▁Lucas ▁had ▁requested ▁a ▁tie - in ▁video ▁game ▁for ▁the ▁movie ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name , ▁which ▁was ▁under ▁production ▁at ▁Lucas film . ▁As ▁was ▁common ▁with ▁Lucas film ▁Games ▁projects , ▁Lucas ▁himself ▁provided ▁very ▁little ▁direction ▁to ▁the ▁team . ▁Lab yr inth ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁lic ensed ▁game ▁developed ▁by ▁the ▁company : ▁earlier ▁products , ▁such ▁as ▁Res cue ▁on ▁F ract alus ! ▁and ▁The ▁E id ol on , ▁had ▁been ▁original ▁intellectual ▁properties . ▁According ▁to ▁project ▁leader ▁David ▁Fox , ▁working ▁with ▁a ▁license ▁" fre es ▁you ▁up ▁in ▁some ▁ways ▁and ▁restrict s ▁you , ▁too ". ▁With ▁their ▁adaptation , ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁not ▁press ured ▁to ▁reuse ▁events ▁and ▁characters ▁from ▁the ▁Lab yr inth ▁film ; ▁but ▁they ▁" f elt ▁oblig ated " ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁source ▁material . ▁Because ▁they ▁saw ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁an ▁advent ure ▁story , ▁they ▁chose ▁to ▁set ▁their ▁adaptation ▁in ▁the ▁advent ure ▁game ▁genre . ▁However , ▁Fox ▁dis lik ed ▁the ▁genre ' s ▁then - re liance ▁on ▁text ▁par sers ▁and ▁syntax ▁guessing , ▁and ▁so ▁he ▁created ▁the ▁word ▁wheel ▁men us ▁as ▁a ▁replacement . ▁They ▁were ▁meant ▁to ▁supply ▁" a ▁limited ▁set ▁of ▁words ▁that ▁still ▁let ▁you ▁do ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁things ", ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁stream line ▁the ▁game ▁without ▁ham per ing ▁the ▁player ' s ▁freedom . ▁The ▁game ' s ▁visual ▁design ▁was ▁shared ▁by ▁Lucas film