LucasArts itself used such closed plot paths for its drama games like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (1989), but preferred the open format for other humour-oriented adventure games such as Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) and Day of the Tentacle (1993). This 'player-friendly' approach was unusual at the time of the first game's release in 1990 prominent adventure-game rivals included Sierra On-Line and Infocom, both of which were known for games with sudden and frequent character deaths or 'lock-outs'. The player cannot permanently place the game in an unwinnable state or cause Guybrush to die without great effort. The Monkey Island series is known for its humour and 'player-friendly' qualities. Gilbert's studio developed the sixth game, Return to Monkey Island, with Grossman assisting. Dave Grossman was the project leader of the fifth game in the series and Gilbert was involved with the first design of the game.

The rights to Monkey Island remained with LucasArts, and the third and fourth games were created without direct involvement from the original writing staff. Grossman and Schafer, who also worked on the first two games, enjoyed success on other games before they both left LucasArts. Gilbert worked on the first two games before leaving LucasArts. The first game in the series was created by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. Each game's plot usually involves the mysterious Monkey Island and its impenetrable secrets. The games follow the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean, defeat the plans of the evil undead pirate LeChuck and win the heart of Governor Elaine Marley. A sixth game was developed by Terrible Toybox in cooperation with Lucasfilm Games and Devolver Digital. The fifth installment of the franchise was developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with LucasArts. The first four games in the series were produced and published by LucasArts, earlier known as Lucasfilm Games. Monkey Island is a series of adventure games. Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, Windows, Classic Mac OS, macOS, Mega-CD, PlayStation 2, XBLA, WiiWare, PSN, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

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