A Bit About Making Maniac Mansion

Over at the Grumpy Gamer site, Rob Gilbert is reminiscing a bit about the making of Maniac Mansion, prompted by a YouTube video depicting a 9 minute speed run for the game. "I found it fascinating to watch this video. It's was like thumbing through an old family album of childhood photos. Memories long forgotten are jarred to the surface by the smallest of details. An old and forgotten toy. The front grill of your fathers car. Things you could never have remembered if you tried become so clear they could have happened yesterday. I'd see little things like Dave hitting the edge of the porch, turning around, then walking forward and then continuing on his way. I remember this from development. It was a weird bug having to do with the walk-boxes that told the character where they could walk. I knew how to fix it, but it would have broken oh-so-many of other things. It always drove me crazy that he did that." Many thanks to Mr. Gilbert for his work on the game; Bernard's Theme still pops into my head every once in a while for no particular reason.

Re:Why MM?

[Blackforge]

One word:

Ding!

Re:Why MM?

[IceCreamGuy]

In my opinion, Maniac Mansion has the best music of any video game ever, I have it on a CD in my car that I listen to regularly. I think the only other game music that compares is from the Megaman games and possibly Duck Tales.

Re:Why MM?

[Anonymous Coward]

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

Re:Why MM?

[Anonymous Coward]

So what, you ruminate like a human!

Re:Why MM?

[Anonymous Coward]

You have entered the cave. It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.