Monkey Shines (video game)

Monkey Shines is a platform game which was developed and published as shareware by FantaSoft, LLC in 1997 for the Apple Macintosh. In the game, a monkey named Bonzo adventures through different levels collecting fruits and keys. The red keys activate the exit and complete the level (or world). There are also some blue keys which activate bonus levels. The game came included with bonus levels and a level editor. The original game starts out with five levels: Spooked (a haunted mansion), About the House (a house), Spaced Out (outer space), In the Drink (underwater), and In the Swing (a jungle), but more levels can be infinitely added to the "others" level section by downloading them from the internet. In 1997, Monkey Shines was winner of the most nostalgic game of the year by MacUser magazine. A Microsoft Windows-compatible version of the game was also made later. A sequel was released titled Monkey Shines 2: Gorilla Warfare. There is a very similar game called Monty on the run that was released in 1985.

Audio^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Monkey Shines"	Petteri Lajunen
2.	"Spaced Out"	Petteri Lajunen
3.	"About the House"	Petteri Lajunen
4.	"In the Drink"	Ville-Eemeli Käkelä
5.	"In the Swing"	Ville-Eemeli Käkelä
6.	"Spooked"	Ville-Eemeli Käkelä

Original Credits

Listing of the original people who worked on the original game.^[2] These are basically the people you would find if you looked in the Credits section of the original game:

• Fantasoft Owner: Tim Phillips
• Programming: Mark Elliott
• Artwork: Alan Lau
• Music and Sound Effects: Petteri Lajunen, Ville-Eemeli Kakela
• Level Design:
  • "Spooked" - Vern Jensen
  • "Spaced Out" - Ville-Eemeli Kakela & Petteri Lajunen
  • "In The Drink" - Alexander Minidis
  • "About the House" - Alexander Minidis
  • "In The Swing" - Vern Jensen
• Special Thanks: David Lau

Extra Original Credits

Some more people associated with the game, not in the original development but nevertheless important contributors.

• Philip Roy: Writer of original level design tutorials and documents, creator of 'Bonzo Hits Cyberspace' hosted on Fantasofts website, as well as winner of "Level Design Contest" for original game with the world 'Phils Mac World'.

External links and references

• MacGamer - Monkey Shines 1.2.1
• mymac.com - Monkey Shines
• gameDB - Monkey Shines
• gameDB - Monkey Shines 2: Gorilla Warfare
• rateyourmusic - Monkey Shines
• github - ErikaRedmark/monkey-shines-java-port

References

1. "Monkey Shines by Petteri Lajunen / Ville-Eemeli Käkelä (Bootleg, Sequencer & MIDI): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
2. "ErikaRedmark/monkey-shines-java-port". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-04-20.