monkey2/index.php   (811 words)

  
 Lucre Island
The island was named shortly thereafter when Sheepgood realized they could make a lot of lucre for people to see these captivating creatures.
Pete had avoided the authorities by discovering the secrets of the monkey stronghold that was the Mysts o' Tyme swamp.
Threepwood, meanwhile, was later dubbed a hero of Lucre island, since he caught Pegnose Pete and vanquished Ozzie Mandrill.
www.evilsponge.com /mi/lucre.html   (415 words)

  
 DancingRobots.com » FarSide’s Quest for Adventure! 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
At some point Guybrush learns from Wally B. Feed, a cartographer who’s living on Scabb, that Big Whoop was originally found by four pirates who made a map to the treasure and split it into four pieces to ensure no one ever found it again.
With three islands to openly explore, and plenty of characters to interact with on them, MI2 gave a real feeling that this was a world that existed and as a mighty pirate you could sail from island to island at your leisure.
Monkey Island 2 is notable for having two difficulty settings in some versions of the game, with an easier one for those less puzzled inclined (like adults at the time).
www.dancingrobots.com /2006/03/14/farsides-quest-for-adventure-3   (2297 words)

  
 The Curse of Monkey Island - from CDAccess.com
So if this is your first Monkey Island game (or if your memory has been a little spotty since that last alien abduction), you may be asking yourself, "Who is this Threepwood guy, and how did he end up writing his journal in the middle of the Caribbean?" Well, it all started on Mêlée Island.
In the next installment, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Guybrush appeared on Scabb Island and became obsessed with hunting for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop.
Now, in The Curse of Monkey Island, somehow Guybrush has escaped and once again found his true love...whose fort is under attack by the forces of the zombie pirate.
www.cdaccess.com /html/pc/monkeyis.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Walkthrough
When Guybrush is talking to Bart and Fink you learn that he is on a quest to find the legendary treasure of Big Whoop and that he is trying to charter a ship to get off Scabb Island.
Walk to the left across the bridge and on to the map of the island.
Use the plank that is already in the tree and insert the oar in the hole next to it.
www.solutionbound.com /milegacy/mi2w.htm   (4509 words)

  
 The Monkey Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
At the beginning of Monkey Island 2 Guybrush was on Booty Island when the idea of trying to find the lost legendary treasure of Big Whoop hit him.
The inhabitants of Plunder Island are chicken mad, with their native feral chickens and their capital city of Puerto Pollo.
Plunder Island holds special memories for Guybrush, for it was here that he and Elaine got engaged.
website.lineone.net /~maydon/monkey/isles.htm   (526 words)

  
 Everything you don't possibly need to know | But I'm going to tell you anyway
In order to acceed to piratehood, a queer form of apprenticeship must be served, whereby skills in some three fields must be demonstrated, with requisite evidences presented to a triumvirate of pirates who have previously served their time, got a trade behind them and become noteworthy exponents of the art of buccaneery.
Ostensibly the Sheriff of Melee Island, though it transpires that he is not quite all he seems.
Proprietor of the Scabb Inn, Woodtick, Scabb Island.
www.freewebs.com /theelf29/monkeyisland.htm   (1669 words)

  
 CEO Hints - Monkey Island 2 (2/2)
After going back to Scabb Island, head for the bar ship and ask for these two drinks, a ‘Blue Whale’ and a ‘Yellowbeard’s Baby’.
Take the broken oar and go to Scabb Island, visit the carpenter and give the broken oar to him to fix.
At Dinky Island grab the bottle from the water and the crowbar and martini glass from the shore.
www.sunstorm.com /ceo/hints/monkey2b.htm   (2412 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
This time he appears on Scabb Island, the only island where pirates are free to be pirates.
On Booty Island he has a surprise: he meets Elaine as the governor of the island.
On Dinky Island Guybrush finds the treasure of Big Whoop, but he has to combat LeChuck who then turns up to be his brother… This game finishes with the infamous 'Carnival of the Damned' ending which us Monkey Island fans can't understand.
members.tripod.com /~mnemec/base/page5.html   (179 words)

  
 Video game reviews and cheats: XBOX, PS2, playstation2, Nintendo, PC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You start out on Scabb Island, not the best place to be since there's an embargo going on.
Walk to the right, out of Woodtick and into a large spread of the island of Scabb.
He knows the way to three islands: Scabb, Booty and Phatt.
www.gamezilla.com /users/cheat.aspx?cheat=822   (2922 words)

  
 Intestinal Fauna (aka Dimrill's Page) - Monkey Island 2 Solution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I write my solutions to take you through the game as fast as possible, so don't expect it them to be in any kind of order.
Go to Phatt Island and use the leaflet with the poster of you.
Go to Scabb Island, and there should be a monkey in the bar.
www14.brinkster.com /Dimrill/articles/mon2sol.htm   (1771 words)

  
 CEO Hints - Monkey Island 2 (1/2)
Scabb Island acessible locations - woodtick, beach, swamp, cemetery, pennisula.
Row to the right until you have reach the shack.
There are three islands you can access: Scabb, Booty and Phatt.
www.sunstorm.com /ceo/hints/monkey2a.htm   (1591 words)

