Hal Barwood
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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]
Credited on 29 games
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| The Church in the Darkness (2019, Windows) | Tremendous Thanks |
| Full Throttle: Remastered (2017, Windows) | Said it was a good idea |
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016, Windows) | Opening fixed by |
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010, Windows) | "Works like crazy!" |
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2010, PlayStation 3) | Special Guest Film Director |
| Mata Hari (2008, Windows) | Story & Design |
| ZenGems (2007, Windows) | Level Design |
| RTX: Red Rock (2003, PlayStation 2) | Designer |
| Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002, PlayStation 2) | The Developers Wish To Thank |
| Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (2001, Game Boy Color) | Original Game Design |
| Star Wars: Starfighter (2001, PlayStation 2) | Thanks To |
| Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999, Windows) | Project Leader |
| Star Wars: DroidWorks (1998, Windows) | Thanks To |
| Outlaws (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks To |
| The Curse of Monkey Island (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks To |
| Star Wars: Yoda Stories (1997, Windows) | Project Leader |
| Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures (1996, Windows 3.x) | Project Leader |
| Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion (1996, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Big Sky Trooper (1995, SNES) | Designer & Project Leader |
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Hal Barwood (2007)
Frequent Collaborators
People- 25 games with George Lucas
- 18 games with Meredith Cahill
- 16 games with Chip Hinnenberg
- 16 games with Vince Lee
- 16 games with Wayne Cline
- 16 games with Jo Ashburn
- 16 games with Lisa Star
- 15 games with Clint Bajakian
- 15 games with Mark Cartwright
- 15 games with Mary Bihr
Companies
- 23 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 10 games with CTO S.p.A.
- 9 games with Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
- 9 games with Valve Corporation
- 7 games with Erbe Software, S.A.
- 6 games with Soo Hoo Design
- 6 games with Brasoft Produtos de...
- 6 games with Funsoft GmbH
- 5 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 5 games with GOG Limited
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