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== External Game Engines ==

* SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) by ~~Lucasarts~~ (while it's only possible to make adventure games with it, it's usually considered an engine due to its complexity and wide variety of games): ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'' (obviously), ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series (up to ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island|Curse]]''), ''[[Sam and Max Hit The Road]]'', ''[[The Dig]]'', ''[[Loom (video game)|Loom]]'', the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' adventure games. [[Humongous Entertainment]] used it for every single game they made, such as the [[Putt-Putt]], [[Freddi Fish]], [[Pajama Sam]], [[Spy Fox]], and [[Backyard Sports]] series. Went through 11 versions, each one adding more features. Also popular for fanmade games, thanks to [http://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM].

* SCUMM ([[Fun With Acronyms|Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion]]) by LucasArts (while it's only possible to make adventure games with it, it's usually considered an engine due to its complexity and wide variety of games): ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'' (obviously), ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series (up to ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island|Curse]]''), ''[[Sam and Max Hit The Road]]'', ''[[The Dig]]'', ''[[Loom (video game)|Loom]]'', the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' adventure games. [[Humongous Entertainment]] used it for every single game they made, such as the [[Putt-Putt]], [[Freddi Fish]], [[Pajama Sam]], [[Spy Fox]], and [[Backyard Sports]] series. Went through 11 versions, each one adding more features. Also popular for fanmade games, thanks to [http://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM].

* id Tech engines by [[Id Software]]

** ''Wolfenstein 3D'' engine: ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'', ''[[Rise of the Triad]]''

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** id Tech 6 (aka "id Tech 666"): ''[[Doom (2016)|DOOM]]'' (2016), ''Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus''

** id Tech 7: ''[[Doom Eternal]]''

* The Unreal Engine series by [[Epic Games]] (named for the ''[[Unreal]]'' series, which was the flagship series for it until the more commercially-profitable ''[[Gears of War]]'' took over the role)

* The Unreal Engine series by [[Epic Games]] (named for the ''[[Unreal]]'' series, which was the flagship series for it until the more commercially-profitable ''[[Gears of War]]'' and later ''Fortnite'' took over the role)

** Unreal Engine 1: ''[[Unreal]]'', ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'', ''[[Rune]]'', ''[[Deus Ex]]'', ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', ''[[Clive Barker]]'s [[Undying]]''. (And [[What Could Have Been|if they hadn't been canned]], ''[[Jazz Jackrabbit]] [[Third Is 3D|3D]]'' and a ''Hired Guns'' sequel to the old DOS /[[Amiga]] game.)

** Unreal Engine 2 (and 2.5): ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]'', ''[[Splinter Cell]]'', ''XIII'', ''[[Red Steel]]'', ''[[Tribes: Vengeance]]'', ''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]'', ''[[Killing Floor]]'', ''[[Postal|Postal 2]]'', etc.

** Unreal Engine 2 (and 2.5): ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004]]'', ''[[Splinter Cell]]'', ''[[XIII]]'', ''[[Red Steel]]'', ''[[Tribes: Vengeance]]'', ''[[Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45]]'', ''[[Killing Floor]]'', ''[[Postal|Postal 2]]'', etc.

** Unreal Engine 3 (probably the most popular engine for HD games): ''[[Gears of War]]'', ''[[Unreal Tournament 3|Unreal Tournament III]]'', ''[[Bulletstorm]]'', ''[[BioShock (series)]]'', ''[[Mass Effect]]'', ''[[The Last Remnant]]'', ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'', ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'', ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' etc.

*** Also is the subject of a lawsuit over ''[[Too Human]]'', charging [[Epic Games]] with selling the engine unfinished and giving bad support for developers licensing it.