Don't Be A Tuna Head - We're Let's Playing Maniac Mansion!

[CelesJessa]

So this is an idea I've been popping around in my head for half a year now so I finally decided I should do it. Hopefully people participate and don't make me feel silly for trying this.

Hey there, it's you're friendly local CJ here attempting her first Lets Play, and the game of choice is my very first favorite game: Maniac Mansion. As the game is pretty open-ended, I'll probably be making lots of smaller updates as opposed to fewer bigger ones, but it's short(I timed myself at beating the game in about 15-20 minutes working quickly) so... hopefully some of you are up for the ride!

So lets get this show on the road:

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Maniac Mansion: A story of life, love, adventure, and tentacles. (Okay, maybe only the last one.)

For those of you who haven't played it(and because old games aren't the best at this exposition thing): Sandy, the main character(Dave)'s bimbo cheerleader girlfriend was last seen being taken into the mysterious mansion on the hill. Like any normal college student, instead of calling the police, Dave calls on two of his best friends (who you get to pick in a bit) to join him on a stealth ops mission into the Edison family's creepy mansion. Are you a bad enough dude to save Sandy?!

Let's find out...


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And somehow this game's background from here on out is the same color as the forum's background. Go figure.

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A meteor screams towards the earth, most certainly going to take out some farmland or a house or-

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...Oh well. Nevermind. That meteor certainly won't be important at any point in the game, most likely.

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And here we go, character selection! From left to right we have:


Dave - "Sandy's boyfriend. Organizer of her rescue." You have to have Dave in your party. Unfortunately he has no special skills unlike (most) of his friends so he's the most useless character in the game.

Razor - "Leader of the band 'Razor and the Scummettes'." Razor, on top of being the token attractive female of the game is quite the skilled musician. And she has my favorite theme music in the game.

Bernard - "Geek award winner and physics club president." Aka LOOOSER.

Syd - "Aspiring musician who hopes to start his own band." Maybe he should get together with Razor. He's basically a male version of Razor, ability-wise.

Wendy - "Waiting for her first big break as a novelist" I guess a writer might be helpful on a stealth mission...?

Jeff - "Lives on the beach, answers to 'surfer dude'." Is slightly less useless than Dave. Slightly. Fancies himself a bit of a fix-er-upper.

Michael - "Ace photographer for the college newspaper." Has pretty sweet music too actually. Being a photographer means he's the only one who can work all of that fancy photography equipment. Maybe that will be helpful later...?


But which two of these will be chosen to enter the mansion? Only you can decide!

So, there you go. Pick wisely, as the way you beat the game differs depending on what characters you have!

This game is fairly open ended (it's one of those point-and-click adventure games) so it's always open for suggestions on random stuff to try, like "take - chainsaw" "push - door" kind of stuff so, even if I don't ask for it, feel free to throw out suggestions at any time during the LP! Updates will be whenever I feel like it, but they will be frequent enough.

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Part 2: Entering the Mansion (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1000567&postcount=17)
Part 3: Meeting Nurse Edna and Doctor Fred... whether we want to or not. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1001153&postcount=21)
Part 4: Oh Boy! Cheese for my hamster and me! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1001388&postcount=25)
Part 5: Confronting Green Tentacle. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1002038&postcount=28)
Part 6: My Ding-Ding Dong. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1002275&postcount=31)
Part 7: Have I got a package for you. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1002655&postcount=34)
Part 8: Front aaaaaaaand Center! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1003528&postcount=35)
Part 9: Touch the button and find out! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1004020&postcount=38)
Special 1: A Razor, a hamster, and a microwave. (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1004614&postcount=41)
Part 10: Capture Complete: You get Weird Ed! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1005042&postcount=45)
Part 11: Can you tell I didn't like Photography class? (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1005426&postcount=46)
Part 12: Into the Darkness! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1005675&postcount=47)
Part 13: High Score! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1005675&postcount=47)
Part 14: It's the final countdown! (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=1006302&postcount=57)

[Krylo]

Bernard and Michael.

DORKS TO THE RESCUE!

[Kim]

Bernard, Bernard, and Bernard. Also, Bernard.

Alternatively: Bernard and Razor.

[Archbio]

I really can't help it until head grafts become commonpla- ah, a game!

Michael and Wendy, duh.

[Aeria]

I'm skipping the entire post, as I just bought Maniac Mansion a week or two ago, and haven't played it yet. I'll read it after though!

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Just an FYI, but there's a fan remake of this game on-line, its called Maniac Mansion Deluxe, made with Adventure Game Studio. Here's a link (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=573) to some screen shots. (Download & review links no longer work.)

And you can download it here (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=401).

I found a YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9RGhJAO-x4) of a German version.

SWB

[Ravashak]

Bernard and Jeff

Same reasons as Krylo, but I don't want to give you decent music xP

[CelesJessa]

Just an FYI, but there's a fan remake of this game on-line, its called Maniac Mansion Deluxe, made with Adventure Game Studio. Here's a link (http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=573) to some screen shots. (Download & review links no longer work.)

And you can download it here (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=401).

I found a YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9RGhJAO-x4) of a German version.

SWB

Ah yes, I have that version too but I personally like the NES version better. (there's some weirdness in the Deluxe that makes it stupidly easy to run away from the people in the house (i.e. I can ring the doorbell and run up to Ed's room and back down about 5 times before he catches me on his way from his room to the door.(yes I have tried this))

But thanks a lot for the link still. :D

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Yeah I get that... Of course, I prefer the original computer version (not this one) over the NES version. Then again, maybe that's because I really didn't play Maniac Mansion until I got Day of the Tentacle, and since DOTT game with the computer version... well there you go..

SWB

[Grimpond]

Bernard & Wendy.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Bernard and Michael

[Satan's Onion]

Razor and Michael because if I recall correctly they each had the least offensively bad theme music and Michael is kind of not-useless.

Also, c'mon. Her name is Razor. That's awesome.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Bernard and Jeff

[Odjn]

Bernard and Razor. Punk chicks are hot.

[Revising Ocelot]

Bernard and someone. If only so you can follow up with Bernard in the infinitely awesome Day of the Tentacle.

[Kroze Gamegod]

Bernard and Jeff... because when you mix those two together you pretty much get me... horrible themes and all... and who wouldn't want to enter a creepy mansion with me?
:P

[CelesJessa]

After two hours of intense dental work, there's nothing I'd rather do than get home and play me some Maniac Mansion, so here we go!

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It looks like our team is Bernard and Michael! Poor Syd never had a chance.

