Re-animating classic games with ScummVM
GAMER
Author(s): CHRISTIAN BAUN
The SCUMM engine is the basis of almost all the classic
adventure games by Lukasfilm Games/LukasArts.
Now fans can launch these game on Linux thanks to
ScummVM.
The SCUMM (“Script Creation Utility
for Maniac Mansion”) adventure
engine was developed by
Ron Gilbert for Maniac Mansion, a game
released by Lukasfilm Games in 1987.
Lukasfilm Games, which was later
renamed LukasArts, made continual
improvements to the engine and used it
for a whole series of classic adventure
games.
History
Adventure games based on the SCUMM
engine introduced a sensational new feature
at the time. Players no longer
homeneeded
to type keyboard commands to
control the characters in the game, but
could simply point to objects to enable
hidden verbs. This genre is known as
“Point & Click Adventure.”
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Rikard Svenningsen Oct 03, 2009 4:26pm GMT
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