Lucas Archives Volume 1

by LucasArts

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• ASIN: B00000K50T
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Amazon.com Review

The LucasArts Archives Volume 1 proves that a game doesn't have to be new to be great. In one box you get three of the most creative adventure games ever produced, as well as a so-so Star Wars screen saver and a stingy three-level demo of Rebel Assault.

The adventure games at the core of this collection are well worth the price of admission. First, there's Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a classic with good voice acting, terrific style, and a compelling story line that can play out in several ways. This was one of the first games to give players the choice of either fighting or thinking their way through puzzles, and we played it through three times before moving on to the other CD-ROMs in this collection.

The other titles certainly didn't disappoint. Sam and Max Hit the Road lets players guide Sam (a detective dog) and Max (his rabbit sidekick) through a series of twisted adventures. Don't let the talking-animal theme fool you--this is a cartoon for adults with plenty of over-the-top humor and some tricky puzzles.

Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle is another hilarious game, pitting three goofball characters against a mad purple tentacle bent on world domination. A time machine mishap leaves one character in the present, while one is whisked back to the past and the other is sent into the future. All three must work together, solving puzzles that will affect the characters in other time periods and let them progress. You can even access the original version of Maniac Mansion, an entertaining adventure in its own right, by using a computer terminal in this game.

Don't miss out on this incredible gaming bargain. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Classic adventures all hold up well despite their age
• All three games use superb voice acting instead of text messages

Cons:

• Extras, like the screen saver and demo CD-ROM, are pure fluff
• These older DOS-based games can be tough to configure

Product Description

Includes Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Sam and Max Hit the Road, Star Wars Rebel Assault and Day of the Tentacle. BONUS - Includes DEMO of Full Throttle, Dark Forces, The Dig, Rebel Assault II and TIE Fighter Collector's.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do these old games work on today's PCs ?, January 24, 2004

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keviny01 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucas Archives Volume 1 (CD-ROM)

For fans of LucasArts' classic DOS adventure games, LUCASARTS ARCHIVES VOL. 1 is a must-buy. This six-CD set contains full versions of the 1992 game INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS, and the two 1993 masterpieces DAY OF THE TENTACLE and SAM AND MAX HIT THE ROAD (the latter will have a sequel coming in 2004). If you are unable to buy this set here, you can still order the three games directly from LucasArts as of today -- go to www.lucasarts.com/companystore and order "The LucasArts Archives: Adventure Collection."

Since these games were made for the DOS environment, they run best on a DOS PC with legacy Sound Blaster support. On a Windows XP machine, where DOS mode is nonexistent, one needs a third-party DOS emulators such as the free and open-source DOSBox, VDMSound, and SCUMMVM (which was made specially for many LucasArts games). I managed to run the three games in this set (and also other DOS games) on an XP Home PC with Audigy sound card using these DOS emulators, with SCUMMVM giving me the greatest success. So, in short, these old games CAN be run on your new PC. LucasArts provides no support for its DOS titles, but one can get help from user-support forums such as vogons.zetafleet.com .

Also included in this set is a CD containing Star Wars-themed screen-savers, a CD containing a three-level demo of REBEL ASSAULT, and a CD with playable demos of other LucasArts games -- FULL THROTTLE, DARK FORCES, TIE FIGHTER, REBEL ASSAULT II, and THE DIG. None of these three discs is really essential. The only reason to get this set is to have the three classic adventure games.

All three adventure games run in 320x240 resolution and 8-bit color, with speech, sound effects, and MIDI music. They all use the so-called SCUMM interface that enables point-and-click actions with the mouse. The two older games, INDIANA JONES and DAY OF THE TENTACLE, still rely heavily on text during gameplay -- you see a text description when you point at an object, and you click on large text buttons to perform actions such as "Look", "Give", "Pick up", etc. SAM AND MAX, however, is fully graphical -- all the actions, including conversations, are icon-based.

All three games are memorable because of their humorous stories, nice drawings, and puzzles that are enjoyable but not ridiculously difficult. THE FATE OF AN ATLANTIS is the first game to feature the Indiana Jones character, and it is a fun adventure about treasure hunting. DAY OF THE TENTACLE features a wacky and outrageous story about a mad scientist and his evil creations, the living tentacles, which try to use time travel to conquer the world. SAM AND MAX HIT THE ROAD is about a free-lance police team, a dog and his rabbit sidekick, trying to find a missing pair of circus freaks, a big-foot and a giraffe-necked human.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly strong collection of games., November 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lucas Archives Volume 1 (CD-ROM)

LucasArts has released a widely uneven library of games over the years, but this collection manages to assemble some of the strongest and most entertaining ones. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, and Sam and Max Hit the Road all rank among some of the finest no-typing adventure games of modern day computer gaming. All of them offer liberal doses of humor, lots of replay value, and more entertainment than can be found in most titles. This is definitely a collection not to be missed by adventure game fans.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In '94, I bet you had a life. I didn't. I was playing these!, March 15, 2000

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Matt M.....something. (Salem, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucas Archives Volume 1 (CD-ROM)

Nostalgia rocks. I remember sitting for hours in my cavernous high school bedroom, in front of my power-machine 486 sx, learning my vocabulary for years to come from Sam n' Max, and squandering hour after hour zoned out to LucasArts games. Day of the Tentacle(which most people do not know also contains Maniac Mansion within!), Sam & Max, Indiana Jones, Rebel Assault; all fine games and among the best ever put out by any company. Really.