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- 1987
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Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Linux, Macintosh, NES, Windows
Developed by
Lucasfilm Games LLC
Published by
Lucasfilm Games LLC
Released
1988
Gameplay
Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements
Perspective
Side view
Narrative
Comedy
Genre
Adventure
Interface
Point and Select
Visual
2D scrolling
Description
The Edison mansion has always been a creepy old house on the edge of town. There have been rumors of strange experiments going on and of odd creatures living amongst the Edison family. There is even a story that a meteorite once crashed near the home nearly 20 years ago. More immediately, a girl named Sandy has gone missing from the local highschool and her boyfriend Dave swears that he saw Dr. Fred abducting her. Dave knows that he cannot do it alone and will need help from two other students if he has any hope of infiltrating the mansion and rescuing Sandy.
Players start by choosing two students to accompany Dave to the Edison mansion, and can then switch between these three characters at will. Most actions are carried out by selecting verbs on the screen and applying them to an object (such as "OPEN Door"). Each character maintains a separate personality and may have a different way to solve a problem from his classmates. Thus many of the puzzles can be overcome in different ways depending on the character being used. If any one of the kids are captured by the Edisons, they are thrown into the dungeon and must be rescued themselves by any character who still has their freedom.
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- Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Linux, Macintosh, NES, Windows
- Mobygames_developed_by
- Lucasfilm Games LLC
- Mobygames_gameplay
- Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements
- Mobygames_genre
- Adventure
- Mobygames_interface
- Point and Select
- Mobygames_narrative
- Comedy
- Mobygames_perspective
- Side view
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- Lucasfilm Games LLC
- Mobygames_released
- 1988
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- 2D scrolling
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- 1987
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Reviews
Subject: Yay Maniac Mansion!
Subject: Broken version
It has graphical corruption when run on Tandy or EGA/VGA
Subject: How do I save?
Subject: Maniac Mansion
this is a game that made gamers wonder..what is it about ?
a early nes game with more features like multiple endings..alot of gamers bought this one..40 bucks for nes games..that's still alot
Subject: Need assistance
Subject: The game that started it all.
This game was a first in terms of multitasking adventure games where things were happening in the background elsewhere. A new experience on the C64 at the time.
The music on C64 was much better but the game is great.
Subject: The Ultimate DOS Experience
Still haven't found a way to save the game to come back, so plan to play in one go.
¿Y Bernard? Tienes la cara como una nevera por detrás. Todavía. :I
Subject: save button?
Subject: Get ScummVM
Subject: My childhood!
Subject: Press Shift-M to activate the mouse
The reason why many of you are having mouse issues is that the game does not activate the mouse by default in the MS-DOS version.
You have to manually activate the mouse. Type Shift M to toggle the mouse on.
You can find this and other controls by looking up the manual on Google. You'll also need to look up the manual to bypass the steel security door, which was a rudimentary form of copy protection. You type in the proper code, and the steel door opens. If not, the house explodes in a nuclear meltdown (ha!)
Have fun!
Subject: Excited, but mouse issues!
Subject: An all-time favorite!
For those having trouble with the cursor - I found that if you play in full screen mode that you don't have this problem.
Subject: Regarding the mouse start issue posted earlier
Subject: Doesn't Work
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