Maniac Mansion · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
OverviewAI-generated
Maniac Mansion is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It utilizes the SCUMM engine and supports ScummVM. The title is available for single-player gameplay on various platforms, including PC, macOS, Linux, NES, Classic Macintosh, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Mac, and DOS.
The game was released in 1987, with specific dates noted as 1987-01-01, 1987-10-05, 1988-09-13, 1990, and 1992-10-22. It is categorized under the adventure and puzzle genres. Critical reception includes a rating of 84 from 136 users and a critic rating of 90 based on one review. RAWG lists a rating of 4.02 for the title.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
- Released
- 1987-01-01
- User rating
- 4.02 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Puzzle
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, Linux, NES, Classic Macintosh, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST
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Game details · IGDB
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is nonlinear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, Man…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Point-and-click, Adventure
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- SCUMM, ScummVM
- Developer
- Lucasfilm Games
- Publisher
- Lucasfilm Games
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- adventure video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Lucasfilm Games
- Followed by
- Day of the Tentacle
- Director
- Ron Gilbert
- Composer
- George Sanger
- Developer
- Lucasfilm Games
- Platform
- macOS
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- SCUMM
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Designed by
- Gary Winnick
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- publication date
- 1988-09-13
- distributed by
- Steam
- input device
- computer keyboard
- title
- Maniac Mansion
- different from
- Maniac Mansion
- language of work or name
- English language
- set in environment
- mansion
- compatible with
- Q107542665
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