- Name
- SCUMM
- Aliases
- Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion
SCUMM
SCUMM is an acronym for Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion. SCUMM is scripting language developed internally at LucasArts to help streamline the creation of graphic adventure games.
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Overview
SCUMM in action
SCUMM, meaning Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion, was developed by Ron Gilbert (Person) in 1987 for the LucasArts, then Lucasfilm Games, adventure game Maniac Mansion (Game). Since then SCUMM has been used for numerous adventure games aimed at a variety of different audiences.
Design
In most SCUMM games the player controls an inventory that can be filled with various objects found throughout the game. Using a variety of verbs, that usually include and stem out from talk, pick up, open, and look, the player can interact with the ingame world. Eventually in games like The Curse of Monkey Island (Game) these actions had been whittled down to various icons such as eye, hand, and mouth. In most games in order to solve puzzles the player must use certain inventory items with other ingame objects.
Versions
Zak McKraken is an early example of the SCUMM engine
Version 0
-Used for Maniac Mansion (Game)
Version 1
-Used only for Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders
Version 2
-Only used for updated releases of Zak McKraken and Maniac Mansion
Version 3
-Used for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Graphic Adventure
Version 4
-Used for The Secret of Monkey Island (Game) and some releases of Loom (Game)
Version 5
-Used for Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Game)
Version 6
-Used for Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle and Sam andamp;amp;amp; Max Hit the Road
Version 7
-Used for Full Throttle and The Dig (Game)
Version 8
-Used for Curse of Monkey Island
LucasArts finally gave up SCUMM when they created the GrimE (Concept) engine for Grim Fandango (Game) and Escape from Monkey Island (Game).
Platforms
SCUMM was used on the 3DO (Platform), Amiga (Platform), Apple II (Platform), Atari ST (Platform), CDTV, Commodore 64 (Platform), Apple Macintosh, NES, Microsoft Windows, Sega CD (Platform), and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.
Revival
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, a remake of the original for Xbox live Arcade and PC (Platform) uses the SCUMM engine.
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- Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday Adventure (Game)
- Blue's Reading Time Activities (Game)
- Blue's Treasure Hunt (Game)
- Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (Game)
- Fatty Bear's FunPack (Game)
- Flight of the Amazon Queen (Game)
- Freddi Fish & Luther's Maze Madness (Game)
- Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted School House (Game)
- Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell (Game)
- Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch (Game)
- Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove (Game)
- Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries (Game)
- Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Game)
- Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)
- Full Throttle (Game)
- Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (Game)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Game)
- Let's Explore The Airport (Game)
- Let's Explore The Farm (Game)
- Let's Explore the Jungle (Game)
- Loom (Game)
- Maniac Mansion (Game)
- Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (Game)
- Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening (Game)
- Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet (Game)
- Pajama Sam's SockWorks (Game)
- Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day (Game)
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- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside (Game)
- Putt-Putt Enters the Race (Game)
- Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon (Game)
- Putt-Putt Joins the Circus (Game)
- Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (Game)
- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (Game)
- Putt-Putt Travels Through Time (Game)
- Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack (Game)
- Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-o-Rama (Game)
- Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick (Game)
- Putt-Putt's Fun Pack (Game)
- Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)
- Sam & Max Hit the Road (Game)
- Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required (Game)
- Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" (Game)
- Spy Fox in Cheese Chase (Game)
- Spy Fox: Operation Ozone (Game)
- The Curse of Monkey Island (Game)
- The Dig (Game)
- The Secret of Monkey Island (Game)
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (Game)