Computing Innovations

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Computing Innovations

←1940→

  • ENIAC, the 1st generally-programmable computer by the US Army (1946)
  • PLANKALKUL, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by Konrad Zuse (1948)

←1950→

  • SIMON, the 1st Personal Computer by Edmund Berkeley (1950)
  • AN/FSQ-7, the 1st computer with RTG Display by IBM (1951)
  • HD, the world's 1st computer hard disk drive (IBM, 1956)
  • FORTRAN, the 1st High-Level Programming Language by John W. Backus (1957)
  • BELL 101 MODEM, the first commercial-use modem (Bell Laboratories, 1959)

←1960→

  • PACKET SWITCHING (theory) by Leonard Kleinrock (MIT, 1961)
  • BASIC PROGRAMMING language by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz (Dartmouth College, 1964)
  • SIMULA, the 1st Object-Oriented Programming Language by Ole-Johan Dahl & Kristen Nygaard (1967)
  • PEROTTINA (Programma 101), the 1st commercial desktop computer by Pier Perotto (Olivetti, 1965)
  • ARPANET, the father of today's internet by the US Army (1967)
  • FD (Floppy disk drive), invented by IBM (1967)
  • DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) by Robert Dennard (1968)
  • UNIX, the large-scale networking OS by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and other developers (Bell Labs, 1969)
  • LASER PRINTER, invented by Gary Starkweather (Xerox, 1969)

←1970→

  • INTEL 1103, the 1st DRAM chip (1970)
  • TCP/IP protocol suite by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn (1970)
  • INTEL 4004, the 1st CPU on a single chip by Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stanley Mazor (1971)
  • eMail, invented by Ray Tomlinson (ARPANET, 1971)
  • C Programming language, invented by Dennis Ritchie (1972)
  • ETHERNET, invented by Robert Metcalfe (Xerox, 1973)
  • XEROX ALTO, 1st personal computer with a mouse-driven GUI (1973)
  • SEQUEL (later SQL), invented by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce (IBM, 1974)
  • APPLE 1, the 1st computer with a single-circuit board and ROM by Steve Wozniak (Apple, 1976)
  • COMMODORE PET, 1st widely-available educational computer (Commodore, 1977)

←1980→

  • VRAM (Video RAM), by F. Dill, D. Ling, and R. Matick (IBM, 1980)
  • MIDI, the 1st MIDI interface designed by Dave Smith and Chet Wood (1981)
  • ARM1, the 1st commercial RISC processor by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber (Acorn, 1985)
  • AMIGA, the 1st multimedia personal computer (Commodore, 1985)

←1990→

Lucasfilm Games

LukasArts/Lucasfilm Games

Founded in 1971 by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd. was an American film and television production company. Lucasfilm Games was founded in May 1982 and became globally known for their fantastic point-and-click adventure games. Later, Lucasfilm Games focused on the 'Star Wars' series of games.

  • Ron Gilbert, who joined Lucasfilm in 1985, created a new engine called SCUMM, along with 'Maniac Mansion'
  • SCUMM stands for "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion" and enables users to control the game with graphics (point-and-click) and without the need for text inputs
  • Lucasfilm Games was known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2013
  • In 2012, Lucasfilm was acquired by "The Walt Disney Company"
  • Lucasfilm has released tens of 'Star Wars' games

Table: Some of the Legendary Lucasfilm/LucasArts Video Games from 1987-2000

 

Game

 

 

 Developer

 

 

Platforms

 

 

Category / Release

 
  • Maniac Mansion

Lucasfilm

  • Ron Gilbert
  • Gary Winnick
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • Commodore 64, Apple II, NES

ADVENTURE

October 1987
  • Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

Lucasfilm

  • David Fox
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
  • FM Towns
  • Commodore 64

ADVENTURE

October 1988
  • Battlehawks 1942

Lucasfilm

  • Lawrence Holland
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS

SIMULATION

1989
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game

Tiertex Ltd.
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX
  • Genesis, Master System, NES, Game Boy, Game Gear

ACTION

1989
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure

 

Lucasfilm

  • Ron Gilbert
  • Noah Falstein
  • David Fox
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
  • CDTV, FM Towns

ADVENTURE

July 1989
  • Loom

 

Lucasfilm

  • Brian Moriarty
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • FM Towns, TurboGrafx-CD

ADVENTURE

January 1990
  • Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

 

Lucasfilm

  • Lawrence Holland
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS

SIMULATION

October 1990
  • The Secret of Monkey Island

 

Lucasfilm

  • Ron Gilbert
  • Dave Grossman
  • Tim Schafer
  • Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • FM Towns, Sega CD
  • PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • MS Windows, OS X, iOS

ADVENTURE

October 1990
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

LucasArts

  • Ron Gilbert
  • Amiga, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • FM Towns

ADVENTURE

December 1991
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

 

LucasArts

  • Hal Barwood
  • Noah Falstein
  • Amiga, MS-DOS, Macintosh
  • FM Towns, Wii
  • MS Windows, OS X, Linux

ADVENTURE

June 1992
  • Day of the Tentacle (sequel of Maniac Mansion)

 

LucasArts

  • Dave Grossman
  • Tim Schafer
  • MS-DOS, Mac OS 
  • MS Windows, OS X, Linux
  • PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Xbox One

ADVENTURE

June 1993
  • The Curse of Monkey Island

 

LucasArts

  • Larry Ahern
  • Jonathan Ackley
  • MS Windows, OS X

ADVENTURE

October 1997
  • Escape from Monkey Island

 

LucasArts

  • Sean Clark
  • Michael Stemmle
  • MS Windows, OS X
  • PlayStation 2

ADVENTURE

November 2000

 

My small collection of Monkey Island big boxes for Amiga computers:

□ The Secret of Monkey Island

  • Lucasfilm, October 1990

Secret of Monkey Island

□ Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

  • LucasArts, December 1991

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

 

□ Lucasfilm Games

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