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You're only "sure"? I'm not sure if I'm all that willing for a little breaking an entering just for a "sure".

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Not to be down on nerds and photographers(as I have been both) but they are not the two stereotypes I would get to help me out against kidnappers.

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(Insert a "it's dangerous to go alone" joke here)

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Bernard: a true hero.

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"Grow a pair, man."

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Amusingly, I just recently found out that Sandy's last name is "Pantz". (Teehee.)

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"Yeah, screw you, Dave."

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Peer pressure: talking nerds into doing things they don't want to since... well forever.

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Michael encourages the team with some movie trivia.
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Luckily we're only three kids so... we should be alright, right?

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You mean you haven't even planned that far ahead Dave?

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Fantastic.

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Solid plan, man.

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And with that we have control of our heroes! Given first chance I decided to READ that SIGN over there.

"WARNING" It says.
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I've always wanted a sign that says that for my house.

And on the next screen we have...
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(wow, linking the two screenshots together worked better than I had hoped.)

Well, might as well get down to business...
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As if anyone would be dumb enough to leave the key to their front door under the-

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Oh.

I take the key, but first, lets try the old fashioned non-illegal way of getting into someone's house.
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Hey, if they're dumb enough to keep the key under the door maybe if we just ask nicely they'll give Sandy back.

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Oho cutscene! Fun fact: If Cracked.com is telling the truth, apparently Maniac Mansion was the first game to actually stop gameplay to advance the plot with a cutscene. Thanks Maniac Mansion!

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We meet our first blue-skinned adversary: Weird Ed! He's the son of Nurse Edna and Doctor Fred, and is, by far, the most level-headed member of the Edison family. See that little white blob back there? That's his hamster. He loves it so.

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I've got a package for you, if you know what I mean.

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I push the doorbell another time for good measure.

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Well, I did read it.

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Well... apparently the doorbell isn't an option. Time for plan A: The key!

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Da da da daaa-

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And so... we enter... the house.

And, since I'm finally getting feeling back in my mouth and it hurts like hell, I'll end it here! What to do first? So many doors! So many choices!

Status:
Dave-
Location: 1st Floor Entryway
Inventory:
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Sidewalk Outside
Inventory:
CD Player
Michael-
Location: Sidewalk Outside
Inventory:
CD Player

(I'm keeping a list of the characters, where they are, and what they're carrying, as it can get confusing at times, especially for you who aren't actually playing the game and can just go look. So I'll end every update with one of these)

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Examine the clock. A secret passage awaits.

[Krylo]

Michael--Take pictures of everything.

Bernard--Run away now that Dave isn't looking.

Dave--Look for sweet swag to steal while you're here.

[Sir Pinkleton]

I agree with examine the clock, see if you can do anything with what you see, then enter the first door.

Micheal Should go through the second door, and Bernard should go upstairs.

I have no idea what's going to happen. :p

[CelesJessa]

Examine the clock. A secret passage awaits.

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Sweet. Everyone knows mad scientists keep their secret passages in their clocks...

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Oh... well then.

Investigating it further gives no progress either, besides telling us that the time on it is correct.

see if you can do anything with what you see
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Looking around, the only thing of interest seems to be the right-most gargoyle head, which actually highlights when I hover over it. Let's give it a push...

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Oh hell yeah!

Micheal Should go through the second door,

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I'm sure you meant the door at the end of the hall but now that secret door is open, and hell yeah we're gonna check that shit out.

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Woah it's dark in here. There's gotta be a lightswitch or something...

After fumbling around in the dark a bit, we find one!
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Woah. That's some basement. Hovering over the machine on the right tells me it's a nuclear reactor. Their bills must be outrageous.

And what is that I see there...?
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Silver Key get!

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Unfortunately it doesn't seem the Silver Key is for this door.

Meanwhile...
Bernard should go upstairs.
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Alrighty. It seems we come to a crossroads. There's two normal doors to the sides, and the middle door tells me it's a "Steel Security Door".

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I decide we should start with the left door.

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It seems someone in this house fancies themselves an artist. But what the hell is that all over the floor...?

MEANWHILE again
enter the first door.
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"This is booriiing"

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Leaving the gargoyle, however, closes the secret door. Whoops.

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Oh well, it's time to see what's behind door number 1!

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The kitchen!

Dave--Look for sweet swag to steal while you're here.
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Can do!

I wonder what other goodies are in the kitchen...
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Crap! Apparently we forgot that people live in this house. We have stumbled on Nurse Edna, possibly the nastiest resident at the Edison household. And she isn't too happy about intruders.

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After a pathetic chase, she catches poor Dave. If you're good enough, you can get away from her and out the front door again, but I was too busy taking a snapshot of her at the fridge to be prepared. The things Dave goes through for the sake of a screenshot.

A screen fade later...
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Dave is hauled to the dungeon. Great job Dave!

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Well, damn.

Before I can move, the screen fades again. Do I smell a cut scene?

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Our first glimpse of Dr. Fred and our damsel in distress Sandy Pantz (*snicker*)

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Only minutes? We're a pretty shitty rescue team because I'm pretty sure we're not going to be there in minutes.

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Yikes. Sucks to be her.

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Yeah, uuh about that...

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Yeah! Wait... did she say meteor? Hmmmm maybe that has something to do with that opening scene... The plot thickens!

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Wicked burn, Fred.

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Oh come on Sandy. This won't be so bad... you don't really NEED your brains, do you?

Anyway! Cutscene over!

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Dave and his useless self is still stuck in the dungeon, with his girlfriend mere minutes away from getting her brains sucked out!

Might as well explore, I guess...?
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That's... subtle.

Status:
Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 2nd Floor Studio
Inventory:
CD Player
Michael-
Location: Basement
Inventory:
Silver Key (???)
CD Player

[Sir Pinkleton]

Dave should use his chainsaw on both doors. otherwise, he should do all he can to open the left door in that dungeon.

Bernard should do geeky things, like collecting stuff. Also, explore bother theleft and right rooms you've found.

And I guess Michael will just have to sit there. Try and get the green stuff, though.

[Wigmund]

Bernard - investigate box that's leaking purple stuff.
Michael - leave basement because you're useless down there and go raid kitchen.
Dave - commit suicide with chainsaw and respawn outside.

[Kroze Gamegod]

Find gas for chainsaw

[CelesJessa]

Chainsaw stuff
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Unfortunately the chainsaw is out of gas. And there is no gas to be found. D:

Also (I don't have any screenshots that would look different) but it looks like there's no getting into that secret door. It's going to need a key for those padlocks and the key Dave's got ain't it.

