SCUMM

SCUMM has been extended several times over the years. Every graphic adventure LucasArts released between 1988 and 1997 (including The Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis, Day of The Tentacle, Full Throttle, The Dig, and several others) used some version of SCUMM. It's successor was GRIME (the 3D engine used by Grim Fandango) which implemented scripting with the LUA language. Other notable LucasArts technologies include the INSANE animation system, and the patented iMuse interactive music system.

It was a backend to many graphical adventure games that allowed environmental freedom. A system that didn't get bogged down in syntax or typos: "I cannot get the hamster" as so suffered in many text adventures.

It allowed multiple characters, event scripting, and kept track of objects no matter where you put them.

The creator of SCUMM, Ron Gilbert, left Lucasarts later to form Humongous Entertainment.

• Maniac Mansion (1987)
• Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Loom(1990)
• The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
• Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991)
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992)
• The Day of the Tentacle (1993)
• Sam and Max Hit the Road (1993)
• Full Throttle (1995)
• The Dig (1995)
• The Curse of Monkey Island (1997)
• Grim Fandango (1998)
• Escape from Monkey Island (2000)