81
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.6
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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


Merchant Title Platform    
Amazon
Maniac Mansion NES    
ebay.com
Maniac Mansion    
Not an American user?

User Reviews

One Great Game, and the first of the SCUMM era of Lucasfilm/Lucasarts games Scott G (736) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
When This Games A Rockin Don't Come A Knockin MasterMegid (858) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars

The Press Says

HonestGamers Jan 30, 2008 10 out of 10 100
VideoGame Jun, 1991 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
RPGFan Oct 05, 2000 96 out of 100 96
GamesAreFun.com (GAF) Jun 10, 2005 9 out of 10 90
NES Center 2001 9 out of 10 90
Video Games Jun, 1991 84 out of 100 84
Nintendo Land 2003 80 out of 100 80
Just Games Retro Jul 18, 2003 77 out of 100 77
GameCola.net Oct, 2002 5.5 out of 10 55
The Video Game Critic Oct 15, 2007 D+ 33

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.


Trivia

In the mansion's library, there is an un-useable plant called "Chuck the Plant" The plant also appears in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in Henry's room, and "Day of the Tentacle" in the lobby.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (19497), NGC 5194 (17444), jeremy strope (126), Tony Van (2707) and Servo (51486)
 

Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.

MobyGames™ Copyright © 1999-2009, MobyGames.
All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.
moby sites | about us | advertise | disclaimer | privacy statement | become an approver | RSS