@kryten42 that’s great. Hope you didn’t get #RescueOnFractalus via a BBS! Atari version was famously pirated.

@console Well, there was my first game, #RescueOnFractalus, where you’re killing a bunch of aliens.

@marix1 Thanks! And thank you for calling it #RescueOnFractalus and not it’s pirated name.

@spook @supernov Actually, #ReturnToMonkeyIsland was the first MI game I worked on. So for real MI fame, follow @grumpygamer and @thatdave. Follow me for #RescueOnFractalus #Labyrinth, #ManiacMansion (and Ron too), #ZakMcKracken, #IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade (and @nfalstein and Ron). And all things #LucasfilmGames prior to 1991.

Another interview today! This one by Alexandros Kofteros of the Cyprus Computer History Museum. We talked about early days at #LucasfilmGames/#LucasArts and some of the games I got to work on there. https://youtu.be/20mMKHHX92Q

#GameDev #RescueOnFractalus #ZakMcKracken #ManiacMansion #IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade #ThimbleweedPark #ReturnToMonkeyIsland

@TimOfLegend @DavidBFox@mastodon.social @Gamrok @thatdave @grumpygamer I remember when that photo of me was taken, a magazine article about our first games #RescueOnFractalus and #Ballblazer. They wanted me to really *lean* into it.

@ChrisBauer George Lucas wasn’t a video game player. I doubt he played Labyrinth. The only two games he gave feedback on were #RescueOnFractalus and #Ballblazer. I also don’t think he was very involved in the production of Labyrinth the movie, but no idea if that’s accurate.

@eobet Thanks! #RescueOnFractalus was my first game at Lucasfilm Games. I was lucky to have Loren Carpenter (fractal wizard who did the Genesis flyby for Star Trek: Wrath of Khan) as an office mate. He figured out all the 3D fractal code (taught himself 6502 assembly overnight, came back a couple of days later with a working demo). The game was my concept, and I did all the gameplay coding.

@denisb you’re very welcome! Did you go even earlier? #RescueOnFractalus, #Labyrinth, #ManiacMansion?