With a unique control system (point and click), Maniac Mansion will bring many intellectually attractive challenges for you to conquer. The content of the game revolves around the protagonist Dave Miller, he is trying to rescue his girlfriend from a mental scientist. This scientist is being controlled by an alien meteorite. He did many crazy experiments on Dave Miller’s girlfriend. To rescue his lover, he will have to break into the mansion of the mad scientist and overcome many dangerous traps.
The game will bring many interesting puzzle challenges for you to overcome. Each puzzle is a task that you must complete to keep moving forward. You will control the character through the point and click system with 15 different action commands. In addition to controlling Dave Miller, you can use many other characters and each character will have a unique special skill. For example, Bernard is technically competent and can repair many different types of equipment. Razor and Syd can play many different types of musical instruments. In addition, there are some other characters like Wendy, Michael, and Jeff.
The main challenge of the game will take place inside the mansion of a mad scientist – Dr. Fred Edison. Inside the house is Nurse Edna – the wife of Dr. Fred and their son Weird Ed. In addition to the Edison family, the house also features two deformed tentacles in green and purple. Dr. Fred started making crazy research on the human body due to an extraterrestrial meteor that crashed near his family’s mansion 20 years ago. After being exposed to the mysterious asteroid, Dr. Fred was brainwashed and the meteorite controlled scientists to carry out experiments involving the human brain.
Among the people living in the Edison family’s mansion, the green tentacle is the most peaceful and does not endanger the player. The rest of the characters are ready to arrest or kill you. You can be locked in a dungeon when your family members are discovered by Edison. Therefore, you must move carefully and hide skillfully to avoid being detected. In some cases, the villains can kill you immediately. At that time, you will be allowed to choose one of the remaining friends of Dave Miller to continue the game.
