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... and especially the critically acclaimed The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), helped Lucasfilm Games build a reputation as one of the leading developers in the genre ... adventure fame, with classic titles such as Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge (1991), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) and the Maniac Mansion sequel Maniac Mansion ... still managed to release moderately commercially successful titles The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) was the last LucasArts adventure game to retain traditional two-dimensi ...
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