| Maniac Mansion | Lucasfilm Games | 1987 | |
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Maniac Mansion has become known among video game players and programmers for
its highly-acclaimed gameplay and its introduction of new ideas into gaming, including
multiple possible endings, multiple user-selectable characters with significantly
different abilities, and critical clues contained in numerous cut scenes. At the
start of the game, the hero, Dave Miller, finds that his girlfriend, Sandy Pantz, has
been abducted by Dr. Fred Edison, and sets out to save her, with two of his friends.
The player could select the friends from a group of six, and the game would play
somewhat differently depending on which friends were selected. The game was a parody
of the horror B-movie genre, featuring a secret lab, leftover tentacles, and an evil
mastermind. Unlike most adventure games, Maniac Mansion had several possible playable characters. The player controls Dave and two other characters, chosen from six
additional characters, each of whom has their own distinct skills and quirks. It was
notable for its multiple possible endings, depending on which characters the player
used (and which ones survived) and what those characters did. It was the first game
to use the SCUMM engine. In 1989, an enhanced version of Maniac Mansion with higher
resolution EGA graphics for the PC was released. It also spawned a very popular
sequel called Day Of The Tentacle and was even an animated tv series than ran for
several years.
See also: #Maniac Mansion Deluxe |
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