iPhone Hackers release ScummVM: Emulation Engine brings LucasArts and Sierra Games to iPhone

Some of the most popular native applications for the iPhone have been native iPhone games, they have generated a great deal of interest. We have already seen Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator and recently the Game Boy Advance (GBA) emulator for the iPhone.

The latest emulation engine to be ported to run on the iPhone as a native application is ScummVM, the emulation engine that allows you to play popular LucasArts and Sierra games.

Folks at Gizmodo are reporting that ScummVM, the emulation engine that allows you to play LucasArts and Sierra games, is officially released and now fully working on the iPhone. It means that you can play some of the popular games such as Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones etc on your iPone (works on iPod Touch as well).

If you are wondering how would you be using the controls on the iPhone to play games like  Indiana Jones then below are some directions of how to use iPhone multi-touch user interface to play these games.

• left click - Single tap
• Right click - Hold one finger on screen where you want to click, single tap another
• ESC - Hold one finger on screen, double tap another
• F5 (menu) - Hold one finger on screen, swipe another down from top to bottom
• F 0-9 keys - Press the keyboard button directly under the appropriate number
• Pause - Keyboard spacebar
• Toggle - Click+Drag mode    Hold one finger on screen, swipe another up from bottom to top. In this mode, a mouse click is sent immediately when you touch the screen, drags to wherever you slide your finger, and releases where you lift your finger. Useful for Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island and Full Throttle.
• Suspend - Press the button.
• Quit- Press and hold the button for 5-6 seconds.

As you can see quite an innovative way of using iPhone's revolutionary multi-touch interface.

Here are the games that have been tested and are fully supported currently:

• Day of the Tentacle
• The Dig
• Flight of the Amazon Queen
• Full Throttle
• Gobliiins
• Gobliins 2
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• King's Quest 3
• Loom
• Maniac Mansion
• Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island (best game ever)
• Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (ok, maybe this is the best game ever)
• Sam & Max Hit the Road (another must-have)
• Simon the Sorcerer 1
• Simon the Sorcerer 2
• Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

Overall most of the games work very well on the iPhone expect for couple of issues reported by Gizmodo:

• Since the resolution of the iPhone is higher than the native resolution of these games, the graphics don't use the full screen, keeping its original pixel size.
• Some of the more modern games, like Monkey Island 3, still have some performance problems.

If this has got you excited and you are looking to install ScummVM on your iPhone, here are some instructions which you will find useful courtesy ScummVM Wiki:

• Open Installer.app on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch.
• Tap the "Sources" button in the bottom-right corner.
• Tap the "Edit" button in the top-right corner.
• Tap the "Add" button in the top-left corner.
• Enter http://urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml into the text area and tap "OK".
• Installer will refresh your sources. It may close. If so, reopen it.
• ScummVM is now available for install in the Games section.

In case you need more assistance in installing it, you can get in touch with the iPhone hacking geniuses themselves over at ScummVM's official site (link here).

If you have been able to play the LucasArt or Sierra Games on the iPhone using ScummVM, then do share your feedback in the comments below for the benefit of fellow readers.

[via Gizmodo]

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