LucasArts Pioneer Discusses Classic Games

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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Wow

[peripatetic_bum]

I have watched this topic and read the article, and it ends up I will be FP. Look how far lucasArts has tumbled where not even the trolls bother to FP

Sam & Max 2

[cabra771]

He seemed to dodge the question about Sam & Max 2 in the interview, but I bet he's damn well pissed that Lucasarts cancelled it, too.

Put the game back on schedule, damn it!

Re:Sam & Max 2

[the_truk_stop]

So the puzzles were easier to solve because of the extra dimension?

No, I just got the impression that they spent more time making the thing 3D than they did creating an engaging set of puzzles.

Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken

[Neo-Rio-101]

Those oldschool Lucasfilm adventures were truly great. From "Labyrinth" (based off the old movie with David Bowie) to "Maniac Mansion" (a true classic) and "ZacMcKraken" (took me about 6 hours to complete).

I played all of these on a Commodore 64 back in the day. Completed all three of them. And who can forget the Green Tentacle?

All memorable highlights of my misspent game playing youth ;) The C64 didn't have the Sierra Police and Space Quests, but the Lucas games were the next best thing.

If you haven't played these adventures yet, GET THEE TO A C64 EMULATOR! NOW!

Re:Maniac Mansion & Zac McKraken

[Nasarius]

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.