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| LucasArts Releases Retro Games On Steam |
| · Written by Andrew · Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:00 · |
 Yesterday, LucasArts Entertainment began offering some of their classic games for download through Steam. They have begun with just a handful, but are promising to expand that list as time goes on. Some of the release titles include LOOM, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Star Wars BattleFront II. This is exciting news for any fans of Star Wars games certainly, but LucasArts also has a deep library of other retro games that are totally worth playing. Now that they are available through Steam, you know that they will be reasonably priced and will run properly on your modern machine. Read on to find out what other games are coming out, as well as which LucasArts titles you should be excited about.
 Certainly everyone has come across a LucasArts game in the last decade, almost assuredly a Star Wars game, and there have been some good ones but also some bad ones. If there is one universe that isn't lacking for content its certainly the Star Wars Universe. That being said, Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Republic Commando were both included in the launch and are both worth a look, especially when you consider they are priced at $20 and $10 respectively. I'm hoping later releases will include games from the X-Wing and TIE Fighter series, also great Star Wars titles. But LucasArts has done more than just Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. Back before the turn of the century and the re-release of the Star Wars movies, LucasArts had many great action-adventure titles. Some of the titles from the late 80's and early nineties that were developed by LucasArts include; Full Throttle, Maniac Mansion, The Secret of Monkey Island, Afterlife and Sam and Max Hit the Road, just to name a few. Not every one of these games was a crustbuster, however LucasArts had a reputation for quality adventure and graphic-adventure titles, and I think its great that they are going to give kids today a chance to expereicen these games. As Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts said, "...it's possible to introduce a whole new generation of gamers to LucasArts' classic games. It also gives more people a chance to play our games by making them available long after they've disappeared from store shelves. This is just the beginning." Clearly he is suggesting that they will continue to update their library of classic games and release them through Steam. How many can we expect? I would imagine as many as would be profitable.  Now one piece of info I haven't been able to come across is whether this LucasArts catalogue will include games that were developed by LucasFilm and LucasFilm Games (from what I gather, LucasArts simply evolved form these divisions of George Lucas' empire). Some of the games at that time were released on a wide variety of consoles and computer systems and it would be great to see them playable again on a modern system. Games like Labyrinth, Pipe Dream, Ballblazer, Koronis Rift and Strike Fleet. Some of these games are kinda basic, and might not warrant a purchase, but if they were thrown into a larger pack of old school games for 5 or 10 bucks, I would imagine they would see some takers. Yes, Pipe Mania was awesome at the time, and I did play it a lot, probably at school, however even if it was free I can't see myself finding the action that riveting anymore.As for right now, what games are available from LucasArts on Steam? Here is a complete list of the re-released launch titles.
 For more info on LucasArts games, check out a full list of their deveopments from wikipedia or follow them now on Twitter where you can expect updates on new (old!) titles they will be releasing. Bookmark it, blog it, Digg it, tag it and share this story   
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Coincidence, I was just thinking about The Dig yesterday. Very cool game (remember piecing the turtle's bones together? Then making it come to life with one of those life stones.) I don't really remember the story - just a few bits.
Full Throttle also an incredible title and probably one of my favourite games of all time. I remember the story was just incredible.
Loom was cool back in the day, but I don't think I could sit through all the spell casting today. Probably get pretty repetitive.
Haha Sam and Max, what a title!
It would be awesome if they could put all these games into flash and create a website you could log into and play online. I remember somewhere on the internet, someone did that with the original 7th Guest title from (...Trilobyte? I am not sure if this is the spelling or not).