Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 19:39

Here we have a 1:1 remake of the classic LucasArt adventure "Maniac Mansion". I'm sure I don´t have to explain what the game is about, but I will anyway...

Sandy, girlfriend of the games'hero Dave has been kidnapped by evil Dr. Fred Edison. So you have to gather two friends around you and go to his mansion to rescue her.

Expect evil purple meteors, tentacle creatures, evil professors, nymphomanic wives and everything else yo know from trash movies...

Game is an exact 1:1 remake of the original, they changed nothing except of the graphics and made it run under windows. Also there are translations to spanish, french and german. So play it and have fun!

Developer: LucasFanGames

Year: 2004

Download: http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... gameid=124

Download size: 5.5 MB

License status: We better check this. Is it really legal to make a 1:1 copy of an original game (seems like product piracy to me?)?

Post by **Chroelle** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:29

As far as I understand it is legal to produce a game as long as it does not have pieces of code from the other game. But if that includes the story/dialogue, then I'm not sure...
But if we check with the developer of this game then we can't be too bad off I think. But I am not sure that the original isn't freeware too...

Pater Alf · Post by **Pater Alf** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 18:16

No, I don't think so. As far as I know LucasGames doesn't want any of their old games to be distributed as freeware or abandonware.

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 20:02

Anyone noticed what I wrote in the Racer-Request-Thread?

I am sure that the sounds during the race come from Carmageddon II that is still sold...

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 17:49

Afaik Swiebe was involved in the project... He's an author of Dutch translation, so might have some info on copyright issues...

Swieb · Post by **Swieb** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 17:36

Booh!

Was just browsing and saw my name.....

Indeed I am the translator of the Dutch version of the text.

How legal is this......it's doubtfull....

Look for example at the remake King's Quest I (the authors had no problems). But KQ9 was put on hold after a letter from Sierra.

Since this game is made with a completely different engine the original, so I don't expect any problems. If LucasArts wanted to take action, they would contact the authors of the game first, and their homepage is gone.

Post by **Chroelle** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 20:23

How rude of us..
Yes Usul we noticed, and it is being discussed elsewhere after you posted...
I think we need to put this game on hold for now, and then look at it later... I would like to dig down to the bottom of this before accepting it. One of our principles is that we host LEGAL games, and it would be sad to have that ruined by a single game...

Post by **Chroelle** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:39

After thinking this over I think we can actually go for it. Any problems later discovered will of course lead to the game being removed immediately.
I will go play it now.

Scythe · Post by **Scythe** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 15:46

How great is a remake of the original Lucasarts graphic adventure game, with improved graphics and interface? It's beyond awesome! If you never played this, don't cheat yourself! It's the greatest B-movie graphic adventure game ever made.

Post by **Chroelle** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 14:38

I gave this game a good run with a walkthrough, but didn't finish it yet. I think it deserves a place, since there is plenty of gameplay in it. Things aren't that obvious, and you will need to keep on your feet the whole time. Sure has a Lucasy feel to it, and I am surprised they didn't go for a Day of the tentacle remake right after finishing this.