Using SCUMM for old Adventure games

[Brian Boru]

I'll open SCUMM and play some of the old adventure games

I've seen SCUMM mentioned over the years, but never dug into it because it looked like work…

Can @Frindis or anyone give an overview of what's involved, pretty please? 🙂

 

[Frindis]

@Brian Boru It is a program (virtual machine) that plays some of the older adventure/roleplaying games. There is also the possibility to use Dosbox, with the difference being that DOSBox runs the game how you used to run it in DOS, while SCUMM runs it through its own executable which also works on multiple platforms. This makes it much easier to for example install something like Lucas Arts games - basically just plug and play and no need to run different commands or try to figure out the best sound/picture/speed, etc. They also have some cool addons for games, like subtitles for Blade Runner. They don't support a lot of games, but those they do support work pretty well. I have had good experiences using it for playing games like DOTT, Simon the Sorcerer, Gabriel Knight, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, and BASS.

 

[Brian Boru]

@Frindis thanks for that!

I had a look at the SCUMM site, they have a few freeware games there for use with it. I'm clearer now on what it's all about, seems a lot less like work 🙂

 

[Pifanjr]

I downloaded a few Putt Putt games from archive.org to use with SCUMM for my daughter. It was fairly easy to set up once I found the documentation for what files I needed to extract.

 

[Brian Boru]

a few Putt Putt games … for my daughter

I didn't think she was old enough for golf yet. Oh wait, it's with her dad, so crazy golf—got it!

 

[Pifanjr]

I didn't think she was old enough for golf yet. Oh wait, it's with her dad, so crazy golf—got it!

She's 4, I think she could at least try her hand at some of the easier mini golf courses.