Hal Barwood

Developer BIO

Hal Barwood is an anomaly in the gaming industry. He is clearly much more seasoned and experienced than the usual twenty-somethings associated with the business, and unlike his contemporaries, most of whom have never held jobs outside of gaming, Hal had a wildly successful career before he was wisely hired by LucasArts.

Hal Barwood was the screenwriter for Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature, The Sugarland Express (1974), and he also wrote The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976) and the best danged fantasy movie ever made, Dragonslayer (1981), among many others.

At LucasArts, Hal has been credited with Writing/Dialogue/Story/Design and Project Leader on games that span the LucasArts spectrum from Yoda Stories to Rebel Assault 2 to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. He is clearly a jack of many trades and master of them all.

[source: Just Adventure+ interview]

Websites

• Hal Barwood - Finite Arts -- interview on Adventure Classic Gaming (4th January 2009)

Games Credited

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009), LucasArts
Mata Hari (2008), dtp entertainment AG
ZenGems (2007), FreshGames, LLC
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003), LucasArts
RTX: Red Rock (2003), LucasArts
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002), LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (2001), THQ Inc.
Star Wars: Starfighter (2001), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Star Wars: DroidWorks (1998), Lucas Learning Ltd.
The Curse of Monkey Island (1997), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Outlaws (1997), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Star Wars: Yoda Stories (1997), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures (1996), LucasArts
Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion (1996), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Big Sky Trooper (1995), JVC Musical Industries, Inc.
The Dig (1995), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Full Throttle (1995), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire (1995), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1994), JVC Musical Industries, Inc.
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992), Lucasfilm Games
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game (1992), LucasArts, U.S. Gold Ltd.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH