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Lucasart's Afterlife

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hliyan · 1789649569 · focus · HN ↗
Does anyone remember a Windows game called Yoda Stories? I had such fond memories of it that I tried to find the game or an emulator version multiple times. No luck. It was an elegant game from a more civilized time where resolution, shading, texture and frame rate did not define how good a game was.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJT4sdifLXM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJT4sdifLXM
1. lvbyte · 1789651260 · focus · HN ↗
  The game came with LucasArts Archives Vol. IV: Star Wars Collection II. It's in the Internet Archive: <a href="https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwarscollectioniiusa" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/thelucasartsarchivesvolivstarwar...
2. trashb · 1789651424 · focus · HN ↗
  It is supported by the DREAMM emulator. And the image is on archive.org, have fun!
3. dcist · 1789652978 · focus · HN ↗
  I remember it fondly. My family had a lower-end 486 and it couldn't run a lot of games but it ran Yoda Stories great! Loved that game as a kid. LucasArts really was a gem (loved Grim Fandango, Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Full Throttle, etc.).
  1. twodave · 1789663762 · focus · HN ↗
    I loved Jedi Knight. There still isn’t anything quite like logging into the Zone and having light saber battles where the saber model is replaced with a full size star destroyer :)
  2. schlauerfox · 1789759938 · focus · HN ↗
    Tim Schafer of Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle runs Double Fine Productions, newly released from Xbox Game Studios to independant status. They're running a kickstarter to extend their runway right now around their 2 week internal gamejam "Amnesia Fortnight" and documentary. (not fortnite related at all). <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fortnight-2026-indie-reboot" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/amnesia-fort...
    They could really use some support if you're a fan of his work.
    ThePinion · 1789895318 · focus · HN ↗
    Fun way to start a video. "...then for seven years we were part of Microsoft, forced to make propaganda pieces to support our parent companies"
    schlauerfox · 1790009927 · focus · HN ↗
    When they were acquired the stage banter was pretty good too. "we can make excel stuff, halo stuff..."
4. jhbadger · 1789656046 · focus · HN ↗
  There was also Indiana Jones Desktop Adventures which used the same engine. Both were rather harshly reviewed at the time for being "pointless" - presumably the reviewers didn't like the random generation - while "rogue" (and Nethack, etc) existed, the idea of a "roguelike" hadn't quite gelled as a concept in pop culture yet.
  1. Cpoll · 1789676756 · focus · HN ↗
    I don't think it was just the random generation; Desktop Adventures didn't quite have the depth of a rogue game.
    jhbadger · 1789677791 · focus · HN ↗
    True. But they were still kind of addictive (at least to me)
5. Keyframe · 1789659414 · focus · HN ↗
  <a href="https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.retro-exo.com/index2.html - check in one of eXoWin releases.
6. brummm · 1789659860 · focus · HN ↗
  I recently played a browser version of it. Such good childhood memories!
7. the__alchemist · 1789661612 · focus · HN ↗
  This one slapped!
  Note: I had very good luck with DosBox on a pile of games from that era and older lately. (Edutainment mainly). I didn't try this one though. Now I want to...
8. glouwbug · 1789679942 · focus · HN ↗
  Friend of mine had it on the original gameboy
9. JMiao · 1789685054 · focus · HN ↗
  Yes, I got my copy from a lucasarts box set promotion at compusa. I recall liking Yoda Stories more than the other games in the box set.

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