Vintage LucasArts Titles Now Available on Steam, Classic Adventure Games Priced at $5

by Chris Faylor, Jul 08, 2009 10:25am PDT

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Whoa, Fate of Atlantis. I used to play that with a friend on his brand spanking new Pentium 33, which kicked my 486's ass. That's old school, but it would probably look terrible if I played it now.. I think I prefer the good memories of it, instead of spoiling it by trying to play it again on a modern computer. Anyone else get this feeling with old games sometimes?

Jul 08, 2009 11:45am PDT

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Huh? I don't understand, do they have their own emulator or wrapper running? Now I *have* to buy at least one to try it out.

Jul 08, 2009 10:34am PDT

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Huh? I don't understand, do they have their own emulator or wrapper running? Now I *have* to buy at least... : avatar_58
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Aren't these coming out on the 360 eventually, also? What would be a good game for somebody who hasn't played any of these?

Jul 08, 2009 3:26pm PDT

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  Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis is probably the best game on that list in my opinion. It's an amazin... : Chris Remo
- The Dig is great, but it's not typical LucasArts. It takes itself really seriously. : Shadsy

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They don't use ScummVM, okay... but can I still use it? If so I'll probably buy it... if not I'm not so sure...

Jul 08, 2009 11:50am PDT

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They don't use ScummVM, okay... but can I still use it? If so I'll probably buy it... if not I'm not so s... : JReZIN
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  What do you mean? They don't use SCUMMVM because they can run on their own without an emulator. : MurrayTheSkull
  - But he might want to play them on another device. : Conan
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  Just pull the data files from the installation directory, should work fine in ScummVM. : Sapiens
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    If nothing was changed in data files, it should.... anyone tried it already? (yes, I want to play in o... : JReZIN
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      hmmm.... looks like they're not ScummVM compatible due some data changes... nothing big, but as ScummVM g... : JReZIN
      
      Based on that blog it sounds like they're refraining from adding support immediately out of respect for L... : Sapiens

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they "don't use SCUMMVM or DosBox"--and now support higher resolutions plus smoothing.

I wonder what they did exactly. Would be pretty neat if what took so long was the time to grab all the old source and bring it up to date with modern operating systems. As opposed to writing it from scratch similar to what ScummVM did.

Jul 08, 2009 11:23am PDT

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they "don't use SCUMMVM or DosBox"--and now support higher resolutions plus smoothing. I wonder what t... : Schnapple
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Loved the Dig. Should have been a movie or should make a sequel! and anyone else think the alien race in it looks like the draenei from WoW?

Jul 08, 2009 3:51pm PDT

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Loved the Dig. Should have been a movie or should make a sequel! and anyone else think the alien race in ... : scernos
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- Wasn't it cowritten by Spielbergo or something... : etherboy

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If I just want to play the legendary titles like Full Throttle and Sam and Max, should I buy them seperate or go for some bundle with other stuff I'm not really interested in?

Jul 08, 2009 4:21pm PDT

If I just want to play the legendary titles like Full Throttle and Sam and Max, should I buy them seperat... : greasyjohn

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AMAZING!

I hope they get released on the iPhone too.

Jul 08, 2009 3:06pm PDT

AMAZING! I hope they get released on the iPhone too. : razlebol

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So, I'm looking at Loom and The Dig as possible buys. I generally didn't have patience with adventure games, but I made it through TLJ recently without walkthroughs and enjoyed it a lot.

How do Loom and The Dig rate on having sensible puzzles, and not having too many balls in the air at once (like having an inventory full of items and having to backtrack to deal with something you encountered hours ago)?

Jul 08, 2009 10:41am PDT

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So, I'm looking at Loom and The Dig as possible buys. I generally didn't have patience with adventure ga... : Johnny Law
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I own the Mac, PC, and Wii version(Unlockable game) of Fate of Atlantis. For $4.99 it looks like I'll own another copy... O.o I'm a CONSUMER WHORE when it comes to old Lucas Arts' adventures.

Jul 08, 2009 2:35pm PDT

I own the Mac, PC, and Wii version(Unlockable game) of Fate of Atlantis. For $4.99 it looks like I'll ow... : JackAxe

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In case anyone was wondering if you could use the SCUMMVM project for this, the answer currently is no: http://sev-notes.blogspot.com/2009/07/steam-releases-vs-scummvm.html .

TLDR they made some very minor package changes which the SCUMM guys could easily adapt for, but they want to sit back and wait to be safe and not piss of LA in any way. I'm sure it will get patched officially or not at some point, but for now its a negative.

Jul 08, 2009 2:31pm PDT

In case anyone was wondering if you could use the SCUMMVM project for this, the answer currently is no: h... : smacknca

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crap crap crap...they ARE appropriately priced, I was totally not expecting that. the only question i have now is...do i wait for a mega pack or do I just start buying them as one offs (i already want the dig, Atlantis and loom). why must they take all my money while I'm poor!!!

