This week is again one of my favourites.

I still remember the day I bought this game. They didn't sell it in our small town, so I had to wait until we got to the next bigger town. So we got to the store, I bought Maniac Mansion and then couldn't wait to get home again, although we just started shopping. I guess I was very annoying to the rest of my family that day. :wink:
I think I read through the box text and instruction booklet a dozen times and couldn't await playing it, because the review I read about Maniac Mansion was so good.
And when we got home I wasn't disappointed. Maniac Mansion is one of my alltime favourites and a really great and outstanding game. As I didn't have internet at that time I had to figure out everything on my own and it took me long weeks, but in the end I could beat it and it was a great feeling. :D

Read interesting stuff about MM on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion

The Maniac Mansion FAQ

Japanese cart and boxart


Western cart and boxart:


I hope this is enough to get you started. :)

If you should not have played this gem yet, better try to find a rom and try it soon. You missed something if you haven't played Maniac Mansion! :o

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May 16th...

i have still never played Maniac Mansion eventhouhj everything i've ever heard about it was positive. i need to try it out, but i'm not much for roms.

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http://www.geocities.com/nes_life = NES_Life
http://users.ign.com/collection/campkill1387 = My Collection

I'm a big fan of Lucas Arts point and click adventures so of course love Maniac Mansion, especially as it was the only one to make it to the NES. It's got great humour (though maybe not as funny as some other Lucas Arts games) and there is real edge of the seat tension as you creep around the mansion trying to avoid the family. There are many endings (about 7 I think) so there is plenty to come back for once you beat it the first time.

Has anyone played the sequel Day of the Tentacle? It's a great game that improves on Maniac Mansion in my opinion.

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Cool video. I knew there was a car in a driveway/garage...I was that close to finishing it at one time?! :roll:
That video reminded me of one crucial trick in this game: switching kids as soon as Nurse Edna or one of her cohorts appears on the screen; switch back to the original kid and the enemy will be gone. Otherwise, Nurse Edna will take you to the dungeon when you enter the kitchen at the start every time (which I've been finding out the past couple of days until I watched that video).
Some parts seem to be missing from it, though--I thought you had to develop a picture and fix a manuscript of some type, or did this kid just edit those bits out? I also remember something regarding making a cassette tape. :?:

A useful and interesting map of the Maniac Mansion mansion. :o

http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/ManiacMansion-EdisonMansion.png

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May 16th...

http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/NES/#M

There you go :)

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http://robertlbryant.com

Thanks, Roth! That's a hell of a website, too. Plenty of other stuff on there to check out! :D

Need to get this out of the way first-if you loved this game, and are ok with playing an older generation (DOS era) PC game, you absolutely have to track down a copy of Day of the Tentacle, as pointed out by an earlier poster.

Now onto Maniac Mansion. I remember playing night after night, picking up item after item and trying to figure out where to use everything. It was challenging, and I know I looked up things here and there in Nintendo Power. I probably spoiled certain areas because of that, but it was still fun. I’m sure I got caught by nurse edna in the kitchen on my first game, and that had me a little freaked out for exploring further into the house, not knowing who I’d run into in the next room. Those cutscenes were always fun too. When Ed announces that he’s hungry, I started panicking, wondering if I’d be in his path from his room to the kitchen. I would also get so nervous exploring nurse edna’s room, because I wouldn’t know how long I’d have till she got back.

I think it was only for the PC. The cool thing about that one, is that they included maniac mansion inside day of the tentacle (when you use a computer in the game, it starts the maniac mansion game). There are so many fun animations and things to figure out, and for some reason the puzzles seemed a little bit easier/more logical than in maniac mansion.