400: The SCUMM Engine: From Maniac Mansion to Monkey Island - The Retro Hour EP400

It's our 400th episode! In the first of an epic two-part interview, we chat with Aric Wilmunder, the co-creator of the legendary SCUMM Engine, which enabled some of the best adventure games of all time, including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Loom. Contents: 00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories 40:00 - Aric Wilmunder Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Take your business to the next level today and enjoy 3 months of Shopify for £1/month: https://shopify.co.uk/retrohour Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Fabio, Andy Aldrich, Paul Bullard, and Brian Downie We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes: Analogue's New Hardware: Nintendo 64: https://tinyurl.com/2p8bfay2 New Hogs of War - Lardcore: https://tinyurl.com/mt3x8xn8 Fraser Fantasy RPG: https://tinyurl.com/43zydvmk Super Mario Film (1993) Getting 4K Re-release: https://tinyurl.com/5n94fbj4