400: The SCUMM Engine: From Maniac Mansion to Monkey Island - The Retro Hour EP400

400: The SCUMM Engine: From Maniac Mansion to Monkey Island - The Retro Hour EP400

It's our 400th episode! In the first of an epic two-part interview, we chat with Aric Wilmunder, the co-creator of the legendary SCUMM Engine, which enabled some of the best adventure games of all time, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Loom.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
40:00 - Aric Wilmunder Interview

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Show notes:

Analogue's New Hardware: Nintendo 64: https://tinyurl.com/2p8bfay2
New Hogs of War - Lardcore: https://tinyurl.com/mt3x8xn8
Fraser Fantasy RPG: https://tinyurl.com/43zydvmk
Super Mario Film (1993) Getting 4K Re-release: https://tinyurl.com/5n94fbj4

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