ScummVM
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6recommend
0warn against
Jan 1, 2026first mention
Oct 9, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“The scummvm project has been working on porting most of the director games onto it.”
“You can play it on almost anything by now”
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“SCummvm itself supports tons of graphical and text adventures”
“Numerous games avaiable on GOG are playable via ScummVM.”
“ScummVM still makes releases so you can totally play Blade Runner in a PSP”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
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All comments 11
“The scummvm project has been working on porting most of the director games onto it.”
“You can play it on almost anything by now”
“slapping it inside the SCUMMVM”
“SCummvm itself supports tons of graphical and text adventures”
“Oh, and Scummvm with games from Blade Runner to Ultima I-IV”
“Numerous games avaiable on GOG are playable via ScummVM.”
“GLAND ships with its own VM but also has an option for setting a ScummVM path”
“ScummVM still makes releases so you can totally play Blade Runner in a PSP”
“it works great for a number of free/commercial games”
“SummVM has integrated support for AGS a few releases back”
“Scummvm supports Eye of the Beholder and I used it to take screenshots to compare against my own work.”