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LucasArts Pioneer Discusses Classic Games

Posted by simoniker on from the mmm-rescue-on-fractalus dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken by Nasarius · · Score: 3, Informative

    No need for a C64 emulator for Maniac Mansion or Zac McKraken at least. MM was available for a lot of different platforms, including DOS and the original NES.

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  2. scummvm! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    with scummvm, I can play these game on my P800. no need for any c64 emulator or similar nonsense :-)

    1. Re:scummvm! by gl4ss · · Score: 2, Informative

      scummvm is also available on almost every os out there.

      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.. ).

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  3. Re:Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Not to mention the fact that ScummVM is available. Plus, the original Maniac Mansion is included within Day of the Tentacle.