LucasArts Teases iPhone Ports of Classics

by Chris Faylor, Jul 06, 2009 11:25am PDT

Related Topics – iphone, PSP Go, PC, LucasArts

With LucasArts beginning to embrace digital distribution and its library of beloved classics, the studio once known for Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max: Hit the Road, Monkey Island, Full Throttle and others has suggested that iPhone ports may be on the way.

"On iPhone, you know Apple's policy that we can't talk about a release until it's ready to release," LucasArts CEO Darrell Rodriguez told Joystiq when asked about iPhone and iPod Touch editions of older titles. "But it would make sense that we would do something like that if we were to go in that direction ... wink wink, nod, nod."

Rodriguez further noted that LucasArts' Singapore branch, "which does the majority of our handheld titles," is playing with the PSP Go and "seeing what we can do [there]."

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haha! I love how none of the titles listed in this posting, screenshots included, are in their recent announcement of steam updates. They release old games nobody wants to play, so we're stuck with ScummVM and pirating the good ones.

Jul 06, 2009 1:32pm PDT

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haha! I love how none of the titles listed in this posting, screenshots included, are in their recent an... : jjastor
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- PIRATING!!! EVIL!!! I actually own multiple copies of my Lucas Arts game. : JackAxe
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  Republic Commando is far far away from being a bad game. : FTY
  - I'ma buy that one. : Johnny Law
- I don't mind playing with ScummVM at all. And I already have FT : umegastar

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Would be really cool if they did that.

Jul 06, 2009 3:10pm PDT

Would be really cool if they did that. : razlebol

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Note to Lucasarts, don't hype lame announcements.

Jul 06, 2009 12:27pm PDT

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Note to Lucasarts, don't hype lame announcements. : dangerdoggie
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  Note to dangerdoggie, don't make lame posts. : Ebu
  - He's got a good point. You hear LUCASARTS and then BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, and then you get a handful of 90's ... : NEX!

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I would buy Full Throttle on iphone in a heartbeat. That was the first point/click adventure game that didn't make me feel completely stupid (I was 12 when I played it).

Jul 06, 2009 11:55am PDT

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I would buy Full Throttle on iphone in a heartbeat. That was the first point/click adventure game that d... : CyCo_PL
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- Bleh, it was also the shortest one of the bunch. I recall getting home at 9 in the evening, installing i... : JackAxe

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tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter !!!! peeelease!!

Jul 06, 2009 1:21pm PDT

tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter tie fighter !!!! peeelease!! : Frush81

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What is he talking about with the apple thing, everyone talks about their games before they are ready to be released.

Jul 06, 2009 11:33am PDT

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What is he talking about with the apple thing, everyone talks about their games before they are ready to ... : snowwolf
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- Yeah it sounds like he might of got the reasoning for keeping quiet wrong. He might be told to keep quiet... : ovrlrd

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I would love to see this, but I have once concern:

So many of the older games were about exploration, and clicking on everything to see/hear the dialogue. I'm afraid the iphone/touch would be way too small to click on every little thing.

Jul 06, 2009 12:00pm PDT

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I would love to see this, but I have once concern: So many of the older games were about exploration, ... : heartsauce
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  - Not sure what you're talking about... unless you maybe mean that Lucasarts games rarely let you *pick up*... : heartsauce

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Is this the BIG announcement that they were supposed to make today?

Jul 06, 2009 12:40pm PDT

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Is this the BIG announcement that they were supposed to make today? : frdranger
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- The big announcement was the impending Steam release of LucasArts classics and a release date for the Mon... : Chris Faylor

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Already have these due to ScummVM. It's great to play these games on the iphone.

Jul 06, 2009 11:27am PDT

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Already have these due to ScummVM. It's great to play these games on the iphone. : freakynipples69
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- I never knew this... in the process of putting Full Throttle on my iPhone now :) : mrazzino

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i used to have Sam n Max on my iphone (when i used to have one), it's absolutely amazing and very fun but the whole touch thing is annoying, you can't see where your finger is exactly pressing

Jul 06, 2009 11:33am PDT

i used to have Sam n Max on my iphone (when i used to have one), it's absolutely amazing and very fun but... : hanged_man

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