What IS/WAS the actual secret of Monkey Island?

[OptimusNemesis]

Used to love playing the Monkey Island games when I was younger - I remember playing the first one on my trusty old Amiga 500 way back in 1991!

But I got thinking the other day... what actually was the secret? Was it LeChuck's ship underneath the island? I hope it wasn't that giant robot monkey thing from one of the later games!

Is the secret of Monkey Island... still a secret?

- Nem

[Richard L]

There was no secret so far as I remember. Was there treasure on Kirrin Island in Five on a Treasure Island? I forget.

[Takeshi Kovacs]

The secret was that some characters were aware that they were part of a computer game. This is clear from their dialogue.

[James2012]

I aksed Ron Gilbert this once and he mentioned something about stabbing me in the face so I thought I'd let it go. I'm sure it'll be on this tombstone for the die hard Monkey Island fans.