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Whether you're a fan of Star Wars, point & click games or even video games in general, it seems impossible not to know LucasArts, if only by name. A few months after the Arlesian Flashback '90, Oldies Rising and Côté Gamers are joining forces again for an even more ambitious project with LucasArts: The Chronicles.

Written by Emmanuel Babarit, co-author of Flashback '90, whose entire childhood was shaken by the studio's productions, this two-volume book proposes to review the history of this company, created in the early 1980s, until its closure in 2013. To better recount these exciting events, the choice has been made to closely interweave the key episodes in the life of Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts with those that shook the video game industry. How did the studio live through the 1983 crash? How did it manage the appearance of CD-ROM? How did it negotiate the transition to the third dimension and, in general, all the technological changes that occurred throughout its three decades of existence? In short, this is a whole section of the history of video games that we set out to discover through the prism of LucasArts, with countless incredible anecdotes and an astronomical amount of period documents, some of them still completely unpublished and revealed exclusively in this book!

Something like this was only possible thanks to the collaboration and availability of important people of the studio in its early days. You will also find interviews with the main protagonists of the company, who were kind enough to answer in detail all the questions asked, without the slightest hint of irony. Gary Winnick, David Fox, Noah Falstein, Steve Purcell, Peter Langston and even Jason Court are not to be overlooked in the completeness of this book and in the thrill of pleasure that its author felt in writing it, and that you will no doubt also feel in reading it!

 

This book has more than 350 pages in A4 format (with hard cover)

The paper weight is 130 grams.
The pages are 100% in colors.


SUMMARY

HISTORY OF LUCASARTS...P9

    Part I: A context of technological progress...p10
    Part II: The first steps with Atari...p12
    Part III: The Steve Arnold Era...p22
    Part IV: Pirates, rabbits, musicians and tentacles: the golden age of point & click...p32
    Part V: At the time of Star Wars...and game consoles...p42
    Part VI: The point & click is still alive...p50
    Part VII: Incursion on consoles, new attempts, and follow-ups of past hits...p54
    Part VIII : Confirmation on consoles...p62
    Part IX: The arrival of 128-bit...p66
    Part X: Change is on the way...p74
    Part XI: The Next Gen Turn...p78
    Part XII: Decline, buyout and closure..p82

STAR WARS FOR DUMMIE...P87

    Episode 1: The Phantom Menace..p88
    Episode 2: Attack of the Clones...p89
    Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith...p90
    Episode 4: A New Hope...p91
    Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back...p92
    Episode 6: Return of the Jedi...p93

GAME LIBRARY...P95

Afterlife Angry Birds Star Wars Angry Birds Star Wars II Armed and Dangerous Ballblazer Ballblazer Champions Battlehawks 1942 Big Sky Trooper Day of the Tentacle Defenders of Dynatron City Escape From Monkey Island Fracture Full Throttle Ghoul Patrol Gladius Grim Fandango Habitat Herc's Adventures Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis : The Action Game Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade : The Action Game Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade : The Graphic Adventure Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones Kinect Star Wars Koronis Rift Labyrinth: The Computer Game LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Loom Lucidity Maniac Mansion Masterblazer Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Metal Warriors Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion

Night Shift Outlaws PHM Pegasus Pipe Dream Rescue on Fractalus! RTX Red Rock Sam and Max Hit the Road Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe Secret Weapons Over Normandy Star Wars Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront II Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron Star Wars Behind the Magic Star Wars Bounty Hunter Star Wars Chess Star Wars Dark Forces Star Wars Demolition Star Wars Empire at War Star Wars Episode I: Battle For Naboo Star Wars Episode I: Insider's Guide Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars Episode I: Obi Wan's Adventures Star Wars Episode I: Racer Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Star Wars Flight of the Falcon Star Wars Force Commander Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Star Wars Jedi Starfighter Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Star Wars Lethal Alliance Star Wars Masters of Teräs Käsi Star Wars Obi-Wan Star Wars Racer Arcade Star Wars Racer Revenge

Star Wars Rebel Assault Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire Star Wars Rebellion Star Wars Republic Commando Star Wars Rogue Squadron Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Star Wars Screen Entertainment Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Star Wars Starfighter Star Wars Super Bombad Racing Star Wars The Clone Wars Star Wars The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars The Force Unleashed Star Wars The Force Unleashed II Star Wars The New Droid Army Star Wars The Old Republic Star Wars The Old Republic: Revan Star Wars TIE Fighter Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Star Wars X-Wing Star Wars X-Wing Alliance Star Wars X-Wing VS TIE Fighter Star Wars Yoda Stories Strike Fleet Super Star Wars Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Tales of Monkey Island The Curse of Monkey Island The Dig The Eidolon The Secret of Monkey Island The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Their Finest Hour Thrillville Thrillville: Off the Rails Wrath Unleashed Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Zombies Ate my Neighbors

LUCAS LEARNING...P419

    Star Wars Anakin's Speedway...p420
    Star Wars Droidworks...p420
    Star Wars Easy Learning Activity Center...p421
    Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier...p424
    Star Wars Jar Jar's Journey Adventure Book...p421
    Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy...p422
    Star Wars Pit Droids...p423    
    Star Wars Yoda's Challenge Activity Center...p422

CANCELLED GAMES...P425

    Calia 2095...p426
    Full Throttle 2...p426
    Indiana Jones 2007...p427
    Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life...p427
    Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix...p427
    Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny...p428
    Justice Unlimited...p428
    NEMO...p428
    Pangaea...p428
    Proteus...P429
    Sam & Max 2...p429
    Sawyer...p430
    Star Wars Attack Squadrons...p430
    Star Wars Dark Squadron...p431
    Star Wars First Assault...p431
    Star Wars Imperial Commando...p432
    Star Wars Jedi Knight 3...p432
    Star Wars KOTOR 3...p432
    Star Wars Outpost...p433
    Star Wars Rebel Warrior...p433
    Star Wars Rogue Squadron Trilogy...p434
    Star Wars Rogue Squadron X-Wing VS TIE Fighter...p433
    Star Wars Smuggler...p434
    Star Wars The Force Unleashed 3...p434
    Star Wars The New Emperor...p434
    Super Star Wars PC...p435
    Traxion...p435
    Mirage Project...p435

INTERVIEWS...P437

    Hal Barwood...p438
    Jason Court...p442
    Noah Falstein...p444
    David Fox...p446
    Peter Langston...p450
    Steve Purcell...p452
    Gary Winnick...p456

GAME INDEX...P459

BIBLIOGRAPHY...P460