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Maniac Mansion Deluxe: I'm pretty sure this wasn't adopted as official, in fact I believe a cease and decist was issued. --86.144.166.188 01:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Your dead right. I have removed the offending statement. (Unless someone can point me to a reference of course.) --JiFish(^Talk/_Contrib) 01:32, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

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Exploding Hamster: According to this source (http://members.fortunecity.com/harang/faq.txt) you can explode the hamster in all North American copies of the game; it was never removed. I think it's true, but we might want more confirmation before changing the Wiki article. Funke 16:58, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

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Could do with disambiguating with the TV series (which I had no idea existed till this afternoon). Has anyone seen it? I suggest moving this to "Maniac Mansion (game)" and creating a "Maniac Mansion (TV series)" and a "Maniac Mansion" page that points at both. --AW

My google searches indicate that the series was based on the game, not vice versa. In any case, I would have no problem with treating them both in the same article. --Brion

Actually, the game was supposed to be based off the TV series. It was released just a little bit after the TV series. However, apart from the character Fred and his laborartory, the two have almost nothing to do with each other plot-wise. I happen to like both, however. -- Cozan

No, the game was released around 1986, while the tv series aired in 1990. Pictureuploader 10:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Would you care to amend appropriately in that case? I didn't look into the series much, just assumed the game was based on it since that's how these things normally happen :) --AW

I saw one episode of the TV series briefly, it was rather weird as I remember it. It ended with a character maniacally laughing "Hahaha, I wasn't in this episode!" Strange stuff...

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"An interesting notation: Maniac Mansion, although the many fantasy or sci-fi elements, is the only of Lucasfilm games that occurs in the real world, and doesn't belong to the future (Full Throttle), another known universe (Indiana Jones), or an alternate version of reality (Sam and MAx, Monkey Island)."

Huh? What makes the world of Maniac Mansion any more (or less) real than the world of Zak McKracken (one features intelligent tentacles and a sentient meteor, the other aliens operating on Earth and ruins on Mars), or the near-to-immediate future of The Dig (hardly any science fiction until you get abducted)? And who says that Full Throttle takes place in the future (rather than an alternate version of the present or even the past)? Anym

I agree. Maniac Mansion has enough sci-fi elements to classify it as an alternate version of reality. I'm going to remove this paragraph.

Rzrscm 10:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Hoagie and Laverne 2 References 3 ONE Way to Lose? 4 Razor and Y Kant Tori Read 5 Maniac Mansion Deluxe

[edit] Hoagie and Laverne

I have seen a screenshot with all the characters of a console version of MM, and includes two sprites that look like Hoagie and Laverne. I guess this is a version made after Day of the Tentacle, and added these characters to improve continuity between the chapters. I think we should mention this remake, but I don't know any more details. Pictureuploader 22:02, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

It wasn't a real or official screenshot. Lucasfilm/LucasArts never remade the game after Day of the Tentacle, nor is there any fan remake that includes those characters.

Rzrscm 13:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

If somebody wants to see the reference about Wendy I posted, it shows in print.google.com: [1] IvanDíaz 10:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I put the citation needed tag in the wrong place. It should have been after "It has been said after the fact that she was based on singer/songwriter/pianist Tori Amos, who at the time had been the lead singer of a failed heavy metal band called Y Kant Tori Read; one of the game designers came across the record and had no idea she would one day become famous." I have corrected it. --JiFish(^Talk/_Contrib) 13:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

This interview: [2] says "Razor was inspired by Winnick’s girlfriend". --217.140.198.235 15:30, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Great! I added it. --JiFish(^Talk/_Contrib) 18:11, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

The talk show host on the "Book Deal" ending is not Johnny Carson, it's David Letterman.

[edit] ONE Way to Lose?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a second way to lose this game? At the end, when the mansion has two minutes before the nuclear explosion, after two minutes pass, the house really DOES explode, and you get a message saying "The house and everyone within a 5 mile radius have been destroyed in a massive nuclear meltdown", followed by a message telling you to load or restart the game. 70.21.240.217 00:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Fixed. --Kizor 21:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Razor and Y Kant Tori Read

The article still suggests ("some sources say") that Razor's looks may have been inspired by the album cover art of Y Kant Tori Read. This is unlikely, because the game was released for the first time as early as October 1987 and the album was released in June 1988. --Hautala 19:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. Removed. Thanks. --Kizor 11:42, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Maniac Mansion Deluxe is technically illegal, so it shouldn't be mentioned in the article, let alone linked to. Rzrscm 09:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Just because it's illegal doesn't mean it wasn't created and well recieved by the fan community. I think a mention is worth having, if not a link to it. Just because it's illegal to make and download doesn't mean it's illegal to talk about it. I mean, seriously. --Lendorien 17:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)