SCUMM, the Glossary
Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion (SCUMM) is a video game engine developed at Lucasfilm Games, later renamed LucasArts, to ease development on their graphic adventure game Maniac Mansion (1987).[1]
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- Adventure game engines
- Programming languages created in 1987
- SCUMM games
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a discontinuedexcept in China, where it continues to be used, as well as Harman for enterprise users.
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story, driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving.
Adventure Game Interpreter
The Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) is a game engine developed by Sierra On-Line. SCUMM and Adventure Game Interpreter are adventure game engines.
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Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.
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AmigaOS
AmigaOS is a family of proprietary native operating systems of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers.
Android (operating system)
Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
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Apple II
The Apple II series of microcomputers was initially designed by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with the Apple II model that gave the series its name.
AROS Research Operating System
AROS Research Operating System (AROS, pronounced "AR-OS") is a free and open-source multi media centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 application programming interface (API) which is designed to be portable and flexible.
See SCUMM and AROS Research Operating System
Atari ST
Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.
Backyard Sports
Backyard Sports (originally branded as Junior Sports) is a video game series released for consoles, computers, and mobile devices.
BeOS
BeOS is a discontinued operating system for personal computers that was developed by Be Inc. It was conceived for the company's BeBox personal computer which was released in 1995.
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Bitbucket
Bitbucket is a Git-based source code repository hosting service owned by Atlassian.
BlackBerry PlayBook
The BlackBerry PlayBook is a mini tablet computer that was developed by BlackBerry.
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Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
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Bytecode
Bytecode (also called portable code or p-code) is a form of instruction set designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter.
CDTV
The CDTV (from Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, later treated as a backronym for Compact Disc Television) is a home multimedia entertainment and video game console – convertible into a full-fledged personal computer by the addition of optional peripherals – developed by Commodore International and launched in April 1991.
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Chip Morningstar
Chip Morningstar is an American software architect, mainly for online entertainment and communication.
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Classic Mac OS
Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and ending with Mac OS 9.
Clipping (computer graphics)
Clipping, in the context of computer graphics, is a method to selectively enable or disable rendering operations within a defined region of interest.
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Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas).
Computer multitasking
In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time.
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Computing platform
A computing platform, digital platform, or software platform is the infrastructure on which software is executed.
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Cross-platform software
In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms.
See SCUMM and Cross-platform software
Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. SCUMM and Day of the Tentacle are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
See SCUMM and Day of the Tentacle
Distaff
A distaff (also called a rock"Rock." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.) is a tool used in spinning.
Dreamcast
The is the final home video game console manufactured by Sega.
Escape from Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. SCUMM and Escape from Monkey Island are LucasArts games.
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FM Towns
The is a Japanese personal computer built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997.
FM Towns Marty
The FM Towns Marty is a home video game console released in 1993 by Fujitsu, exclusively for the Japanese market.
Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
Full Throttle (1995 video game)
Full Throttle is a 1995 graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts and designed by Tim Schafer. SCUMM and Full Throttle (1995 video game) are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
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Game Developer (website)
Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.
See SCUMM and Game Developer (website)
Game engine
A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games and generally includes relevant libraries and support programs such as a level editor.
GameSpot
GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.
GitHub
GitHub is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.
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Google Developers
Google Developers (previously Google Code), application programming interfaces (APIs), and technical resources.
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GP2X
The GP2X is a Linux-based handheld video game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings.
See SCUMM and GP2X
GP2X Wiz
The GP2X Wiz is a handheld game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings running a Linux kernel-based embedded operating system.
Grim Fandango
Grim Fandango is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. SCUMM and Grim Fandango are LucasArts games and point-and-click adventure games.
Haiku (operating system)
Haiku, originally OpenBeOS, is a free and open-source operating system for personal computers.
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Haxe
Haxe is a high-level cross-platform programming language and compiler that can produce applications and source code for many different computing platforms from one code-base.
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Humongous Entertainment
Humongous Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Bothell, Washington.
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IMUSE
iMUSE (Interactive Music Streaming Engine) is an interactive music system used in a number of LucasArts video games.
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INSANE (software)
INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developed at LucasArts, primarily by programmer/game designer Vincent Lee. SCUMM and INSANE (software) are LucasArts games.
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IOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple exclusively for its smartphones.
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IPad
The iPad is a brand of iOS- and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple, first introduced on January 27, 2010.
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IPhone
The iPhone is a smartphone produced by Apple that uses Apple's own iOS mobile operating system.