Michael - leave basement because you're useless down there and go raid kitchen.
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Thankfully it seems this secret door is still accessible for Michael!

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But it's a one-way thing. We're gonna need someone to push that gargoyle again for us if we want back down there.

Anyway, onto the kitchen!
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Michael raids the fridge, securing CHEESE, OLD BATTERIES, LETTUCE, PEPSI, and BROKEN BOTTLES OF KETCHUP.

MEANWHILE...

Bernard should do geeky things, like collecting stuff. Also, explore bother theleft and right rooms you've found.
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I guess I forgot to take more screenshots, but Bernard secured a BOWL OF WAX FRUIT, A PAINTBRUSH, and PAINT REMOVER. Upon searching, the purple stuff is slime. Gross. There is also nothing important about the box, apparently...

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Moving on...

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Hello music room! I try to get Bernard to play the piano but he won't, for the music is not in his soul. (protip: Razor and Syd can play a flippin' sweet piano solo)

So instead I have him snatch the BROKEN RECORD.

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"I wonder if there's a new episode of Star Trek tonight..."

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Ohhh, so this must be who Stephanie Meyer's sent Twilight to! ZING.

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(There's really an address shown below, but it's flashing and apparently I only take screenshots when it's not there.)

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After getting sidetracked... let's keep moving!

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The Steel Security Door opens without much effort at all. Good job steel security door.

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Bernard reaches the second floor hallway! And in the first door we go!

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Dammit, what's with all of these dark rooms? I guess they're trying to be energy-conscious, I mean, with that nuclear reactor in their basement and all.

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Aha, Doctor Freds office I presume.

There's various certificates of little importance on the wall. But the blackboard has something... interesting.
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Again with the meteor! Surely not important though.

Reading the diagram on the right side tells us that the line pointing to the brains is labeled with "Pretty Brains". (Fun fact: in the original translation it says "Chewy Caramel Center", which got censored I believe)

Before I can go anywhere, the screen blackens AGAIN. Another important cutscene?

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...

(BRB changing characters)
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Using his special power of 4TH WALL BREAKING, Michael wisely decides it's time to get the hell out of the kitchen.

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Apparently we didn't get out a moment too soon because another cutscene tells us that Weird Ed has made it to the kitchen. What sinister things could he be plotting?!
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Oh well.. um...

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Angry he slams the door and goes back. Unfortunately Weird Ed and his hamster will go cheeseless tonight...

Continuing on our way...

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Hellooo pantry!

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Michael steals everything, but when trying to pick up the BOTTLE OF DEVELOPER it falls and smashes on the grating below. Whoops. Other than that, Michael secured TENTACLE CHOW, CANNED GOODS, FRUIT DRINKS, and a GLASS JAR.

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Hmm... the door is locked. Sounds like a job for the SILVER KEY we got in the basement!

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Hey it worked!

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Man, I want to live at the Edisons.

Oh yeah, weren't we doing something when we were so rudely informed that Weird Ed was about to stumble on Michael? Oh yeah! Bernard!

He was in that office.
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Looking through the desk produces a manuscript! Let's take a looksee...

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It's all written in LOLcat-speak...

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Hm... am I missing something big... something about a meteor?

No matter, it's not important. Let's keep moving! Sandy certainly isn't saving herself!

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And behind door number 2...

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...Have I mentioned that I want to live at the Edisons?

Unfortunately there's nothing we can do in here for now so...
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Bernard blazes onward!

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And we get to the third floor- WAIT WHAT THE HELL IS THAT A GREEN TENTACLE?!!?

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Bernard has seen way too many animes to know that when you see a disembodied tentacle, you get the fuck out of there.

Screaming like a girl he runs back downstairs.
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"I knew I should have stayed at home..."

Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 2nd FloorArcade
Inventory:
Bad Manuscript
Broken Record
Paint Remover
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: Backyard Pool
Inventory:
Glass Jar
Fruit Drinks
Canned Goods
Tentacle Chow
Broken Bottle
Can of Pepsi
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[Sir Pinkleton]

Dave: Psycho-billy freak-out? Or just try the other door. Otherwise, just hang around I guess.

Bernard: check out that door to the right on the first floor. we totally skipped that one I think.

Michael: Examine pool. If there's no danger, swim in it! :D

[Krylo]

Bernard: Hug your knees and cry because you just know you're going to die.

Michael: Go skinny dipping.

Dave: Begin to ponder getting a different girlfriend.

[CelesJessa]

Dave: Begin to ponder getting a different girlfriend.
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Sadly, even if Dave was smart enough for that, he's still stuck in this dungeon and is going to need to get out sometime, girlfriend or not.

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Looking around though, when my cursor hovers over a certain spot of brick it highlights as "loose brick."

Hoping that it's not an arrow trap, I have Dave push it. I hear a CLICK noise.

I couldn't get a picture of it because it's too fast, but if you go close to the door on the right you can see just for an instant that the door was open, but leaving the loose brick closes it again. Much like the gargoyle before, it looks like Dave will need friends to get out.

Too bad they're already too busy rescuing his girlfriend for him.

Speaking of which...

Michael: Examine pool. If there's no danger, swim in it! :D
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Wuss.

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So instead we go through the fence.

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Garage! I bet the Edisons have a sweet-ass car.

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Wuss.

Dave has the worst friends ever.
Bernard: Hug your knees and cry because you just know you're going to die.
I assume he does that whenever I'm playing any of the other kids.

Bernard: check out that door to the right on the first floor. we totally skipped that one I think.
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Hey anything's better than messing with that tentacle.

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Looks like a living room. Booring.

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Opening the cabinet just shows me an empty Cassette Player. Booring. So I open the Old Fashioned Radio, hoping maybe they keep something cool in there...?

There's just a RADIO TUBE. I take it anyway.

Going through the right-hand door...
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Goddamn it...

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Now THIS is Bernard's kind of place!

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Using his super sleuthing skills he finds a loose panel. And behind that is a blank CASSETTE TAPE. He takes it.

I want to make him go up the stairs but...
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Damn, looks like we hit another dead end. This is unacceptable!

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I send Michael upstairs instead, hoping he has the guts to not run away screaming like a girl.

Luckily my relatively low expectations are met!
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B-but... you're a tentacle... how do you even... nevermind. Just... I don't want to know.

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Like a fat kid at the buffet the Green Tentacle devours everything I give him (Eventually losing TENTACLE CHOW, FRUIT DRINKS, and CANNED GOODS).

