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Fans have asked and LucasArts has delivered! Today the company announced a new initiative in its effort to revive its classic and beloved franchises by making its games available for the first time ever as digital downloads online.
In this first round of releases, ten fan-favorite LucasArts PC games will be made available Wednesday, July 8 on Steam®, Valve Corporation's delivery and management platform for the PC. Scheduled for release are classic adventure titles like LOOM and The Dig and hit action games including Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Republic Commando.
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Full press release announcing Steam as digital distribution platform for LucasArts titles
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Follow the LucasArts Twitter for more information and future announcements of announcements.
http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames
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Stiq of Joy interview discusses future plans for LucasArts and digital downloads:
http://www.*******.com/2009/07/06/breaking-lucasarts-classics-coming-to-steam-this-wednesday/#continued
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Technology
The classic adventure games don't use SCUMMVM or DosBox, instead they all have self-running executables for Windows. (Twitter link)
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The Games
Armed and Dangerous (2003)
First/Third Person Shooter
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $9.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992)
Adventure
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam version: Talkie (CD-ROM)
Steam link
Price: $4.99
Wikipedia - GameRankings - GameFAQs
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Adventure
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam version: Previously unreleased version w/extra bugfixes, includes Grail Diary .pdf
Steam link
Price: $4.99
Wikipedia - GameRankings - GameFAQs
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (2008)
Action
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $19.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs
Loom (1990)
Adventure
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam version: Talkie (CD-ROM), Book of Patterns included as .pdf
Steam link
Price: $4.99
Wikipedia - GameRankings - GameFAQs
Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)
Action/Shooter
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $19.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs
Star Wars Republic Commando (2005)
Tactical/First Person Shooter
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $9.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs
Star Wars Starfighter (2002)
Space Sim
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $4.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs
The Dig (1995)
Adventure
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam version: Talkie (CD-ROM)
Steam link
Price: $4.99
Wikipedia - GameRankings - GameFAQs
Thrillville: Off the Rails (2007)
Theme Park/Rollercoaster Sim
Steam release: July 8, 2009
Steam link
Price: $19.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009)
Adventure
Steam release: July 15, 2009
Steam version: Enhanced remake of 1990's The Secret of Monkey Island. Adds new graphics and voice.
Steam link
Price: $9.99
Wikipedia - GameFAQs - NeoGAF Thread
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Pack (2009)
Adventure
Steam release (first episode): July 7, 2009
Steam link
Price: $34.99
Wikipedia - Metacritic - GameFAQs - NeoGAF Thread
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