Larry Ahern is an American

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, writer, artist, and animator. He is best known for being the co-project leader on ''

The Curse of Monkey Island ''The Curse of Monkey Island'' is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts in 1997. A sequel to 1991's '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge,'' it is the third game in the ''Monkey Island'' series. It follows protagonist Guybrush ...

'', alongside

Jonathan Ackley Jonathan Ackley is an American interactive theme park attraction and computer game designer, writer, and programmer. He is best known for being the Creative Director and Producer on Walt Disney World's ''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'' and co-p ...

Career

Larry Ahern began his career as an artist and animator on '' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'' in 1991. He was lead animator on Full Throttle in 1995, and finished his tenure at

LucasArts Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor that is part of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as a video game development group alongside his film company; as part of a large ...

as co-project leader on ''

'' in 1997. After leaving LucasArts, he joined

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in 2001. While there, he worked as an artist on ''

Blood Wake ''Blood Wake'' is a naval combat video game released in 2001 for the Xbox as part of Microsoft's wave of launch titles. It was developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Set in an Asian-themed fictional world, ''Bl ...

'' and ''

Microsoft Flight Simulator X ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' (abbreviated as ''FSX'') is a 2006 flight simulation video game originally developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to ''Microsoft Flight ...

''. After leaving Microsoft, he co-founded Crackpot Entertainment with former LucasArts alumnus Mike Levine. Through Crackpot Entertainment, they developed the

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'' Insecticide'',. Part I of Insecticide for the PC was released in 2008. However, development of Part II of the game for the PC was never completed due to a lack of funding. In July 2012, all of the cut scene videos from Part II were released by Levine and Ahern on YouTube. In an interview, Ahern expressed the troublesome development of Part II with the publisher SouthPeak "the new publisher pretty much ignored us for a month or two while they "evaluated" the prospects of our title, which also wasn't a good sign. They ultimately decided not to publish Part II, and we never got much of an explanation, but I'm guessing someone there with a calculator was predicting trouble with the whole venture. Either that or they were just creeped out by bugs.". He has since been working freelance creating interactive entertainment for amusement parks. In this function, he co-designed

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's ''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'' with his former ''Curse of Monkey Island'' co-lead, Jonathan Ackley, in 2012.

Games

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...

'' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge'', artist, animator (LucasArts) *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

Super Star Wars ''Super Star Wars'' is an action video game developed by LucasArts and Sculptured Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the 1977 film '' Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope''. It was released by JVC Musical Industri ...

'', artist, animator (LucasArts) *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

Zombies Ate My Neighbors ''Zombies Ate My Neighbors'' is a run and gun video game developed by LucasArts and published by Konami for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis consoles in 1993. One or two players take control of protagonists, Zeke and Julie, in order t ...

'', additional art (LucasArts) *1993 '' Star Wars: Rebel Assault'', additional art (LucasArts) *1993 ''

Day of the Tentacle ''Day of the Tentacle'', also known as ''Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle'', is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game '' Maniac Mansion''. The plot follows Bernard Bernoull ...

'', artist (LucasArts) *1993 ''

Sam & Max Hit the Road ''Sam & Max Hit the Road'' is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release included compatibility wi ...

'', artist (LucasArts) *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

'' Full Throttle'', lead animator (LucasArts) *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

'', co-project leader (LucasArts) *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

'', artist (Microsoft) * 2006 ''

'', artist (Microsoft) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

'' Insecticide'', co-project leader (Crackpot Entertainment) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

''Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom'', co-designer (

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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahern, Larry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Lucasfilm people American video game designers American video game directors