Thread: Article: SourceCode: LucasArts Gone Forever?

The Secret of Monkey Island was mind blowing when it first came out. It built on the successes they had under Lucasfilm Games with Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken. While the interface of these games was an improvement on some earlier titles like Zork, they really made the most of what the technology could deliver at that time and blended gameplay with story telling.

I remember getting hooked into Maniac Mansion and playing all through the night to finish the game. I would read the Zak McKracken player's guide at school and then go home to try and figure out the next set of puzzles. These games came with extras too, the first time I remember seeing that outside of the odd printed map you might get with a game like the original Might & Magic.

They will be missed, you are correct there.

Lucas Arts had a good run. They had great games, especially in the 90's. X-wing vs.TIE fighter and Monkey Island Series were some of my favorites. I am in the mindset it's best to put down a dying horse, then drag it a long for a painstaking ride. A lot of their more recent games were turning into junk so I am glad they closed it when they did. Hopefully they fire everyone and reopen it at a later date or just sell the rights to develop Star Wars games to someone else.

The Movies will hopefully revive the franchise if they are any good... Which I don't have any high expectations of them being. Since Disney just uses their profits from Lucas Films and Marvel to fund there "big picture" films under DreamWorks Studios. This means they really don't give a shit about them. This is why the majority of the Marvel films have been junk. Anyways, I went off topic a bit but Disney deserves to be verbally lashed. I really do hope someone can turn around the Star Wars franchise.

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