Maniac Mansion

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 2 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.

Alternate Titles

• "MM" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: SCUMM
• Games made into TV series
• Maniac Mansion series

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User Reviews

The adventure game that makes no sense	DOS	Black Wolf (37242)
One Great Game, and the first of the SCUMM era of Lucasfilm/Lucasarts games	NES	Scott G (736)
Perhaps not Lucas Arts' best game, but a cool adventure nevertheless	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (69526)
A classic game, whose sequel I find a lot more appealing.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
When This Games A Rockin Don't Come A Knockin	NES	MasterMegid (868)
*CENSORED*!!! Maniac Mansion!!!	DOS	Zovni (9138)
A Fantastic Game for Those who GET IT!	DOS	X X (3)
Classic, fun, what more do you want?	DOS	C W (6)
Good	DOS	Neon Hammerite (37)
Groundwork for some of the best adventure games of the '80s/'90s.	DOS	tFX (25)

The Press Says

VideoGame	NES	Jun, 1991		100
HonestGamers	NES	Jan 30, 2008	10 out of 10	100
RPGFan	NES	Oct 05, 2000	96 out of 100	96
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Dec, 1987	93 out of 100	93
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1990	88 out of 100	88
Power Play	Amiga	Mar, 1990	88 out of 100	88
Power Play	Commodore 64	Apr, 1986	88 out of 100	88
The Good Old Days	Commodore 64	Jan 19, 2005	5 out of 6	83
Just Games Retro	NES	Jul 18, 2003	77 out of 100	77
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Dec, 1989	76 out of 100	76

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Trivia

The game was ported not once, but twice, to the NES. One version was made in America, while another one was made by Jaleco in Japan. The two versions look very different.