When I first had the idea for a Free Game Friday segment, the first two games that came to mind were Wasteland and Maniac Mansion Deluxe.
I first played Maniac Mansion years ago on my Commodore 64. It was a wonderfully nonlinear adventure game with multiple solutions to its problems, excellent humor, and a lot of replayability. It took me forever to figure everything out when I first played, but when I learned of this LucasFan remake, I downloaded and played through the entire game in a night or two. Guess I remembered the solutions to all the puzzles.
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[…] 48-Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games, Commodore 64, 1987) A few years back, I discovered a fan remake of Maniac Mansion called Maniac Mansion Deluxe which I could download and play on a modern PC. I did so, and was delighted to find that I still remembered how to get through all the game’s puzzles. I finished it in two evenings. But back when I first played it on my Commodore, before the era of The Internet, it took many months. During those months, I’d confer with other kids on the playground, exchanging strategies and learning what worked to get past Purple Tentacle and Dr. Fred. It was a different era, and to me Maniac Mansion is the best of the SCUMM games. More than twenty years later, the game still has an undeniable charm. […]