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IPod Touch
The iPod Touch (stylized as iPod touch) is a discontinued line of iOS-based mobile devices designed and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-controlled user interface.
JavaScript
JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the Web, alongside HTML and CSS.
Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
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Loom (video game)
Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games. SCUMM and Loom (video game) are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
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Lua (programming language)
Lua is a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed mainly for embedded use in applications.
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LucasArts adventure games
From the late 1980s to the early 2000s, LucasArts was well known for their point-and-click graphic adventure games, nearly all of which received high scoring reviews at the time of their release. SCUMM and LucasArts adventure games are LucasArts games and point-and-click adventure games.
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Lucasfilm Games
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. SCUMM and Lucasfilm Games are LucasArts games.
Mac (computer)
Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.
Maemo
Maemo is a software platform originally developed by Nokia, now developed by the community, for smartphones and Internet tablets.
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Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. SCUMM and Maniac Mansion are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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Minicomputer
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.
Monkey Island
Monkey Island is a series of adventure games.
MorphOS
MorphOS is an AmigaOS-like computer operating system (OS).
MS-DOS
MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
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Nintendo DS
The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
See SCUMM and Open-source software
Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! (also known as Pajama Sam 4) is a computer game made for children ages 5-8. SCUMM and Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff! are point-and-click adventure games.
See SCUMM and Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
Palm OS
Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) was a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in 1996.
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
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Pocket PC
A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs.
Programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs.
See SCUMM and Programming language
Putt-Putt (series)
Putt-Putt is a series of children's adventure and puzzle computer games created by Humongous Entertainment.
See SCUMM and Putt-Putt (series)
Python (programming language)
Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.
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QNX
QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market.
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Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data.
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Ron Gilbert
Ron Gilbert (born Ronald David Gilbert) is an American video-game designer, programmer, and producer.
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. SCUMM and Sam & Max Hit the Road are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
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ScummVM
Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion Virtual Machine (ScummVM) is a set of game engine recreations. SCUMM and ScummVM are adventure game engines.
Sega CD
The Sega CD, known as in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory for the Sega Genesis produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game consoles.
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform software development library designed to provide a hardware abstraction layer for computer multimedia hardware components.
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Source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language.
Sputum
Sputum is mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways (the trachea and bronchi).
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault
Star Wars: Rebel Assault is a 1993 rail shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts for DOS, Macintosh, Sega CD and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer systems, set in the Star Wars universe. SCUMM and Star Wars: Rebel Assault are LucasArts games.
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
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Symbian
Symbian was a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones.
The Curse of Monkey Island
The Curse of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1997. SCUMM and The Curse of Monkey Island are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
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The Secret of Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. SCUMM and The Secret of Monkey Island are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
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TurboGrafx-16
The TurboGrafx-16, known as the outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics.
Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
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Video Game History Foundation
The Video Game History Foundation is a non-profit foundation founded by Frank Cifaldi.
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WebOS
webOS, also known as LG webOS and previously known as Open webOS, HP webOS and Palm webOS, is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices such as smart TVs that has also been used as a mobile operating system.
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Wii
The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
See SCUMM and Wii
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile was a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants.
Z-machine
The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a 1988 graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games. SCUMM and Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.
See SCUMM and Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, also referred to as simply 3DO, is a home video game console developed by The 3DO Company.
See SCUMM and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
See also
Adventure game engines
- Adventure Game Interpreter
- Adventure Game Studio
- SCUMM
- ScummVM
- Twine (software)
- Virtual Theatre
- Visual novel engines
- Wintermute Engine
- World Builder
Programming languages created in 1987
- Action description language
- Clean (programming language)
- HyperTalk
- Perl
- SCUMM
- Self (programming language)
SCUMM games
- Backyard Baseball
- Backyard Basketball
- Backyard Football
- Backyard Soccer
- Backyard Soccer MLS Edition
- Big Thinkers (video game series)
- Blue's 123 Time Activities
- Blue's Birthday Adventure
- Blue's Treasure Hunt
- Day of the Tentacle
- Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
- Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
- Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell
- Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch
- Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove
- Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
- Full Throttle (1995 video game)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
- Junior Field Trips
- Loom (video game)
- Maniac Mansion
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- MoonBase Commander
- Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening
- Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
- Putt-Putt Enters the Race
- Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
- Putt-Putt Joins the Circus
- Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
- Putt-Putt Travels Through Time
- Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama
- SCUMM
- Sam & Max Hit the Road
- Spy Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required"
- Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"
- Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- The Dig (video game)
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUMM
Also known as SCUMM engine, Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion.
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