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In Maniac Mansion you find a chainsaw. That looked very helpful for some special problems, but you couldn't find the gasoline. |
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Your girlfriend was abducted by Dr. Fred, presumably for some evil experiment. Naturally, you grab two of your friends, and set out to rescue Sandy from the doctor's house -- the Maniac Mansion. |
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A lot of talk was generated whether ther really was gasoline to find anywhere in the adventure. It wasn't. |
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With a plot like this, it can only be a Horror B-movie?. Or, since we're no longer in the 1960s, a computer game parody on that genre. LucasArts' [adventure game]? pays homage to a bunch of cliches, spotting a secret lab, tentacles left over from previous experiments, a family on a similar wierdness level as [The Addams Family]?, and a hidden mastermind, whose identity is only gradually revealed. |
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The successor game [Zak McCracken]? had the gasoline, but alas, no chainsaw. |
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In Maniac Mansion you find a chainsaw. That looked very helpful for some special problems, but you couldn't find the gasoline. A lot of talk was generated whether there really was gasoline to find anywhere in the adventure. It wasn't. |
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For years to come that was an in-joke. |
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One author must admit that he played hunt-the-pixel for some hours in the mansion's basement. Rumor had it that there was a miniscule hole in one of the pipes, containing the "hot key", which would unlock a cabinet holding the treasured fuel. The successor game [Zak McCracken]? had the gasoline, but alas, no chainsaw. For years to come that was an in-joke. You can also play this game in the sequel Day of the Tentacle, where there is an old computer which runs Maniac Mansion. |
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You can find both Maniac Mansion (and Zak McCracken, I think) in the successor game Day of the Tentacle, where there is an old computer which runs Maniac Mansion. |
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