  
 Gamers Europe Hall of Fame: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The game begins where the original left off, Guybrush, having triumphantly banished the evil ghost pirate LeChuck to hell, is on Scabb Island in search of the biggest treasure of them all: Big Whoop.
While it is essentially is a humour game, this doesn’t give it a license to have ridiculous puzzles that make no sense whatsoever, and thankfully this doesn’t happen — the puzzle at hand may seem impossible, but once you figure it out you’ll kick yourself for not thinking of it before.
It’s testament to the developers that their puzzles are as fun to decipher today as they were twelve years ago, the graphics may have aged but the plot and puzzles certainly haven’t, they’re as funny and as interesting as ever.
www.gamerseurope.com /articles/128/print   (697 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge This FAQ/Walkthrough by Evil Sponge Version 1.0 May 24, 2001 Table of Contents: I. Introduction II.
Now that you're at the overhead view of Scabb Island you need to go to the river delta on the east shore.
Now, leave the island and head to Phatt Island Look to the right, and you'll see a pier stretching out into the water with a fisherman sitting on the end.
www.rollespilcentralen.dk /walk/monkey_island_2.txt   (4848 words)

  
 Annual Meeting Special Events
This year’s SCABB annual meeting is set for beautiful Galveston Island, a destination rich in history and booty!
Jean Lafitte arrived on Galveston Island in 1817, and made it his base of operations until 1821 when he was forced to leave the island because of his attack on an American ship.
SCABB will provide your first piece of pirate attire along with a title worthy of a buccaneer to help you fit right in.
www.scabb.org /am05-special.htm   (544 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The games in the Monkey Island series are brightly animated adventures with a pirate-era setting and a warped sense of humor.
Fortunately, Monkey Island 2 features an optional Easy mode "for beginners and magazine reviewers." (Ahem.) Unfortunately, even when playing "Monkey 2 Lite," I still couldn't figure out a way for Guybrush to vanquish LeChuck in round 2 of their ongoing enmity.
The animated game has a cinematic feel, from the lovely opening shot of Scabb Island to the mood-setting music.
www.atarimagazines.com /compute/issue142/106_Monkey_Island_2_LeC.php   (423 words)

  
 :: Metamorfo Entertainment ::
In the middle of the ocean, and slowly drifting off course, two galleons appeared on the horizon, each was flying a fl flag decorated with a white skull and crossbones.
Wreckage from the Smelly Chimpanzee was scattered about the beach, including one of the Smelly Chimpanzee cannons that had failed to go off during the battle.
Soon Guybrush will find out everything he never knew and the myths about The Secret of Monkey Island will be put to rest.
www.metamorfo.quae.net /eng/ami.htm   (238 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Review - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Adventure Games, Interactive Fiction ...
Indeed, the debut title of the Monkey Island series not only remains as an all-time favorite in the minds of many adventure gamers, it also stands as a testament that symbolizes Lucasfilm Games as the master of designing adventure game.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge is not just a “mon(k)ey away from the customers” sequel; this is something really new.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge is also one of the first (if not first) adventure titles from Lucasfilm Games that uses dedicated cut scenes.
www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/reviews/37   (1156 words)

  
 The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar - Wander the plank of love with us
The Monkey Island games are classics in every sense of the word and as such they are timeless jewels that should be in not just every self-respecting gamer's collection, but also in every self-respecting pop-culture aficionados.
Legend of Monkey Island is dead too, no matter what they say.
Well Monkeydang has made that wait a hell of a lot easier for you with his Monkey Island fan-game to keep you busy until Ron wins the lottery.
www.scummbar.com   (1480 words)

  
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, released in 1991, is the stunning sequel to The Secret of Monkey Island.
Guybrush, who has changed his look and grown a beard, arrives on Scabb Island.
Monkey Island 2 was released in PC 256 colors, and for the Amiga computer system.
mywebpages.comcast.net /paulsuth/MI2page.html   (202 words)

  
 The International House of Mojo - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The treasure lies on a remote island, the map to which was distributed in four pieces by Elaine's grandfather.
So begins a quest which spans Scabb, Booty, and Phatt islands, eventually bringing Guybrush to the Zombie Pirate LeChuck's fortress and the resting place of Big Whoop itself.
One of the major criticisms of Monkey Island 2 is its bizarre ending, which features a young Guybrush and his brother Chuckie in a modern-day amusement park.
www.mixnmojo.com /php/site/gamedb.php?gameid=6   (734 words)

  
 Monkey Island Music Day - Kotaku
Somewhere in the middle of the concert, seemingly out of the blue, it was announced that for the first time in many years, LucasArts composing legends from the old days, including my favorites Michael Z. Land and Clint Bajakian, were teaming up onstage to wail on the old glories of game music.
Leading up to the actual music, I was so excited I actually drew blood from some stranger I gripped hysterically, but once the middle-aged, plaid-clad gentlemen took their places at their keyboards and guitars, the magic quickly faded.
Monkey Island is definitely "one of those games that make you feel warm and fuzzy inside".
www.kotaku.com /gaming/ron-gilbert/monkey-island-music-day-207603.php   (1440 words)

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