It was one of the very few NES games to be translated into Spanish. One version was made in America, while another one was made by Jaleco in Japan. The game was ported not once, but twice, to the NES. Showing the exploded hamster to Weird Ed will make him kill that character. Players can microwave the hamster in any of the computer releases (but not the European NES version), but they have to use a sick-minded character (such as Syd or Razor) when doing it. The wrong answer proved fatal!ĭay of the Tentacle Maniac Mansion is included as a bonus game inside Day of the Tentacle (on Ed's computer). In a new game a player entered the house, walked upstairs and are confronted by a giant iron bolted door which opens after entering four correct symbols on the keypad as shown in 'Nuke'm Alarms - Nukes Burglars in their tracks: Owner's Disarmament Quick Reference Guide' included with the game. The computer versions featured an humorous copy protection scheme. 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. Trivia 1001 Video Games Maniac Mansion appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott. 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. Thus many of the puzzles can be overcome in different ways depending on the character being used. Each character maintains a separate personality and may have a different way to solve a problem from his classmates. Most actions are carried out by selecting verbs on the screen and applying them to an object (such as 'OPEN Door'). Players start by choosing two students to accompany Dave to the Edison mansion, and can then switch between these three characters at will. 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. More immediately, a girl named Sandy has gone missing from the local highschool and her boyfriend Dave swears that he saw Dr. There is even a story that a meteorite once crashed near the home nearly 20 years ago.

There have been rumors of strange experiments going on and of odd creatures living amongst the Edison family. DescriptionThe Edison mansion has always been a creepy old house on the edge of town.

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