Maniac mansion remake released!

[Punch]

Very cool remake. I love Maniac Mansion, so this was a lot of fun.

I noticed a couple of bugs too. If you get to the end of the game too quickly the timed events still happen. So, even though you're standing in the Sekrit Lab with Sandy tied to the bed thing, the cutscene showing Dr. Fred talking to her and saying that he's going to attach her to the brain sucking machine still plays, and she magically disapears from one room and appears in the other.

Similarly, Dr Fred will walk away from the intruder in his lab and play himself a nice game of Meteor Mess while the house's self destruct sequence is activated.

Nice work, though. It was a huge project to undertake, so massive respect for getting it done.

- Punch

[viktor]

I noticed a similar problem. I caled the space polic eand I took care of the meteor myself (without the help of the police). But when I finished the game the cutseen with the space police runs again and then an error window pups up.

[Ciro Durán]

For those who asked about the paint remover, you have to...

Spoiler

...open first the paint remover, it's not quite exactly like the original game, where you could use it directly

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The game looks a quite massive project, I applaud LucasFan for his efforts in remaking the game, although such a big game like this has its problems:

Spoiler

When I was repairing the cables in the hidden door next to the man-eating plant, I switch the breakers off, and with the old batteries tried to fix the cables. Of course, the batteries went dead, and the character told me so. But when I tried to do something else, the game aborted telling me the active inventory wasn't in the character's inventory.

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The game looks pretty cool, but with the type of bugs I found, I couldn't play it anymore, I just got out the original one and finished it (with Michael and Bernard).

[Primus]

Ciro:

Spoiler

those old batteries are a kinda "red herring", as the good ones are in the radio which is on the swimming pool. It's necessary to find a door key, then someone to (SAVE HERE) empty the pool; meanwhile, other character gets the radio and opens it to get them.

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[Queen Kara]

Since I didn't see any mention of "easter eggs" and such from other posts... For those interested :
The original game had to go through quite a few changes , due to censorship people ( I can't remember if it was some group within the lucasarts team or an outside group...and don't feel like checking... ) ....some of the stuff was considered too adult so they had the team dumb it down...if I remember correctly you couldn't put things like "suck" in your games so they had to change "Pretty soon I'll get to see your pretty brains sucked out!" ( or whatever the line is ) to something else.
Nurse Edna especially was suggestive , if you get caught she'll make a comment about tying you to the bed if you're a boy and saying "pity you're not a boy" or something like that if you're a girl. If you have somebody that can fix the phone..."Is this supposed to be a prank phone call? You're not doing it right. Here , let me teach you. *breathes heavily*" ..that's the sort thing she'd say at different points in the game , and some of the calendars and art ( like the mermaid ) are supposed to be suggestive too. ( ie the mummy calendar is imitating a swimsuit calendar or some such thing and supposedly that was a no-no for the original too ) "For a good time call ... " ( edna's number ...but they had to change it to be less suggestive ...sorry for any bad spelling here )
Thankfully back when I had the original , nothing or little seemed to have been changed and in the remake all the good "naughty" stuff is there too.
I just thought people would like to know some more Crazy Mansion history. oh and of course there was a television show once but it was different in alot of ways from the game series .
( I prefer the idea of giving it the title Crazy Mansion instead of Maniac Mansion...not that I'm saying the remake should have a minor update just for that title but just saying..lol )

[Snarky]

All that stuff was changed for the NES version only. Nintendo back then were pretty uptight.

[Matt Brown]

slashdot article on the game. check it out

[Yvonne]

I have never played the original Maniac Mansion, so this one is really difficult for me.
What can I discover with the telescope?
Is there a safe here as well - I've been reading walkthroughs for the first MM...
Can I repair the phone? Or, I have to make Fred get out of his roo, so I could use his phone?

[LucasFan]

I think that's one of the best walkthroughs you can find for Maniac Mansion.

[Yvonne]

Thanks a lot!
I had already lost hope that someone would respond...

[Gord10]

I have played it.  Nice game:)
I didn't download it. It was published in a game magazine's CD in Turkey:
http://www.level.com.tr/level/
The "Level CD Icerigi"/"Full Oyunlar"

[artphobia]

 I played this game a ton when I was younger so it is good see some updated graphics for it.   What I have always wondered though is Jeff(the surfer) just a red herring or what?  I have never noticed anything special that he alone can do.

[LucasFan]

Errr, can we see it?

Better late than never. 

Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe Take 1.asf 9 min / 21 MB
Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe Take 2.asf 10 min  25 MB
Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe Take 3.asf 8 min / 19 MB
Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe 1.2 Take 1.asf 8 min / 19 MB
Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe 1.2 Take 2.asf 7 min / 17 MB
Giga Games - Maniac Mansion Deluxe 1.2 Take 3.asf 7 min / 16 MB

PS.: Remove the http:// from the links. This board is stupid. 

[Scummbuddy]

They dont seem to be working, even when you take the http off.

[LucasFan]

Are you sure you have eDonkey or eMule on your PC?

[Scummbuddy]

heh, sorry. I did at one time, but i got rid of it. thanks.

[R4L]

If you were trying to make the EXACT Maniac Mansion, you didn't quite get it at it. Only because there was a way to beat the game in like 30 mins on the original. You have to get the glowing key and the radio tube. Only Bernard can get the radio tube. When you get both, look at the poster in the room with the radio in it. Use the radio tube with the radio and then call the Meteor Police. They will tell you to meet them in the brig in 5 mins. Get caught. When in the brig, use glowing key on both padlocks and open inner door. Open inner door. The reason why I couldn't beat it just now was because the original code was 0000. Now I don't know what it is. Plus, the original had different ways to do stuff, like opening the grate outside you had to use the tools, but now, all you do is pull the bushes and pull the grate, which gets you furthur into the game faster. But, if you were trying to recreate it but not making it easy like that, or adding some changes, then you succeded. Original was a very good game. This wasn't bad but the animation could be better. I loved the pictures. They were good quality. I ain't saying this game is so bad that no one else should play it, I just prefer the original more. Others might disagree but, I still love the original. Good job. I liked this game even though I didn't beat it the real way. Now, I shall go get my NES and play the original.
BTW: found a bug. If you have someone pull the gargoyle and don't let him go, that person ends up by the front door and if you try to walk anywhere, it doesn't walk. But to get rid of this, walk out the front door and walk back through it to be able to walk again.
Corey

[Scummbuddy]

even though I didn't beat it the real way.

There is no real way, but there are many ways. I'm sure you realize that there are many ways, as you said, but you make it sound as if this is the only way. Half the fun is to find all the different endings.

[LucasFan]

The reason why I couldn't beat it just now was because the original code was 0000.

Heh, we have enough own bugs in MMD. We don't have to steal bugs of console ports.Ã, 

Others might disagree but, I still love the original. Good job. I liked this game even though I didn't beat it the real way. Now, I shall go get my NES and play the original.

Hmm? I thought you love the original!Ã, 
So get your Apple II, C64, Amiga, Atari ST or IBM.
The NES-version is just a "family-friendly" remake, made for some console kiddies. It's definitely not the original.

[viktor]

like opening the grate outside you had to use the tools

Sorry if I misunderstood but this is not the only way to open it. You probably used the exercise machine without realizing that will help you open the grate. I don't know if that's in the newer wersion though becouse I only played it once and I automaticaly used the machine without trying to open the grate first.