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But it is the thirst-quenching Pepsi that finally quiets his appetite and he gets out of our way.

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Into the first room!

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asfdsjfklg

Here's why games always have the lights on all the time: because it's a pain in the butt to have to hunt for the lightswitch/lamp/etc. This one in particular took me too long to find.

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Oh, I guess this is a dark room actually. For those of you who haven't spent all last semester in one(I did!) that's a photo enlarger and a developing tray on the table there. PHOTO 1 I THOUGHT I HAD RID MYSELF OF YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL.

Before I can ragequit the screen darkens. CUTSCENE TIME.

This time we get a look into what I can only assume is Nurse Edna's bedroom.
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I have to admit, the broken mirror is a nice touch.

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How old IS Weird Ed anyway? "Mommy"? "Daddy"?

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Nurse Edna sees no problem with this.

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That's not normal, right?

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Family get-togethers must be a riot.

And that ends our personal look into the private dysfunctional life of the Edisons.

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Because I don't want to spend any more time in a darkroom than I already have, (and because there's nothing to do there yet) I head upstairs!

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(yes that's four doors along the wall there, with one at the end, just to clarify in case the double screenshot is confusing.)

Status:

Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 1st Floor Library
Inventory:
Cassette (BLANK)
Radio Tube
Bad Manuscript
Broken Record
Paint Remover
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Hallway
Inventory:
Glass Jar
Broken Bottle
Can of Pepsi
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[Krylo]

Dave: Have a sudden epiphany over how worthless and stupid you are, and commit seppuku.

Bernard: See if there are any good books and settle in for a nice long read.

Michael: Begin bustin' down doors and stealin' shit.

[Wigmund]

Dave - reflect on the meaninglessness of life and contemplate your own mortality
Bernard - huff paint remover to forget what you've seen here
Michael - find some meat and bread to make a sandwich with the lettuce and cheese, failing that use the broken glass to cut some fools

[CelesJessa]

Dave: Have a sudden epiphany over how worthless and stupid you are, and commit seppuku.
As much as I enjoy killing Dave, sadly, with the items he has and being stuck in the damn dungeon means I am denied that small joy.

Michael: Begin bustin' down doors and stealin' shit.
That is what we do best.
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In the first door it seems we have Dr. Fred's room. Thanks to his whole "not sleeping for five years" thing it seems like it's pretty unused.

That's a pretty sweet-ass radio. What's this on the wall...?
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Hah, must be one of those custom-made prank posters.

Michael picks up the DIME from off the floor, and heads on up the ladder.
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Oh hell, not that Green Tentacle again.

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Listen buddy, if you're wanting more comfort food you already ate (most) everything I have.

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...Do tentacles even HAVE ears...? I'm asking too many questions again.

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Have you tried getting into porn?

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It never does.

And with that he's done whining. I take the RECORD and the YELLOW KEY.

Reading the label of the record says that it's "Tentacle Mating Calls"

...

Mooooving right along...
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And behind door number two...

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FUCK

Somehow I manage to take a screenshot and get the hell out of there at the same time.
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Nurse Edna will chase you to an extent, so I seek refuge in Green Tentacle's room. We're bros now.

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Yeah shut up, I'm hiding from Nurse Edna.

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Once I'm sure it's safe I head back down and check behind door number three!

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FFF-

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After waiting long enough again, I head back down.

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I am suddenly hesitant to go into any more doors.

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AH- Oh no it's okay. It looks like we've got a sarcophagus and a "hunk-o-matic" machine and-

Suddenly!
DING DONG

The doorbell rings? Could it be Weird Ed's REAL package? What should we do?!

Status:
Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 1st Floor Library
Inventory:
Cassette (BLANK)
Radio Tube
Bad Manuscript
Broken Record
Paint Remover
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Hunk-o-Matic machine room
Inventory:
Yellow Key
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Dime
Glass Jar
Broken Bottle
Can of Pepsi
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

(sorry for the lack of Bernard action this time. There wasn't much for him to do and the doorbell rang before I could do anything. I figured this would be a good time to cut it off)

Also, my computer is a piece of shit and might need to be taken in to be fixed over the weekend so there might not be any new updates until Monday! Cliffhanger!

Got my computer working so it shouldn't be so long!

[Wigmund]

Dave - Become a prison bitch, you have nothing else to do. Don't drop the soap.

Bernard - Celebrate that whatever cruel god that has been forcing your actions recently has decided to let you be for a short while...oh no, it returns

Michael - 3 Step Plan: 1) Get Depressed Tentacle Buddy; 2) Travel to Japan; 3) Profit

[Sir Pinkleton]

Dave: Yell loudly.
Bernard: Answer the door/spy on peeps (if that's even possible).
Michael: Explore/loot more.

[CelesJessa]

Dave: Yell loudly.
It's like that old saying. If someone yells in a dungeon and nobody's there to hear him, is he still a worthless character?

Michael - 3 Step Plan: 1) Get Depressed Tentacle Buddy; 2) Travel to Japan; 3) Profit
That's for the sequel. ;D

Last time on Maniac Mansion:
Doorbell!

Bernard: Answer the door/spy on peeps (if that's even possible)
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It's a race to the door. Luckily Bernard is already on the first floor.

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Oho the PACKAGE was left by the mailbox. I take it, naturally (also Bernard gets some uncancelled STAMPS)

Hmm... I have an idea...
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With Weird Ed out of the room. Michael performs some fast-acting-stealth-action and sneaks into his room. He scores three more DIMES.

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It looks like Ed's on his way back. Time to skidaddle.

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I also snatch the HAMSTER on the way out. Hmm there was a CARD KEY hiding behind the hamster. I take that as well.

Back inside the other room I continue to explore.
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Inside the sarcophagus is a pillow and a tv (that doesn't work).

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Michael takes a break to blow off some steam on the Hunk-O-Matic machine. His arms feel stronger now!

Moving on...
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Oh hey, there's a bathroom... The only bathroom is on the fourth floor. That's just cruel.

We steal the SPONGE by the sink. More cracked mirrors. I also flush the toilet a few times for kicks.

Let's see if they keep anything interesting in the shower...
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Aaaah! Oh that's just Dead Cousin Ted. Looks like there's something written behind him... but I can't see around him. I wonder if we can get him to move somehow...?

I don't worry about that too long because it's exploring time! And inside the very last door in the hallway...
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Some sort of study? There's a typewriter here, and a man-eating plant. And that paint splotch on the far wall is really ugly.

