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Wilmunder Memoirs: Part 1 23 Jun, 2002, 21:10 / 15 comments

By Webmonkey


In an effort to help celebrate LucasArts' 20 Anniversary, we are proud to introduce a new feature entitled Wilmunder Memoirs. Many of you may not be familiar with Aric Wilmunder, although you definitely should be. Aric started out in the early days of LucasFilm Games and remained at the company until 1999.

During his time, he helped co-create the famous adventure game engine called SCUMM and had a hand in almost every legendary LucasArts title. In this feature, Aric shares some of his favorite stories and memories of working at the company during the early days. Don't miss this one, folks. Read it here!
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15 Comments

  • Lord Savage on 27 Jun, 2002, 11:11…
    I want part 2 so bad, I can taste it!!! I love these kinds of articles.
  • twifkak on 25 Jun, 2002, 13:06…
    I wonder if I Was A Teenage Lobot is still sitting on the shelves somewhere at LA. Someone should find the design docs and write the game. :)
  • matt on 25 Jun, 2002, 01:02…
    That's in depth Lucasarts information ... and you can just read it at mojo as usual. that's something. other sites would start to take money now... :)
  • Jayel on 25 Jun, 2002, 00:51…
    I agree with what Matt said. The celebration at lucasarts.com is too dull and impersonal.
  • netmonkey on 24 Jun, 2002, 15:57…
    Good Article.... and fun picture of a very young Ron Gilbert.
  • SonGoku on 24 Jun, 2002, 15:20…
    Excellent article but do we have to wait a full week for the next one? ;)
  • DasJan on 24 Jun, 2002, 12:13…
    Holymoly! Great article! I want my personal Ex-LucasArts-employee now being a hobby author writing great articles for my site, too? How can I get one?
  • tabias on 24 Jun, 2002, 11:37…
    Mighty keen. I'm looking forward to the rest of this.
  • Marek on 24 Jun, 2002, 08:41…
    I like reading about those little concepts Ron came up with.
  • JBRAA on 24 Jun, 2002, 04:36…
    =)
  • QueZTone on 24 Jun, 2002, 04:19…
    Hey now I see a picture of the Skywalker Ranch there I think not only Maniac Mansion's house was inspired by it. It seems the ranch of Bob Graham, Outlaws main villain, is very alike to the Main House of Skywalker Ranch.

    Anyway nice article, love the tech talk ;)
  • Swordmaster on 24 Jun, 2002, 16:54…
    Actually, the whole library on the last (?) level of Outlaws is a near-exact replica of the real library at Skywalker Ranch. They sure don't need to go far for inspiration.
  • MattMcGrath on 24 Jun, 2002, 01:53…
    A sharp contrast to the LucasArts celebration of their 20 years. At lucasarts.com: a dull corporate-esque discussion of the creation of their new logo, and information about their new line of games. Thanks for providing a more poignant celebration of LucasFilm Games and LucasArts.
    Hopefully this will inspire David Fox, Garry Winnick, Noah Falstein, and Ron Gilbert to share their memories as well.
  • Swordmaster on 24 Jun, 2002, 00:35…
    Very cool, and the picture of Ron, Noah and Aric is too camp!
  • GJ on 24 Jun, 2002, 00:25…
    This was really interesting. ^_^