Editing The Curse of Monkey Island (section)

==Development==
''The Curse of Monkey Island'' was announced during the [[European Computer Trade Show]] in September 1996.<ref name=monkeyislandsales>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970606050347/http://www.next-generation.com/news/091196f.html | url=http://www.next-generation.com:80/news/091196f.html | title=ECTS: Lucas Monkeying Around | date=September 11, 1996 | author=Staff | archive-date=June 6, 1997 | work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdmag.com/news/0912961.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970101094009/http://www.cdmag.com/news/0912961.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 1997|title=Computer Games Online News|date=1 January 1997}}</ref> According to ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'', the game's predecessors had been "relatively minor hit[s]" in the United States, but became blockbusters on the PC and the Amiga throughout Europe.<ref name=monkeyislandsales /> ''Monkey Island'' creator [[Ron Gilbert]] had parted ways with the series after ''Monkey Island 2'', and the new project leaders were [[Jonathan Ackley]] and [[Larry Ahern]], both of whom had previously worked on ''[[Full Throttle (1995 video game)|Full Throttle]]'' (the interface of the game was adopted almost entirely). The lead background artist was [[Bill Tiller]].

During production, examples of major changes include enhancing the role of Murray, the talking skull. Originally intended only to be featured in the first chapter, he proved so popular with test players that he was written to reappear at several points later in the game.

The game was later rereleased on a CD-ROM compilation of ''Monkey Island'' games, bundled with ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' and ''Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' called the ''Monkey Island Bounty Pack''.

After the game shipped, a ''Monkey Island'' film was in the works. This was only brought to light when Tony Stacchi, a [[Concept design|concept artist]] for the project, sent his work to The Scumm Bar, a ''Monkey Island'' [[fansite]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Monkey Island movie art? |publisher=The Scumm Bar |url=http://www.scummbar.com/index.php?newssniffer=readcomment&news=808 |date=2005-01-09 |access-date=2008-03-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305075713/http://www.scummbar.com/index.php?newssniffer=readcomment&news=808 |archive-date=2008-03-05}}</ref> The film was cancelled in the early stages of development but Tony Stacchi published the artwork on his portfolio.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tony Stacchi's FOLIO | publisher=stacchi.com| url = http://www.stacchi.com/folio/ | access-date=2008-03-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619222945/http://www.stacchi.com/folio/ | archive-date = 2009-06-19}}</ref>

===Audio===
[[Michael Land]], who provided much of the music for the first two games, composed the score. ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' was the first game in the series to feature [[voice acting]]. The primary voice cast consisted of [[Dominic Armato]] as [[Guybrush Threepwood]]; [[Alexandra Boyd]] as [[Elaine Marley]] and Son Pirate; [[Earl Boen]] as [[LeChuck]]; [[Denny Delk]] as [[Minor characters in Monkey Island#Murray the demonic talking skull|Murray]], Skully, and Father Pirate; [[Neil Ross]] as Wally B. Feed; [[Alan Young]] as Haggis McMutton; [[Michael Sorich]] as Edward Van Helgen and Charles DeGoulash (Ghost Groom); [[Gregg Berger]] as Cutthroat Bill; and [[Leilani Jones (actress)|Leilani Jones Wilmore]] as the Voodoo Lady. Other voice actors included [[Kay E. Kuter]] as Griswold Goodsoup, [[Tom Kane]] as Captain René Rottingham and the Flying Welshman, [[Patrick Pinney]] as Stan, and [[Victor Raider-Wexler]] as Slappy Cromwell and the Snowcone Guy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134599/fullcredits#cast |title=Full cast and crew for The Curse of Monkey Island |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |access-date=2007-11-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727044618/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134599/fullcredits |archive-date=2009-07-27}}</ref> Notables among the remaining voices include [[Mary Kay Bergman]] as Minnie "Stronie" Goodsoup (Ghost Bride), [[Gary Coleman]] as Kenny Falmouth, and future ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'' star [[Glenn Quinn]] as Pirate #5.

===Differences in localized versions===
Non-English versions of the game omit the section at the beginning of the second CD, where Guybrush's crew sings the song "A Pirate I Was Meant To Be". In this section, the player as Guybrush has to stop the crew's singing - however, at each attempt, they just start a new stanza rhyming to the player's line, until he says a line ending with the word "[[Orange (word)#Rhyme|orange]]" making the song unable to continue. As the whole section relies on Anglophonic rhyming, it was removed from non-English versions of the game.