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I just realized something - this game is like the reverse Monkey Island. A girl who doesn’t really want to be a pirate. An evil, sleazy governor who we don’t want to romance. The ship’s crew isn’t lazy and useless. And the (ghost) pirate is the hero who wins in the end. Hmm..anything else? No monkeys?

>GET PISTOL
Taken.
  Lafond immediately takes the advantage, forcing Nicholas in a retreat towards the foaming surf. But Nicholas fights hard, jaw set, ignoring his wounds. Lafond finally loses his smile.
  Behind the duellists, far away atop the cliff, you notice Crulley madly reloading the pistol.

>SHOOT LAFOND
But the pistol is not loaded.
  Suddenly the force of the duel turns, Nicholas advancing against Lafond’s retreat. Their blades silently flash in the moonlight. Lafond is pressed back into the shadow of the cliff, sweat beading on his forehead. Abruptly, Jamison leaps forward, metal scrapes, and his rapier licks neatly into Lafond’s ribs, like a snake slipping into its burrow. The body of the governor of St. Sinistra convulses, as in amazement, then sags dead on the sword.
  Nicholas removes a gold ring from the dead man’s finger, throwing his own cheap copy into the surf.
  Far above him, Crulley moves down the stairs.

>LOAD PISTOL
You pour a lumpy stream of gunpowder mixture into the barrel of the pistol tamping it as best you can.
  Crulley is levelling the pistol, feet apart, braced by the cliff wall.

>SHOOT CRULLEY
Trembling, you fire the heavy pistol. You hear its loud report over roaring surf. Crulley staggers, hit, and falls from the cliff. The gun falls from your nerveless hands.
  Time stops as you and Nicholas gaze at one another, adoring and amazed. Slowly he bows and offers his hand.
  Chestnut hair, tousled by the wind, frames the tanned oval of his face. His eyes, twin seas of blue, devour you with a love deep and true-hearted, and you are pulled into his embrace, your mouth on his, lips parted, thirsting, arching into his kiss…
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forecastle
  As dawn breaks over the eastern seas, you stand with Nicholas on his ship, looking north. “I have nothing left in England,” he says. “There I am but a destitute gentleman, wanted for piracy. Here—this isle holds too many memories; your father may have it. Mayhap my brother’s wife yet lives. I must try to find her, either way.” He takes you into his arms. “Come with me, my love? To America—they tell of endless fertile fields and strange beasts in that wild land. It won’t be easy, but we will have each other. Together, shall we carve a kingdom blessed with fair children and freedom?”
  You wrap your arms about his waist and lean into him, and smile at the rising sun.

  In 669 turns, you have achieved a score of 25 out of 25 points.
  Thus you have finished the story of PLUNDERED HEARTS, earning the title, “Happily Ever After.”

Karlok - 28 April 2016 10:22 AM

Oscar - 28 April 2016 09:58 AM

I just realized something - this game is like the reverse Monkey Island. A girl who doesn’t really want to be a pirate. An evil, sleazy governor who we don’t want to romance. The ship’s crew isn’t lazy and useless. And the (ghost) pirate is the hero who wins in the end. Hmm..anything else? No monkeys?

Oscar, you’re a genius! You discovered the SECRET of Monkey Island. Plundered Hearts came first. It’s crystal clear that Ron Gilbert based his MI on one of the stories Amy Briggs told him, some of them her own creations, when they were neighbors and she was babysitting him.

Well, maybe not.
But it IS an interesting coincidence.

You think it was some kind of revenge against her for not letting him stay up late and play computer games?

So many loose endings…

The prologue - What Crulley says (“you won’t shoot me”) doesn’t actually take place, does it?

What’s the deal with the ring?
Is Cookie still alive?
And what of the crocodile?