Hey there folks, on the phone with my fantabulous mother - and she just said “I wish I could find that game. That one with the monkeys. Where you had a business, and you sold bananas. And the monkey was in a suit…”
*She also adds the bananas were called “nanas” and you had to go to “The little houses which were the suppliers”
Honestly, I have no clue what this game is. Sounds like a simulation game. I thought it was that old black and white pixelated game from Mac - but I sure as HEY can’t remember what game that is. But I feel like someone on here might know what it is. So if anyone knows about this magical monkey mac pixel game can someone give me the 411? Thank you!
*Was my grandmother’s Mac - and we played it ~92-93. The disks were stored in a little white clamshell, and we think maybe it could have been shareware. No sure though. Ho-no!
*Down the rabbit hole I found it’s from a Macintosh 128K, still trying to find it.
*The saga continues. My mother and I searched for a large quantity of time before we realized it was more than likely shareware and in turn might be so obscure that it might be too difficult to find. But I did find two things. Internet Archives has various [vintage mac](https://archive.org/search?query=Vintage Apple Macintosh Shareware Games ) games all alphabetized. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything "banana, “nana,” or “monkey” related in there. (Well actually Monkey solitaire and one other game, but neither were the ones). I also found another pretty cool site with lists of games. Which I might paw through, cause I love to make my mama happy. So eh! If anyone has any idea what this might be - feel free to toss it my way, even in a message. Thank you!
There were blue monkeys: https://cdn.mobygames.com/screenshots/9229863-monkey-business-apple-ii-title-screen.png
Unfortunately not, we thought it might be that - but it was black and white and very pixelated. I believe you swang from powerlines but I can’t remember too much. The bananas I think might have been floating in air and may have twirled. I am really pushing it because this was at least 30 years ago.
Thank you though! Still on da phone with mama - we’re trying to find it too.
With these additional details:
Based on the additional details—black and white, very pixelated graphics, swinging from powerlines, and floating bananas—it’s likely that the game you’re thinking of is Bananarama, also known as Monkeys! on the classic Macintosh.
Bananarama was a simple black-and-white game released in the mid-1980s, where the player controlled a monkey swinging from vines or powerlines, collecting bananas. The bananas often floated in mid-air and twirled, matching the description given. The game had a very pixelated look typical of early Macintosh games.
This seems to align closely with what you’ve described, so it might be the game you’re looking for!
Any idea what year range it could be? And did she play it in school as an educational game or at home? What type of floppy it was on might help, too.
No, there weren’t. Apologies. The graphics were explicitly black and white, because the mac screen was black and white. It’s an older game. I think at the latest it probably would have been made ~93 but more than likely earlier. But the graphics would have been like this. Either way, thank you for trying!