Tag: RIP LucasArts

Escape from Monkey Island was the last for a long time in the Monkey Island series, and I believe that last game (and only 2nd?) on the GrimE engine before LucasArts essentially abandoned what was perceived as the dead/dying adventure game genre. This one has some technical issues on newer…

Curse of Monkey Island was the 3rd entry in the Monkey Island series and was a radical departure visually from the first two games. Though under the hood this is still a SCUMM engine game, in fact that last one before LucasArts switched to GrimE for Grim Fandango and Escape…

This is newly acquired for me and one I did not play during the time of its original release, unlike the majority of my other LucasArts posts. I’m glad I have it. It features really great, fully orchestrated music composed by Clint Bajakian spread over the game’s two CDs. the…

Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman took the first-time designer/director leads in this sequel to Ron Gilbert’s Maniac Mansion. From Wiki : “Day of the Tentacle follows the point-and-click two-dimensional adventure game formula, first established by the original Maniac Mansion. Players direct the controllable characters around the game world by clicking…

Ron Gilbert designed this 1987 adventure classic and Tim Schafer got his start here as a play-tester. From Wiki : “Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, it was Lucasfilm’s foray into video game…

Full Throttle follows the story of biker gang leader Ben of the Polecats. Ben meets Malcolm Corley via the road and local watering hole. Corley would like a real gang of bikers to accompany him to a stockholder meeting (they’re the last company producing bikes left). Escort missions are no…

Grim Fandango essentially marked the end of the big adventure game as we knew it during the 80s and 90s. This upgraded Sith (Dark Forces II) engine name GrimE brought pre-rendering of 3D assets for background and 3D characters. Though a critical success it was a commercial failure at the…

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was a new entry in the Indy series done in the adventure style that continued the hero’s story after the events of Last Crusade. It involves Indy’s search for the fabled lost city of Atlantis (obviously). This is the full “talkie edition” with…

The Last Crusade sought to extend the adventure game genre by allowing for different way to progress through the game and a points system that changed based on your solutions. It mostly follows the plot of the film. I added the FM Town version so you can hear the difference…

Straight from Wiki : “Loom is a graphical adventure game originally released in 1990. It was both developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now called LucasArts) and was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. The project was led by Brian Moriarty”. Loom’s fantasy adventure unfolds as…