It looks like Michael reached a dead end. Oh yeah! Let's go back to Bernard. Let's see the sweet loot he got.
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Reading the package doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know.

Oh well, time to get back inside
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/690/maniacmansione0227.png
...

Wherever is the key...

Oh right, Dave has it.

asdkjkldsnandfs

Status:
Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Outside
Inventory:
Package
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Cassette (BLANK)
Radio Tube
Bad Manuscript
Broken Record
Paint Remover
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Study
Inventory:
Sponge
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Dime(x4)
Glass Jar
Broken Bottle
Can of Pepsi
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[CelesJessa]

Last time we saw Bernard being locked outside.

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Since Dave is worthless and stuck in jail Michael comes aaaallll the way back downstairs to open the door.

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They do a little bit of item swapping. (See final list for details) This is mostly to speed things up along the way so I don't have to do as much running all over the house because one person has something another one needs.

Hmm... While Bernard was outside I thought I saw something.
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Michael PULLs the bushes (if this makes you think of anything but gardening, you're a pervert) and with his newfound strength thanks to the Hunk-O-Matic is able to open the grating!

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Under the house! Things of interest include a puddle of spilled developer. (Oh hey, remember doing that?) and a water valve.

Curious, I TURN ON the water valve.
As soon as I do sirens start to sound. Uh oh.
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Dr. Fred shares my feelings.

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You don't say...

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Now, an empty pool is nothing to freak out about. Oh... he's probably talking about that nuclear reactor. So... a literal meltdown.

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He should have gotten a free credit report.

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Hmm. I'm starting to think that maybe there's a meteor involved in all of this. Nah...

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And we meet Purple Tentacle. For those of you who have played Day of the Tentacle, he's the bad one.

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I remember loving this line as a kid for some reason.

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Purple Tentacle is such a kiss-ass.

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Random: In Day of the Tentacle I always imagined Purple Tentacle with the same voice as Plankton from Spongebob. I dunno why.

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As reenacting Chernobyl isn't on my list of things to do right now. I TURN OFF the valve and head back up. I have another idea of something to do with Michaels new guns.

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Yes, it worked! And I was right, the Edisons have a sweet car called the Weird Edsel. There's a water faucet handle there for some reason. I take it. I recall a shower needing a faucet.

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Oh look. Dave's inside of the trunk. Oh wait, those are just normal tools. Ones that are much more useful than Dave. EDIT: Oh yes, and we discover the YELLOW KEY is for the car.

MEANWHILE I've got an idea with Bernard...
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Bernard is curious as to what these Tentacle Mating Calls (the record Michael found in the Green Tentacle's room) sound like.

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He also decides to record them on his blank cassette because I told him to.

The tentacle mating calls are a high pitch screeching. It shatters the vase on top of the piano.
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I make my recording and leave. That sound is annoying.

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Using the power of 4th Wall Breaking Bernard decides to play the mating calls in the living room. Maybe we can find more tentacles!

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Just as planned, everything shatters, including a chandelier giving us a RUSTY KEY. Hmmm I wonder what that goes to.

Because I can sense everyone wanting to know what's inside that swimming pool, Bernard heads under the house

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He TURNS ON the water valve, starting the sirens again.

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Dr. Fred is displeased.

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Maybe if you came out more than once every five years you'd see that kids were running around causing trouble.

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The rest of the conversation pretty much goes the same as last time.

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We've got to move quick. I wouldn't want the house to blow up!

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20 feet deep? That's pretty deep. At the bottom Michael finds a GLOWING KEY and a RADIO (inside are BATTERIES).

A-are those cooling rods? Good thing we didn't want to go for a swim. (yes, the water is deadly.)

Hmmm I see a suspicious red button... What does it say?
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http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6369/maniacmansione0272.png

....

To push or not to push?

Status:
Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Under the House
Inventory:
Old Rusty Key (???)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Package
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Cassette (BLANK)
Radio Tube
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: Swimming Pool
Inventory:
Radio
Batteries (new)
Glowing Key (???)
Tools
Water Faucet Handle
Bad Manuscript
Paint Remover
Sponge
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key (Car)
Dime(x4)
Glass Jar
Broken Bottle
Can of Pepsi
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[Wigmund]

Dave - offer soul to foul demons in exchange for freedom

Bernard - go find depress tentacle, play recorded music, and make sweet sweet love to it

Michael - Push the button...the beautiful shiny button...the jolly candy-like button... (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1153869/history_eraser_button_ren_and_stimpy/)

[Nikose Tyris]

Not really contributing but I'm absolutely loving this Let's play.

[CelesJessa]

Not really contributing but I'm absolutely loving this Let's play.

Thanks! I really appreciate it. :D

Push the button...the beautiful shiny button...the jolly candy-like button...
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Obviously nothing bad can come of this.

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Hm Nothing...?

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http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4846/maniacmansione0278.png
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8770/maniacmansione0279.png
Well... damn.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2975/maniacmansione0280.png
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4338/maniacmansione0281.png
At least Dave died.

SOMEWHERE IN A REALITY WHERE I DIDN'T PUSH THE BUTTON
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7775/maniacmansione0285.png
"Man I am sure glad I resisted the temptation to push that button. Also, I seem to have filled up my GLASS JAR with radioactive water."

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4480/maniacmansione0286.png
Sure was, not getting exploded is a good day in my book ALWAYS.

Also they traded lots of stuff because I said so. Bernard took a drink of the Pepsi. Dude, do you know where that's been?

Anyway, Bernard's got stuff to do! Like...
Bernard - go find depress tentacle, play recorded music, and make sweet sweet love to it
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3798/maniacmansione0287.png
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3963/maniacmansione0288.png
Bernard's got something to cheer you up baby.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1150/maniacmansione0289.png
Er... kinda...

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9855/maniacmansione0290.png
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5492/maniacmansione0291.png
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3179/maniacmansione0292.png
He wants me.

Figuring the mood just wasn't quite set, Bernard heads down to put on some smooth tunes with the radio in Dr. Fred's room.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/637/maniacmansione0293.png
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3439/maniacmansione0294.png
I'm going to pretend I understood all of that.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8760/maniacmansione0295.png
I there's one thing I know, it's that the radio tube always goes in the tube socket. If you know what I mean.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1456/maniacmansione0296.png
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/8591/maniacmansione0297.png
It now lets me... dial some number. I try to call out for pizza but it's no go.