Jul 08, 2009 10:40am PDT

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crap crap crap...they ARE appropriately priced, I was totally not expecting that. the only question i ha... : smacknca
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Star Wars: Republic Commando. Buy it!

Jul 08, 2009 11:19am PDT

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Star Wars: Republic Commando. Buy it! : kallanta
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I want to replay tie fighter so bad ... christ that game was the best "simulation" I ever played

Jul 08, 2009 11:45am PDT

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I want to replay tie fighter so bad ... christ that game was the best "simulation" I ever played : Frush81
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  "Greetings, Dark Brother" lol they were soooo evil :p : runinal
  - I didnt understand 1 word of english back then .. guess that was a good thing : Frush81

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Wow, this must be the first time Steam's Euro prices are half way fair compared to the $ prices. Fate of Atlantis $4.99 / €3.99. Definitely going to support this with my wallet.

Jul 08, 2009 1:33pm PDT

Wow, this must be the first time Steam's Euro prices are half way fair compared to the $ prices. Fate of ... : Biorbio

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The copy protection is still there?!? 0_o

Talk about nostalgia...

Did anyone grab Indy 3 yet? Did they actually include some digital version of the color "encrypted" codes that shipped with the original?

Also, how do the implemented filters compare to those of ScummVM?

Jul 08, 2009 1:09pm PDT

The copy protection is still there?!? 0_o Talk about nostalgia... Did anyone grab Indy 3 yet? Did t... : VisitorQ

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Any word on whether "Indiana Jones and the last crusade" has speech or voice overs ? Plus how good is battlefront 2 ? is there good online community or it's dead ?

Jul 08, 2009 12:41pm PDT

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- 1. No. Also it's apparently not available in Germany because of the swastikas. Lol. : yobock

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Not that I'm not happy, but what's the point in re-releasing their adventure game catalogue in small chunks like that? I'm willing to dish out the cash for the whole thing right now.

Jul 08, 2009 11:02am PDT

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Not that I'm not happy, but what's the point in re-releasing their adventure game catalogue in small chun... : Popedispencer
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- Steam's servers would get destroyed by traffic. : Smurfy12
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  I'd rather see a few titles released at a time than have LucasArts sit on completed re-releases for month... : Chris Faylor
  - Me too. Plus, they're probably waiting how this and the Monkey Island remake sells, and then they'll see ... : yobock
  - But you just know that Steam will have a LucasArts pack at Christmas or something where you get every sin... : mrwolf710

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Really want Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, played the demo but never picked up the game, when nostalgia drew me back I couldn't find it anywhere. *crosses fingers for imminent release*

Jul 08, 2009 11:34am PDT

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Really want Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, played the demo but never picked up the game, when nostalgia dr... : zooolander
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  When you get that game, message me and I will send you ladder.pk3 and you will be obsessed for weeks. : tomservo
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    Oh man, that map was awesome. : Wadmaasi
    - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV97g6lel8U :D : tomservo

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Oh man, I remember the 24 floppy install of Fate of Atlantis. This is going to be awesome :D

Jul 08, 2009 12:11pm PDT

Oh man, I remember the 24 floppy install of Fate of Atlantis. This is going to be awesome :D : r_picmip 5

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The Dig had an atmosphere that was unmatched. I can't wait for this weekend.

Jul 08, 2009 12:08pm PDT

The Dig had an atmosphere that was unmatched. I can't wait for this weekend. : tomservo

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Armed and Dangerous was a highly entertaining game. Probably some of the funniest writing for a videogame outside of Citizen Kabuto (also done by the same studio)

Jul 08, 2009 11:05am PDT

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- It was really under appreciated. I guess the game bombed terribly and no one played it which is too bad ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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Are any of those decent space combat games?

Jul 08, 2009 10:40am PDT

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Are any of those decent space combat games? : Clay
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- Not really :( : Chris Faylor

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So could i enter my cd key off battlefront 2 and download it from steam?

Jul 08, 2009 10:33am PDT

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So could i enter my cd key off battlefront 2 and download it from steam? : Ziz
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- that only works for a few games on Steam: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3... : TimeDoctor

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I guess I'll wait for the mega packaged deal that's sure to come at some point.

Jul 08, 2009 10:31am PDT

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I guess I'll wait for the mega packaged deal that's sure to come at some point. : Edges
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- No kidding. I'm hesitating. Every single time I buy separately a megapack comes. : avatar_58

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18€ for Battlefront? when it's been 10€ in retail for more than a year? yeah right.

Jul 08, 2009 10:41am PDT

18€ for Battlefront? when it's been 10€ in retail for more than a year? yeah right. : razorblade79

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