ScummVM

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ScummVM
Version 2.5.1
Author: ScummVM Team
Developer Scumm V M Team
2001
ScummVM

ScummVM Menu Screen
Latest Version:  2.9.1
Release Date:  2025-05-25[1]
Company: ScummVM Team
Development Status:  Active
Publication Status:  Published
Developer(s): ScummVM Team (see: Credits below.
Interface: GUI
Language: C++
Open Source: Open
Source Availability:  Yes
License: GPL3
Type: Third Party Interpreter
Relevant Engine: AGI, SCI
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac, PS3, Android, iOS, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, Wii, Switch, Haiku, Amiga, MorphOS, RISC OS, Atari/FreeMiNT ADL AGI DGDS GOB SCI Shivers2 AGS
Localization: English
Website: https://www.scummvm.org/




A.K.A.

  • SVM


Introduction

ScummVM is a third party open source interpreter for playing AGI, SCI and many other non-Sierra games on modern operating systems and devices. It has merged the old Sarien and FreeSCI projects into itself to include support for the AGI and SCI games. The Sierra game support started by merging with the open source (OSS) projects, Sarien and FreeSCI, who were attempting the same goal for those engines. Many of those developers became part of the ScummVM team to further develop and maintain those sub-engines.

The project began as an effort to play the Lucas Arts games on other operating systems and newer devices. It wrote an updated replacement interpreter with the intent to be easily portable to other platforms. It uses the original game data to play these games on newer platforms than the original Lucas Arts game engine, "SCUMM" or "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion," is capable of doing.

It gradually added support for games from other developers, including Sierra's AGI and SCI interpreters.

ScummVM allows us to play the Sierra classics on modern Windows as well as portable devices such as Androids an iOS.


Description

Wikipedia wrote:

Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion Virtual Machine (ScummVM) is a set of game engine recreations. Originally designed to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system, it also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games by companies like Revolution Software and Adventure Soft. It was originally written by Ludvig Strigeus.[2] Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, ScummVM is free software.

ScummVM is a reimplementation of the part of the software used to interpret the scripting languages such games used to describe the game world rather than emulating the hardware the games ran on; as such, ScummVM allows the games it supports to be played on platforms other than those for which they were originally released.


Features

Wikipedia wrote:

ScummVM is a program that supports numerous adventure game engines via virtual machines, allowing the user to play supported adventure games on their platform of choice. ScummVM provides none of the original assets for the games it supports, and expects the user to properly own the original game's media so as to use the software legally. The official project website offers games that are freeware that work directly with ScummVM. Atop emulating the games, ScummVM enables players to save and load the state of the emulator at any time, enabling a save system atop whatever the emulated game may provide. It has also begun to work at providing alternate controls for newer devices, such as mobile devices with touch screens, which work atop the original games.[3]


Requirements


Version History


Development Status

ScummVM is currently maintained and under active development


Options

https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/command_line.html

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