Ron Gilbert Postmortom: Maniac Mansion @ GDC

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Here is something for you adventure fans out there or people just curious about those really old quirky games. Ron Gilbert reminisces about his time developing Maniac Mansion.

Ron Gilbert's postmortom on Maniac Mansion

It's about an hour long, but it's worth it if you're interested in these old games.
 
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I believe Maniac Mansion was the first adventure game I ever truly enjoyed. The bit about the "dead ends" brought me back. I can remember getting stuck many times in that game with certain character combinations. In those days though, it was fun to just start over.

Even to this day, the idea of being able to solve puzzles differently based on a random selection of characters with different traits is unheard of.
 
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