![[U. S. A.]](images/flags/usa.gif) LucasArts
Originally, they were called Lucasfilm Ltd - Games Division. At
least some of their games are written with their adventure creation
utility SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Manial Mansion; 1987, Ron
Gilbert and Aric Wilmunder).
Apparently they discontinued working for the Amiga after producing
Indiana Jones IV: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
They are located on PO Box 10307, San Rafael, CA 94912, USA.
LucasArts has a homepage at http://www.lucasarts.com/.
There are inofficial sites about LucasArts: They are or have been distributed by Activision, Inc.
 Labyrinth
Type: Bitmap graphics/Music
Written 1986 by David Fox et al.
Runs on:
Notes: Based on the film of the same name. The game has no facility for
ordinary text input, instead you choose from two scrolling lists
of words.
 Maniac Mansion
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music
Written 1987 by Ron Gilbert [design], Gary Winnick [design] and David Fox [text].
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German and French.
Maniac Mansion (enhanced version)
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music
Runs on:
Notes: This has enhanced graphics and a different opening song.
 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music
Written 1988 by David Fox [design], David Spangler [design], Matthew Kane [design] and Gary Winnick [design].
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German and French.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (enhanced version)
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music
Runs on:
 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Type: Graphics/Music
Written 1989.
Runs on:
Notes: Based on the movie. Also available in German and French.
 Loom
Type: Graphics/Music
Written 1990 by Brian Moriarty and Marc Ferrari.
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German. In the CD version some close-up
pictures have been removed.
Loom (CD version)
Notes: This basically the same game as the above, except for better
graphics and full speech.
 The Secret of Monkey Island
Type: Graphics/Music
Written 1990 by Ron Gilbert.
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German. This is available both in EGA and
VGA versions.
 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click/Music
Written 1991 by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman.
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German.
 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Type: Interactive graphics/Music
Written 1992 by Hal Barwood.
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German and French. There were published four
Dark Horse comic magazines based on the game.
 Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle
Type: Graphics/Music
Written 1993 by Tim Schafer [design] and Dave Grossman [design].
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German. This is available both in a disk
version and a CD version with speech.
Comments: When playing this game, you come to a computer where you can play
Maniac Mansion 1.
 Sam & Max: Hit the Road
Written 1993 by Brian Moriarty.
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in German and French. Based on the comic by
Steve Purcell.
This came out both in a 3.5" disk version (seven disks) and a
CD version with speech. The CD version also contains five
audio tracks and a demo of the game Rebel Assault.
Comments: Dog and Bunny must find missing abominable snowman across the USA.
 Full Throttle
Written 1994 by Tim Schafer [design].
Runs on:
Comments: As a biker it's your job to save your biker gang from some problems
that big-game finance have put them in.
 The Dig
Type: Point-n-Click
Written 1995 by Stephen Spielberg [Original idea], Brian Moriarty [First, non-released version] and Sean Clark.
Runs on:
Notes: Uses a newly-developed point-and-click interface.
This is available in at least three different packaging
versions: (1) The game on one CD, manual, a reference card,
and an audio CD with soundtrack; (2) the game on one CD,
manual, a reference card; (3) the game on one CD, manual, a
reference card, the novel "The Dig" by Alan Dean Foster (300
pages), and one CD with Full Throttle and a 3-level special
edition of Dark Forces.
The game was originally designed by Brian Moriarty but it was
never released that way. Instead it went through three
complete rewrites. The version that was finally published was
designed by Sean Clark.
 The Curse of Monkey Island
Type: Graphics
Written 1997 by Jonathan Ackley [design] and Larry Ahern [design].
Runs on:
Notes: Also available in French.
 Grim Fandango
Type: Moving character graphics/Point-n-Click
Written 1998 by Tim Schafer [design].
Indiana Jones III: The Quest for the Holy Grail
Type: Interactive graphics
Runs on:
Notes: There were some arcade sequences at the end like dodging a
bladed wheel.
Comments: The plot centered on finding the holy grail and rescuing his
father with it after doctor Jones senior had been shot.
 Yoda Stories
Runs on:
 LucasArts Classic Adventures
Notes: Contains Loom, The Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones
and the fate of Atlantis, Manic Mansion, Zak McKraken
LucasArts CD
Notes: Contains The Secret of Monkey Island, The Secret of Monkey
Island II: LeChuck's Revenge and Indiana Jones and the Fate of
Atlantis.
 LucasArts CD 3
Notes: Contains The Dig, Full Throttle, The Secret of Monkey Island, The
Secret of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, Sam & Max: Hit
the Road and some action/adventure games. Marketed as "The
LucasArts Archive" in the UK and Australia.
Monkey Madness
Notes: This is a collection CD with Monkey Island 1 (with slightly
improved sound and graphics and using the interface and
interpreter from Monkey 2. It also has with background music
coming from some audio tracks on the CD), Monkey Island 2, and
Monkey Island 3 Demo.
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