LucasArts Pioneer Discusses Classic Games 21
neonstz writes "David Fox, co-author of Rescue on Fractalus, Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders, visited The Gathering demo-party in Norway this easter. He gave a nice on-site presentation, unfortunately not available online, about the early days of Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts) and Rescue on Fractalus, but there's also a lengthy interview with Fox on the official Gathering site, discussing his own games and game development in general."
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Sam & Max 2 (Score:5, Interesting)
Put the game back on schedule, damn it!
Re:Sam & Max 2 (Score:2, Insightful)
Nah, they were going to do it in 3D. They seem to ruin their games when they go 3D. Just look at the Monkey Island series. Many of the puzzles were too easy to solve in the 4th one (hey buddy, it's not like I ever completed Riven or anything...I'm just saying). ;)
Re:Sam & Max 2 (Score:1)
Admittedly, the 3D made EMI look crap, tacky and without atmosphere, but Sam & Max was actually looking pretty good if you check out the more recent screens.
Re:Sam & Max 2 (Score:3, Insightful)
No, I just got the impression that they spent more time making the thing 3D than they did creating an engaging set of puzzles.
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Re:Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken (Score:1, Informative)
scummvm! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:scummvm! (Score:3, Informative)
and it also plays couple of non-lucas games as well.
there's similar projects/interpreters for sierras games as well(heck, there's leisure suit larry through one of them for series60 phones.. ).
It's time to step up and fight back. (Score:1, Troll)