Purple Tentacle, one of the crazy Dr. Fred's creations, drinks contaminated water from Dr. Fred's Sludge-o-matic. He mutates into an insane genius and grows arms, and now he's plotting to take over the world. In an effort to stop him, Dr. Fred sends three friends, Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne back in time to yesterday, in order for them to turn off the Sludge-o-matic and stop the sludge from spilling into the river, thus preventing the whole incident. Naturally, the cheap doctor uses a fake diamond over a real one in his time machine, which blows up sending Hoagie 200 years into the past and Laverne 200 years into the future.

Now you must bring back Hoagie and Laverne, with the help of the time machine's ability to move objects between time periods, and then stop evil Purple from taking over the world.

Day of the Tentacle is a point-and-click adventure game and a sequel to Maniac Mansion. The player controls Bernard, and later also Hoagie and Laverne, being able to switch between them at any time. By using the commands at the bottom of the screen, the character can pick up items, use them on other things, talk to people and more. Any of the three friends can also send his items across time to another friend.

The game takes place in the same building, but in three different eras, and thus affecting history takes a vital part in some puzzles. For instance, Hoagie can hide a bottle of wine in the XVIIIth century, and Laverne discovers the bottle in the XXIIIth century - but by then, the wine has already turned into vinegar.

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Alternate Titles

"瘋狂時代" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"День Щупальца" -- Russian spelling
"יומו של הטנטקל" -- Hebrew spelling
"Maniac Mansion 2" -- Informal title
"Il Giorno del Tentacolo" -- Italian title
"DOTT" -- Common abbreviation
"Der Tag des Tentakels" -- German title
"Den' Schupaltsa" -- Russian title

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Merchant	Title
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User Reviews

Make my day tentacle....	Zovni (9138)
I feel like I could... I feel like I could... take on the world!	Unicorn B. Lynx (63297)
Even funnier than Maniac Mansion	Black Wolf (37232)	unrated
Crazy, funny, overall great game!	hikari_no_tsubasa (11)
perhaps LucasArts' best, right up there with Monkey Island...	Gothicgene (83)	unrated
A ludicrously funny romp through time!	Michael Reznick (32)
One of the funniest, coolest and down right strangest games ever!	Mark Kemp (3)
The funniest computer game ever, and one hell of a game!	Tomer Gabel (4476)
Timeless masterpiece!	silent_driver (10)
Witty, unique, fun with great graphics what more do you need?	Gemmalah (8)	unrated

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The Press Says

High Score	Nov, 1993	5 out of 5	100
Quandary	Oct, 1997		100
Adventure Classic Gaming	Apr 21, 1998	5 out of 5	100
Aventura y Cía	Aug 14, 2001		100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	May, 1994	11 out of 12	92
Kingdom of Desire	Jan 29, 2009	9 out of 10	90
PC Attack	Oct, 1995	85 out of 100	85
Netjak	Aug 01, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
The Good Old Days	Jul 20, 2008	5 out of 6	83
GameCola.net	Dec, 2008	7.5 out of 10	75

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Trivia

Day of the Tentacle was named #34 overall among the “150 Best Games of All Time” by Computer Gaming World Magazine (15th Anniversary Issue--November 1996).

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This entry was contributed by Tomer Gabel

(4476) and Jason Savage (38)