Comments on: Scumm, All Ye Faithful

By: Shadowcat

Shadowcat — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:43:40 +0000

ScummVM is released under the GPL, so Free Software (as salty-horse mentioned) is indeed the more correct term.

By: JonFitt

JonFitt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:09:32 +0000

I have put in a request along with many others for the Lucasarts games at GoG. I encourage others to do the same.

ScummVM seems like an odd thing to suddenly mention, but I guess there are some vault dwellers who may not have used it.

How is the iPhone as a platform? It seems like it’d be hard to pixel hunt with only squidgy fingers. It worked well on my old Windows device.

By: Weylund

Weylund — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:51:52 +0000

Get GOG on it – they could just bundle the data files at $9.95 a pop. Man, they’d sell a metric crapton of those. Can’t imagine why Lucas wouldn’t want to do that, GOG provides all the support.

Anybody still forum surf there? I just go there occasionally to buy new (well, old) games.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:35:54 +0000

Since it allows me to play Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, it is Sex Leg.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:45:29 +0000

Scumm is on my must-use-more list.

By: salty-horse

salty-horse — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:21:32 +0000

@The Hammer, discworld support is already in place, but will only be available in the next release. If you’re anxious, you can try a development build at:
http://scummvm.sourceforge.net/downloads.php#SVN

@Alec Meer, ScummVM isn’t a “freeware project”. Way better.. It’s Free Software (Open source). You can do whatever you want with the code as long as you keep it free.

By: DrMcCoy

DrMcCoy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:21:14 +0000

“Open Source”, not “Freeware”. :P
/pedant

By: mister k

mister k — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:27:51 +0000

I had the bundle of trouble (or whatever it was called), and it was a joyful friend. And then it went missing, and I mourn it’s loss, as the only place to purchase the sodding thing is ebay for extortionate prices. One would think lucas arts could make a pretty penny by selling the damn games on steam/stardock… Sigh.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:17:32 +0000

You have brought joy to my Sunday, RPS types.
You have also made me entirely waste it, sitting, as I am, in my pants. But my Wii makes a lovely platform for point-n-click games.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:06:11 +0000

It looks great on an N95’s screen, but it really drains the batteries.

By: Skree

Skree — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:33:11 +0000

Tru.dat Ginger Yellow. I checked out the ScummVM site, when I saw this article, for the first time in a while, and was pleased to find an S60 version. Now playing DOTT through again on my N95, just amazing memories and geek points :D

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:11:41 +0000

Playing your LucasArts adventure games on your mobile phone is pretty much the coolest thing in the world. I love ScummVM.