You're adding to my growing collection of books filed under "gotta read that someday."
I don't have Rescue on Fractalus, yet. I have played it though. I have a sealed Atari XE copy of Ballblazer. I've only played that one once. I'll have to sit down with those and give them another spin someday soon. Both games are relatively new to me as my Atari experience was exclusively the 2600 for years before I finally started collecting the systems. This included the "people just don't know what they are missing" realization I had when I sat down and played some Atari 8-bit for the first time just a few *months* ago.
My LucasFilm Games memories come from their adventure games on PC. In one of the greatest moments of my entire life, I sold my entire collection of Star Wars figures and vehicles in 1993 so I could buy a Creative Labs 1x CD-ROM drive w/ a Sound Blaster 16. Despite what we're all thinking right now, no - I do not regret it. I wouldn't trade the fun I had back then for all the extra money I could have now.
Along with that package came several games. I recognized some of them. Those that I didn't recognize were LucasFilm games. The Secret of Monkey Island? Loom? What are those? My only LucasFilm game experience at that time was a little bit of Maniac Mansion and a large helping of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (which, imho, is one of the best movie-based games ever). I quickly managed to not only fall in love with Monkey Island, but adopt it as one of my favorite games of all time. LOOM was quite different, and I appreciated that. The game was fun to play, and the voice acting (as it was the CD-ROM version) was quite entertaining at the time. I haven't played it since. I may give it another try.
I'd continue to play other adventure games as well as get hooked into a large chunk of Star Wars games - X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and even Rebel Assault. If I started gathering my Lucas-based games together, I would have quite a stack. This book should be an interesting read. I really miss the days of SCUMM.
You're adding to my growing collection of books filed under "gotta read that someday."
I don't have Rescue on Fractalus, yet. I have played it though. I have a sealed Atari XE copy of Ballblazer. I've only played that one once. I'll have to sit down with those and give them another spin someday soon. Both games are relatively new to me as my Atari experience was exclusively the 2600 for years before I finally started collecting the systems. This included the "people just don't know what they are missing" realization I had when I sat down and played some Atari 8-bit for the first time just a few *months* ago.
My LucasFilm Games memories come from their adventure games on PC. In one of the greatest moments of my entire life, I sold my entire collection of Star Wars figures and vehicles in 1993 so I could buy a Creative Labs 1x CD-ROM drive w/ a Sound Blaster 16. Despite what we're all thinking right now, no - I do not regret it. I wouldn't trade the fun I had back then for all the extra money I could have now.
Along with that package came several games. I recognized some of them. Those that I didn't recognize were LucasFilm games. The Secret of Monkey Island? Loom? What are those? My only LucasFilm game experience at that time was a little bit of Maniac Mansion and a large helping of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (which, imho, is one of the best movie-based games ever). I quickly managed to not only fall in love with Monkey Island, but adopt it as one of my favorite games of all time. LOOM was quite different, and I appreciated that. The game was fun to play, and the voice acting (as it was the CD-ROM version) was quite entertaining at the time. I haven't played it since. I may give it another try.
I'd continue to play other adventure games as well as get hooked into a large chunk of Star Wars games - X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and even Rebel Assault. If I started gathering my Lucas-based games together, I would have quite a stack. This book should be an interesting read. I really miss the days of SCUMM.
Chris Kennedy, Editor
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Email: chris@armchairarcade.com