Moving on, there's a few other things needing to be taken care of up here.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3452/maniacmansione0298.png
Bernard sticks his handle in the faucet.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/701/maniacmansione0299.png
Dead Cousin Ted doesn't want a shower right now so he moves out of the way
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1048/maniacmansione0300.png
How is that even a full phone number?

And last but not least...
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6061/maniacmansione0301.png
Bernard does not stand for unsightly splatters.

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/1288/maniacmansione0302.png
Oh hey, Good thing that paint completely flattened that door frame and knob.

Bernard isn't really comfortable carrying around a glass of Radioactive Water so he does the next best thing: he dumps it in the pot.
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1325/maniacmansione0303.png
It grows dramatically!
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/619/maniacmansione0304.png
Sadly Bernard is denied entrance to the hatch.

Oh yeah, what was I doing. Oh right, door.
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/898/maniacmansione0305.png
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9302/maniacmansione0306.png
Dddaaammmit.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9641/maniacmansione0307.png
Ah, it's an attic of some sort. There's a bunch of broken exposed wires, but if he tries to fix them, he gets a shock. Whoops, shouldn't do that with the power on I guess.

Status:
Dave-
Location: Basement Dungeon
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Flashlight
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Top Floor: Attic
Inventory:
Sponge
Can of Pepsi
Glass Jar
Batteries (new)
Tools
Water Faucet Handle
Paint Remover
Old Rusty Key (???)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Package
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Cassette (Mating calls)
Radio Tube
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 1st Floor Kitchen
Inventory:
Radio
Glowing Key (???)
Bad Manuscript
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key (Car)
Dime(x4)
Broken Bottle
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

ALSO

We're getting to the point where I should start deciding which way I'd like to beat the game. We can either go with Bernard's way, which is arguably the easiest way, or Michael's way, which I think is one of the hardest. Which should I go for? Gee I wonder what you guys are going to vote for. xD

EDIT: OR I forgot there is the possibility of doing a sort of hybrid of Michael's way and my favorite way to beat the game so... you can vote for OTHER too.

[Sir Pinkleton]

Do the hybrid! I want to see to see the favorite way! :)

[Odjn]

FAVORITE because Jessa is a cool dame and y'all should make her happy.

[CelesJessa]

IT'S TIME FOR A MINI OMAKE UPDATE
Yaaaaay~

Because there's stuff in this game way too awesome not to share.

There's a fun/sick little thing you can do with either Razor or Syd in your party.
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5839/maniacmansione0308.png
It involves Weird Ed's hamster and a microwave...

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2438/maniacmansione0309.png
>:3

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3408/maniacmansione0310.png
FFFF-

See, you have to be careful with Maniac Mansion games/roms because apparently at some point they grew a conscience and decided not to let you do this anymore. Unbeknownst to me, I had one of these roms. D: My original NES cartridge of this is not one of these censored ones.

SOooo... after hunting down another ROM and getting to this part in the game again...
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4642/maniacmansionu0000.png
Hahah yesss... I managed to get the right ROM this time.

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7947/maniacmansionu0001.png
"She's not really...?" You're probably asking by now...

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8202/maniacmansionu0002.png
The game even makes an explode-y sound.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4404/maniacmansionu0003.png
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5594/maniacmansionu0004.png
THAT's the Razor I know.

I give the EXPLODED HAMSTER to Dave and send him upstairs (after pushing the doorbell to speed up the process.)
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7461/maniacmansionu0005.png
I suppose you might want this back...?

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8290/maniacmansionu0006.png
Suit yourself...

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1143/maniacmansionu0007.png
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4540/maniacmansionu0008.png
In hindsight... this probably wasn't the best idea...

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9836/maniacmansionu0009.png

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6379/maniacmansionu0010.png
Dave? Dave?! DAAAAAAVE?!

Fun fact: killing a character this way is SUPPOSED to make them a ghost and they're still able to walk around and do stuff, even thought they're invisible. For some reason it didn't work this time. I don't know if it's the ROM or what but it lets me do it in my cartridge at home.

Anyway, that's it for the mini special update! We'll be back to a regular normal update next time!

[Revising Ocelot]

That makes something in Day of the Tentacle become even more awesome.

I just saw that you were imagining Purple Tentacle's voice - I had the CD version of DotT, which came with full VA. Purple Tentacle was awesome, Hoagie was the best. Haven't played it for at least 6 years now though, time to go searching...

[Krylo]

Dave: Telekinetically kill Weird Ed's Hamster.

[Solid Snake]

Strangely enough, I had never heard of Maniac Mansion before this.
It seems like the kind of videogame I should have played ages ago.

I'm definitely enjoying the LP, Celes. Though I wish I showed up earlier to vote for Razor. This LP is lacking appropriate amounts of attractive women roasting live hamsters.

[CelesJessa]

Back to the important stuff...

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2310/maniacmansione0311.png
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1922/maniacmansione0312.png
Not even a man-eating plant can resist the refreshing taste of Pepsi.

Now that the plant has been tamed, we can climb right on up.
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7156/maniacmansione0313.png
It's an observatory with a really powerful telescope. There's a coin slot on the wall...?

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/804/maniacmansione0314.png
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1452/maniacmansione0315.png
That's nice.... I'm not sure how we could be looking at a tree with the direction the telescope is pointing but HEY.

Anyway, I just remembered that Dave has something I need so we need to get captured...
Into Weird Ed's room we go!
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6655/maniacmansione0317.png
Can do!

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5890/maniacmansione0318.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4474/maniacmansione0319.png
Can Meteors even be evil?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/537/maniacmansione0320.png
I- Wait, you're on our side... kind of...?

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4093/maniacmansione0321.png
PST say something Bernard!

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/355/maniacmansione0322.png
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7165/maniacmansione0323.png
Hmmm I'm getting an idea...

Oh look, there's Dave.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8743/maniacmansione0325.png
Aha, the OLD RUSTY KEY we got from the living room goes in the big rusty door!

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4766/maniacmansione0326.png
HOLY CRAP Dave is out of the dungeon! Now he can go wait in the kitchen until I need him.

Just then-
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8426/maniacmansione0327.png
This scene NEVER entered my mind as being perverted until now.

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3056/maniacmansione0328.png
Thanks a lot, Anime.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5816/maniacmansione0329.png
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7826/maniacmansione0330.png
It's bad manners.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7588/maniacmansione0331.png
(Fun fact: we'll find out later, but I just wanted to share that the machine's name is the "ZOMB-I-MATIC". I love this game.)

