The Dig (video game), the Glossary

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1. 91 relations: Adventure game, Adventure Gamers, Alan Dean Foster, Alien 3, AllMusic, Amazing Stories (1985 TV series), Ambient music, Angel Records, Archaeology, Ascential, Asteroid, Attila, Bill Tiller, Billboard (magazine), Brian Moriarty, Cadenza, Cello, Cocytus, Computer Game Review, Dave Grossman (game developer), David Lodge (voice actor), Dodecahedron, Edge (magazine), Full Throttle (1995 video game), Future US, Game engine, GamesMaster (magazine), GameSpot, Gawker Media, Geologist, George Lucas, Hans Christian (musician), IBM PC–compatible, Image resolution, IMUSE, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure, Industrial Light & Magic, INSANE (software), Interactive fiction, Jurassic Park (film), Just Adventure, Kotaku, Kurzweil K2000, Leilani Jones, List of science-fiction authors, Loom (video game), Los Angeles Times, LucasArts adventure games, Lucasfilm Games, Lunar Lander (1979 video game), ... Expand index (41 more) »

2. Archaeology in popular culture
3. Fiction about near-Earth asteroids
4. SCUMM games
5. Video games about impact events
6. Video games scored by Michael Land

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.

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Adventure Gamers

Adventure Gamers is a computer game website created by Marek Bronstring in March 1999 dedicated to the genre of adventure games.

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Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction.

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Alien 3

Alien 3 (stylized as ALIEN3) is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)

Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series created by Steven Spielberg, that originally ran on NBC in the United States from September 29, 1985, to April 10, 1987.

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Ambient music

Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.

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Angel Records

Angel Records was a record label founded by EMI in 1953.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Ascential

Ascential plc (formerly EMAP) is a British business-to-business media company specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Attila

Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death, in early 453.

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Bill Tiller

William Tiller is an American computer game designer, writer, and artist.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Brian Moriarty

Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American video game developer who authored three of the original Infocom interactive fiction titles, Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987), as well as Loom (1990) for LucasArts.

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Cadenza

In music, a cadenza, (from cadenza, meaning cadence; plural, cadenze) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist(s), usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing virtuosic display.

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Cello

The violoncello, often simply abbreviated as cello, is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.

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Cocytus

Cocytus or Kokytos (Κωκυτός, literally "lamentation") is the river of wailing in the underworld in Greek mythology.

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Computer Game Review

Computer Game Review was a print monthly magazine covering both computer gaming and video gaming.

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Dave Grossman (game developer)

Dave Grossman is an American game programmer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts.

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David Lodge (voice actor)

David Lodge is an American voice actor who works for anime as well as animation and the video game community and is known for his voice work in the Power Rangers franchise.

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Dodecahedron

In geometry, a dodecahedron or duodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces.

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Edge (magazine)

Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc.

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Full Throttle (1995 video game)

Full Throttle is a 1995 graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts and designed by Tim Schafer. The Dig (video game) and Full Throttle (1995 video game) are 1995 video games, Classic Mac OS games, LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games, SCUMM games and ScummVM-supported games.

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Future US

Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.

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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.

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GamesMaster (magazine)

GamesMaster was a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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Gawker Media LLC (formerly Blogwire, Inc. and Gawker Media, Inc.) was an American internet media company and blog network.

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Geologist

A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and history of Earth.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist.

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Hans Christian (musician)

Hans Christian (also seen as Hans Christian Reumschüssel and other variations) is a German-born musician and producer now based in the U.S. in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

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IBM PC–compatible

IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.

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Image resolution

Image resolution is the level of detail of an image.

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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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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a graphic adventure game, released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games, coinciding with the release of the film of the same name. The Dig (video game) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure are Classic Mac OS games, LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games, SCUMM games and ScummVM-supported games.

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Industrial Light & Magic

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas.

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INSANE (software)

INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developed at LucasArts, primarily by programmer/game designer Vincent Lee. The Dig (video game) and INSANE (software) are LucasArts games.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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Jurassic Park (film)

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough.

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Just Adventure

Just Adventure is a computer game website dedicated to the genre of adventure games.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Kurzweil K2000

The Kurzweil K2000 is a digital synthesizer and music workstation produced by Kurzweil Music Systems between 1991 and 2000 in a variety of standard configurations, including rack-mountable versions and models that came with 16-bit user sampling.

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Leilani Jones

Leilani Jones Wilmore (born May 14, 1957) is an American actress.

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This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order.

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Loom (video game)

Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games. The Dig (video game) and Loom (video game) are Classic Mac OS games, LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games, SCUMM games and ScummVM-supported games.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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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. The Dig (video game) 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. The Dig (video game) and Lucasfilm Games are LucasArts games.

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Lunar Lander (1979 video game)

Lunar Lander is a single-player arcade game in the Lunar Lander subgenre.

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Mac (computer)

Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.

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Mac operating systems

Mac operating systems were developed by Apple Inc. in a succession of two major series.

