The logo is possibly a reference to the ending of George Lucas' first film, THX 1138, in which the main character stands silhouetted during a sunset. In the games, the figure sometimes does an action like throw a lightsaber or cast Force Lightning. The logo was revised in late 2005, losing the letter "L" pedestal and introducing a more rounded version of the gold-colored figure. It was also said to resemble an eye, with the rays of the sun as eyelashes. The figure had its hands up in the air, as if a sun were rising from behind him. The long-lived LucasArts logo, affectionately known as the "Gold Guy", was introduced in 1991 and consisted of a crude gold-colored figure resembling a petroglyph, standing on a purple letter "L" inscribed with the company name.
The original Lucasfilm Games logo was based upon the existing Lucasfilm movie logo. The "Gold Guy" LucasArts logo (1991–2005) In 1993, LucasArts decided to base a game on the Star Wars franchise. and LucasArts became the official name of the former Games Division. Later ILM and Skywalker Sound were consolidated in Lucas Digital Ltd.
In 1990, in a reorganization of the Lucas companies, the Games Division of Lucasfilm became part of the newly created LucasArts Entertainment Company, together with Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. Maniac Mansion was one of the first games to be published and developed by Lucasfilm Games. Atari published their games for Atari systems, Activision and Epyx would do their computer publishing. Their first games were only developed by Lucasfilm, and a publisher would distribute the games. Lucasfilm's next two games were Koronis Rift and The Eidolon. Versions for home computers were not released until 1985, by publisher Epyx. In 1984, they were released for the Atari 5200 under the Lucasfilm Games label. Beta versions of both games were leaked to pirate bulletin boards exactly one week after Atari had received unprotected copies for a marketing review, and were in wide circulation months before the original release date. The first results of this collaboration were unique action games like Ballblazer in 1984, and Rescue on Fractalus!. Lucas wanted his company to branch out into other areas of entertainment, so he cooperated with Atari to produce video games. The company was founded in May 1982 as the video game development group of Lucasfilm Limited, the film production company of George Lucas. 1.8 Development under Rodriguez and beyond.Development of video games based upon Lucasfilm properties (such as Star Wars) will now be assumed by Disney Interactive Studios or licensed to third-parties. The company was known for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s, as well as primarily games based on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.įollowing the acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, Disney closed down LucasArts on April 3, 2013, and laid off its staff. It was founded in 1982 by George Lucas as the video game development group of his film company, Lucasfilm. LucasArts (traded as LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC) was an American action-adventure video game developer and publisher based in San Francisco, California.
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