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4078/maniacmansione0332.png
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1007/maniacmansione0333.png
Hope you didn't like your brains, Sandy

Back in control, I decide to send Michael on a little friend-finding mission.
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9377/maniacmansione0337.png
I give him the PACKAGE.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2887/maniacmansione0338.png
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5593/maniacmansione0339r.png
A hero's job is never done...

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8/maniacmansione0340.png
The meteor is a metaphor for society, I assume.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1103/maniacmansione0341.png
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4194/maniacmansione0342.png
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3068/maniacmansione0343.png
Weird Ed is our friend now! At the very least he won't throw Michael in jail anymore.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9457/maniacmansione0344.png
Uhhh... No

Now where would Ed's plans be...?
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4738/maniacmansione0356.png
Outside, of course!
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/362/maniacmansione0357.png
Wow, this makes way more sense to me now then when I was a kid and didn't know what a 35mm camera meant.

SUDDENLY
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1605/maniacmansione0345.png
Father-Son bonding?

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1094/maniacmansione0346.png
Hahaha

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1760/maniacmansione0347.png
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9971/maniacmansione0348.png
Except for people who steal him out of my room while I answer the door.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5467/maniacmansione0349.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1173/maniacmansione0350.png
Which I stole from Ed. Funny how that works.

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7691/maniacmansione0351.png
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7900/maniacmansione0352.png
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4729/maniacmansione0353.png
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/4103/maniacmansione0354.png
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1120/maniacmansione0355.png
And go to your room! Er...

Back in control! Michael needs to deliver some plans!
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9780/maniacmansione0358.png
This house is too damn big.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2316/maniacmansione0360.png
What.

MEANWHILE AGAIN
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1764/maniacmansione0361.png
SINISTER arcade game playing!
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/3903/maniacmansione0362.png
Er, or not...?

Status:
Dave-
Location: 1st Floor Kitchen
Inventory:
Chainsaw
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 1st Floor Kitchen
Inventory:
Dime(x4)
Flashlight
Can of Pepsi
Glass Jar
Batteries (new)
Tools
Water Faucet Handle
Paint Remover
Old Rusty Key (Dungeon)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Cassette (Mating calls)
Radio Tube
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Ed’s Room
Inventory:
Roll of Film
Sponge
Radio
Glowing Key (???)
Even Worse Manuscript
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key (Car)
Broken Bottle
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

Fun aside:
There's one ending where you have to use the typewriter to edit the manuscript and get a writing contract from that one company we saw on TV. I thought Michael could do it...
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8547/maniacmansione0334.png
I was wrong.

[CelesJessa]

Last time, Weird Ed told us to develop his film. Oh boy.

And to develop film we need developer. Where is some developer. Oh yeah, UNDER THE HOUSE.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2407/maniacmansione0364.png
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5648/maniacmansione0365.png
I really question the quality of the developer by now...

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4161/maniacmansione0366.png
Enlarger... we meet again. (http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5169/dscf0065e.jpg)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1156/maniacmansione0367.png
I'm pretty sure you need more than just developer. You need, say, a stop bath, fixer, a wash, an orbit bath, and a final wash.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7196/maniacmansione0368.png
I wish making prints was this easy.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2286/maniacmansione0370.png
FOUR HOURS LATER...

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2898/maniacmansione0372.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1750/maniacmansione0373.png
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/74/maniacmansione0374.png
Now you're talking...
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/749/maniacmansione0375.png
I-er.... what?

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7170/maniacmansione0376.png
I never do Michael's way of winning so I forgot that giving the film to Ed starts a timer. WHOOPS. I don't think we're ready to take on the end QUITE yet. (actually, I could totally be ready in ten minutes, but that's no fun.)

UNFORTUNATELY, I haven't saved since the last update so I GET TO DEVELOP AGAIN.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2407/maniacmansione0364.png
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2286/maniacmansione0370.png
Messing up and starting all over to develop prints sounds like pretty much all I did last semester. (http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4658/dscf0064j.jpg)

THIS time I don't give the film to Ed.

There's still one place in the house we haven't been yet! (except the SEKRIT LAB) And that's that ladder in Edna's room... how to get around it...

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1314/maniacmansione0382.png
I seem to remember a certain phone number on the wall in the bathroom. Bernard has to fix the phone first before using it. What, I didn't mention the phone was broken before hand? WHOOPS.

Before we call Edna, we have to pick someone to sneak into her room. Guess what,
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7194/maniacmansione0381.png
DAVE GETS TO DO SOMETHING! Only because he's not carrying anything I need so if he gets caught/stuck somewhere for awhile it doesn't matter. And I figured you guys wanted some Dave action!

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2395/maniacmansione0383.png
I dial the number... I don't remember what it is right now. I had to make Michael run upstairs and check it out.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/296/maniacmansione0385.png
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1993/maniacmansione0386.png
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8499/maniacmansione0387.png
Like... Dead Cousin Ted from the bathroom?

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1632/maniacmansione0388.png
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2752/maniacmansione0389.png
It didn't go so well...

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2420/maniacmansione0390.png
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3049/maniacmansione0391.png
This conversation is WAY dirtier in the original translation. Edna shows you how to do heavy breathing the RIGHT way.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9923/maniacmansione0392.png
Dave, living up to his namesake (SOLID SNAKE) sneaks on by. He picks up the SMALL KEY from next to Edna's bed, and up the ladder he goes.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4744/maniacmansione0393.png
I shut the hatch below me before turning on the light because Edna still frightens me.

Now... what did we risk our butts for...
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8351/maniacmansione0394.png
What.

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4198/maniacmansione0395.png
Behind the ugly poster is a safe! But what's the code?

Oh look, there's something under it.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7949/maniacmansione0396.png
Dave continues to be useless.

Now how does one read tiny print inside of a house.
If you answered "use a giant very powerful telescope" you're crazy.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4918/maniacmansione0398.png
And right.
The trick with this is you only have four dimes and you have to pick the right way to turn it to see what you need.
Once to the left...
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3858/maniacmansione0399.png
Aah, I always pick the wrong way first. ALWAYS.

Two to the right...
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9107/maniacmansione0400.png
Getting closer...

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5839/maniacmansione0401.png
Huzzah!

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8784/maniacmansione0402.png
Using... uh... telepathy or something Dave puts in the right combination.
http://img18.imageshack.us/i/maniacmansione0403.png/
I just capped this one because it had "push 6" on there. It shouldn't say that. XD Kind of weird.

And what was inside...?
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/463/maniacmansione0404.png
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5079/maniacmansione0405.png
Uh... yay?