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MacUser

MacUser was a monthly (formerly biweekly) computer magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. and licensed by Felden in the UK.

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Michael Land

Michael Z. Land (born 1961) is an American video game composer and musician best known for his scores for various games produced by LucasArts.

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Minigame

A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game.

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Motion Picture Association film rating system

The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture's suitability for certain audiences based on its content.

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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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Myst

Myst is an adventure video game designed by Rand and Robyn Miller. The Dig (video game) and Myst are Classic Mac OS games and ScummVM-supported games.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Next Generation (magazine)

Next Generation was a US video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future US).

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Nielsen Holdings

Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American information, data and market measurement firm.

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Noah Falstein

Noah Falstein (born June 1957) is a game designer and producer who has been in the video game industry since 1980, winning "Game of the Year" titles for multiple games such as Battlehawks 1942 and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

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Novelization

A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book, or video game.

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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works.

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Paul McCandless

Paul Brownlee McCandless Jr. (born March 24, 1947) is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the American jazz group Oregon.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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PCMag

PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents.

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RhythmOne

RhythmOne, previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company which owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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Robert Patrick

Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor.

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Role-playing video game

A role-playing video game, a role-playing game (RPG) or computer role-playing game (CRPG), is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world, usually involving some form of character development by way of recording statistics.

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Ron Gilbert

Ron Gilbert (born Ronald David Gilbert) is an American video-game designer, programmer, and producer.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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SCUMM

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). The Dig (video game) and SCUMM are LucasArts games, point-and-click adventure games and SCUMM games.

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Sean Clark

Sean Clark is a video game designer, director and programmer who worked on a number of notable LucasArts adventure games from early 1990 through to 2022.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Skywalker Ranch

Skywalker Ranch is a movie ranch and the workplace of film director, writer and producer George Lucas located in a secluded area near Nicasio, California, in Marin County.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle designation: OV‑104) is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States.

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Star Wars (film)

Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.

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Steam (service)

Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve.

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Steve Blum

Steven Jay Blum (born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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Survival game

Survival games are a subgenre of action games which are often set in hostile, intense, open-world environments.

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TiVo Corporation

TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Woodwind instrument

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments.

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Xenoarchaeology

Xenoarchaeology, a branch of xenology dealing with extraterrestrial cultures, is a hypothetical form of archaeology that exists mainly in works of science fiction.

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Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company.

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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at local time.

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See also

Archaeology in popular culture

• Amelia Peabody series
• Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
• Atlantis (novel)
• Bonekickers
• Buried treasure
• Crusader Gold
• Heaven's Vault
• Indiana Jones
• Lest Darkness Fall
• Melancholic Princess
• Relic Hunter
• Sea Rogue
• Seola
• The Dig (novel)
• The Dig (video game)
• The Gods of Atlantis
• The Key (short story)
• The Last Gospel (novel)
• The Legend of the Hidden City
• The Ship of Ishtar
• The Source (novel)
• The Sunbird
• The Tiger Warrior
• The Uninvited (Thunderbirds)
• Time Scanners
• Time Team
• Tomb Raider
• Treasure Hunting
• Treasure map
• Tunnels (novel)
• Willow (1988 film)

Fiction about near-Earth asteroids

• Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
• Armageddon (1998 film)
• Asteroid (film)
• Blue Comet (play)
• Captive Universe
• Deep Impact (film)
• Dig Allen Space Explorer
• Doomsday Rock
• Earthrise (1990 video game)
• Ender's Game
• Final Countdown (video game)
• Leviathan Wakes
• Mission Asteroid
• Outpost (1994 video game)
• Phantom of the Asteroid
• Rage (video game)
• Rage 2
• Rage: Mutant Bash TV
• Sailor Moon R: The Movie
• Seveneves
• The Dig (video game)
• The Green Slime
• The Hammer of God (Clarke novel)
• The Hive (Card and Johnston novel)
• The Swarm (Card and Johnston novel)
• Time (Baxter novel)

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

Video games about impact events

• Chrono Trigger
• E.V.O.: Search for Eden
• Epidemic!
• Final Fantasy VII
• Help Wanted (video game)
• Linda Cube
• Maniac Mansion
• Mega Man X4
• Mega Man X5
• Mega Man X8
• Mega Man Zero 4
• Metroid Fusion
• Outpost (1994 video game)
• Outpost 2: Divided Destiny
• Phantasy Star II
• Primal Rage
• Rage (video game)
• Rage: Mutant Bash TV
• Soma (video game)
• Sonic Adventure 2
• The Dig (video game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
• Xenogears

Video games scored by Michael Land

• Day of the Tentacle
• Escape from Monkey Island
• Herc's Adventures
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
• Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
• Return to Monkey Island
• Sam & Max Hit the Road
• Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
• Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)
• Star Wars: X-Wing (video game)
• Tales of Monkey Island
• The Curse of Monkey Island
• The Dig (video game)
• The Secret of Monkey Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dig_(video_game)

Also known as The Dig (game).

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