LucasArts classics coming to Steam

Brian Ambrozy 6 Jul, 2009 at 6:33pm ET Article published in Gaming

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Today LucasArts announced that they are coming to Steam. In addition to some of their current titles, they are re-releasing some of their venerable classics such as The Dig and Loom.

A list of releases:

Armed and Dangerous™
Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
LEGO® Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure
LOOM™
Star Wars Battlefront® II
Star Wars Republic Commando®
Star Wars Starfighter™
The Dig®
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™

I personally am thrilled to see Loom on that list. It’s one of those games that I always wanted to play but somehow never had the chance to. Again, nostalgia wins. I know some people who are gonna poop themselves about The Dig.

Comments

6 Jul 2009 ~ 6:36pm primesuspect Ohhh man!
6 Jul 2009 ~ 7:05pm shwaip c'mon x-wing vs tie fighter...

I'm pumped for the indiana jones games, though.
6 Jul 2009 ~ 7:41pm chrisWhite This = Fail until X-Wing vs Tie Fighter.

So with you Shwaip
6 Jul 2009 ~ 8:12pm pigflipper Fail until ANY of the X-Wing and/or TIE Fighter games are included. Also, where is the Monkey Island love?
6 Jul 2009 ~ 9:07pm Grimnoc No friggin' way!

Fail? Wait. What? How?

Don't get me wrong, I logged countless hours into X-Wing vs. Tie, Tie Fighter, X-Wing, and even Alliance but in no way does this equal fail.

Besides, you know if they are releasing Loom, The Dig, and the Indiana Jones ones they are most certainly going to release Full Throttle, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island and all the rest (*crosses fingers*).
7 Jul 2009 ~ 12:21am pseudonym This is awesome....

Now gimme TIE FIGHTER!!!
7 Jul 2009 ~ 12:36am Cliff_Forster Good news, but to exclude Maniac Mansion and Grim Fandango is a crime.
7 Jul 2009 ~ 1:59am CB Don't worry: They are referring to this as "the first release" of classic games.
7 Jul 2009 ~ 9:53am Grimnoc Oh, I know. They do have a couple fantastic ones though (i.e. Loom and The Dig), and besides that I kind of like the idea of not releasing all the best games right away for a couple of reasons. First, with all the classic Lucasarts games being released if they were to be included in the first batch I would never be able to get to them all. Also, if they released all the best right away any other batch releases would be made irrelevant. It would be all "Nothing to see here, move along." So, with those reasons I'm perfectly content with this first batch.

*Though I do want to explode great quantities of Rebel scum.
7 Jul 2009 ~ 11:57am UPSLynx Grim Friggin Fandango. It's one of my favorite games. I'll buy it and love it and take loaves of bread from the festival vendor and drive around with Glottis and pop baloon animals and get rich running my own business oh man oh man oh man
7 Jul 2009 ~ 1:03pm Grimnoc Glottis, how I love thee.
7 Jul 2009 ~ 6:25pm GnomeWizardd oh God the DIG , Sooo addicting!
9 Jul 2009 ~ 11:54am shwaip Did anyone see a lucasarts pack where i can buy them all together? I just found the individual games on steam.
9 Jul 2009 ~ 2:10pm CB On steam, a lot of the screenshots look heavily anti-aliased.
10 Jul 2009 ~ 8:43pm Grimnoc So has anyone had the opportunity to play Tales of Monkey Island yet? How is it?
10 Jul 2009 ~ 8:50pm primesuspect I got a review copy and I'm working through it.

It's fun.
10 Jul 2009 ~ 10:20pm Grimnoc Awesome! I'm excited to hear what you think.
11 Jul 2009 ~ 12:43am lordbean Slightly unrelated, but I keep hoping Fallout and Fallout 2 will randomly appear on steam one day... I miss blasting mutants in isometric view.
11 Jul 2009 ~ 12:47am Thrax I miss blasting dudes in the face after I dropkicked their family jewels.
11 Jul 2009 ~ 1:06am primesuspect Fallout 1 and 2 for $5.99 each, fully compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7 at Good Old Games.
11 Jul 2009 ~ 1:57am CB Be prepared to be frustrated by the lack of modern interface options.