Status:
Dave-
Location: Above Edna’s Room
Inventory:
Quarter
Envelope
Small Key (???)
Chainsaw
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Observatory
Inventory:
Dime(x4)
Flashlight
Can of Pepsi
Glass Jar
Batteries (new)
Tools
Water Faucet Handle
Paint Remover
Old Rusty Key (Dungeon)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Cassette (Mating calls)
Radio Tube
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Bathroom
Inventory:
Roll of Film
Sponge
Radio
Glowing Key (???)
Even Worse Manuscript
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key (Car)
Broken Bottle
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[CelesJessa]

Last time...
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5079/maniacmansione0405.png
Great job, Dave.

Now I guess we better get him out of there. But Bernard is all the way on the top floor and I don't feeeeel like making him run downstairs to call Edna.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9611/maniacmansione0406.png
There's a trick to freeze Edna where you send one kid into Weird Ed's room and then switch to another in Edna's room and it should freeze them...

Let's give it a try.

Five minutes later...
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1336/maniacmansione0409.png
Uhhh... Let's just say it didn't work.

While we're down here, I believe we have some keys to test out on these padlocks in front of the SECKRIT LAB.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/281/maniacmansione0410.png
The SMALL KEY doesn't work. Now lets try the GLOWING KEY.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3742/maniacmansione0411.png
Woo! Crap. This door is double-protected! And me with no secret code.

Well we just got a quarter, there is obviously only one thing to do now...
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/510/maniacmansione0413.png
Video games!

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6194/maniacmansione0423.png
Dang. I SHOULD remember from when we saw Dr. Fred in here.

SPEAKING OF WHICH...
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8238/maniacmansione0414.png
Now we get to see Fred and Edna share an intimate moment...

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3953/maniacmansione0416.png
Hah, scared you for a second, didn't I?

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1811/maniacmansione0415.png

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/922/maniacmansione0417.png
That's approximately 4-5 minutes longer than I need.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7680/maniacmansione0418.png
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8781/maniacmansione0419.png
"I'm going to cancel your WoW subscription ;_;"

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9479/maniacmansione0420.png
Well...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6550/maniacmansione0421.png
I know true beauty goes deeper than the skin, but really Fred, you're stretching it.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5790/maniacmansione0422.png
I feel like I'm watching this family tearing apart right in front of me...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/510/maniacmansione0413.png
So he's turning off the power? The power to the Zomb-i-matic, the power to the TV...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6310/maniacmansione0424.png
Oh.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7529/maniacmansione0426.png
Luckily Bernard has a flashlight and batteries! Everyone else can just sit in the dark.

There's... REALLY not much to see at this part of the game. The first time you play it's just a lot of moving your cursor around trying to find stuff to click on, but I know the game so well I can get around just fine in the dark. XD
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9669/maniacmansione0429.png
For you guys, however, it's going to look like a lot of this so... I'll spare you the repetitive screenshots.

Bernard heads upstairs. There's some wires that need his attention...
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6153/maniacmansione0428.png
Fixed! The arcade machines SHOULD be working fine when the power comes on.

That took about a total of 4-5 minutes and there's NOTHING TO DO until the lights come back on so... I'm going to use the time to prepare something fun. You guys have a choice!

Basically, we have an envelope that we can use to send to the WE PUBLISH ANYTHING guy. Normally you could send him stuff and get a contract to help you beat the game, but with the characters we have, we can't do that. We CAN however send him junk and laugh at his pain. So the question is:

-Send him the horrible, badly edited manuscript?
OR
-Send him the cassette with the Tentacle Mating Call on it?


Oh yeah, and Status:
Dave-
Location: 2nd Floor Arcade
Inventory:
Quarter
Small Key (???)
Chainsaw
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: 4th Floor Study
Inventory:
Dime(x4)
Flashlight
Can of Pepsi
Batteries (new)
Tools
Water Faucet Handle
Paint Remover
Old Rusty Key (Dungeon)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Cassette (Mating calls)
Radio Tube
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: 4th Floor Study
Inventory:
Glass Jar
Stamps (Uncancelled)
Envelope
Roll of Film
Sponge
Radio
Glowing Key (???)
Even Worse Manuscript
Key Card (???)
Hamster
Yellow Key (Car)
Broken Bottle
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[Solid Snake]

He needs to hear that tentacle mating call.

...We all do, actually.

[Nikose Tyris]

Tentacle Mating Call.

[Sir Pinkleton]

Agreed, give him the TMC.

[Geminex]

Tentacle mating call. Wanna see what happens.

[CelesJessa]

You voted Tentacle Mating Call and that's what you're getting.


Unfortunately because apparently none of them are capable of licking a stamp, we must make steam using the glass jar and the microwave so the stamps will stick. I forgot about this, so we actually DO have to wait for the power to come back on.
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Joy.

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Ah hah. There we go.

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Is this really necessary?

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Hooray!

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And now we wait...

Before too long... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7luJgWK0o#t=1m10s)
Yep you guys get a video of it! So you can experience the tentacle mating call as well. (There's also the publisher's other reactions to the various things you can send him if you want to watch those too.)

That was amusing...

SUDDENLY
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VILLAINOUS VIDEO GAME PLAYING

After a little bit, I go back inside
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I wanna play video games too.

I didn't get a high score but...
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Hmmm that four digit number looks suspiciously like a code I need to type into a manner of keyboard...

I send Bernard to go down and check...
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Woot! The door is open!

Which means...
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Rally the troops Michael!
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In an act of charity I decide to give Ed back his hamster.
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Anything I can do to help the little guy. :3

Then I accidentally try to GET the hamster again and Weird Ed doesn't like that much so he throws me in the dungeon.
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But it seems like we're still working together so... woo!


So this is it guys! In the next update we will beat the game! Your choice now- Who will brave inside of the lab to save Sandy?
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Will it be
Dave, who hasn't done jack-squat
Michael, probably the most useful one so far,
or
Bernard, the coward.

ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE.

Status:
Dave-
Location: Dungeon
Inventory:
Quarter
Small Key (Coin Box)
Chainsaw
Key (Front door)
CD Player
Bernard-
Location: Dungeon
Inventory:
Flashlight
Can of Pepsi
Batteries (new)
Tools
Paint Remover
Old Rusty Key (Dungeon)
Record (Tentacle Mating Calls)
Broken Record
Paint Brush
Bowl of Wax Fruit
CD Player
Michael-
Location: Dungeon
Inventory:
Sponge
Radio
Glowing Key (Lab Outer Door)
Even Worse Manuscript
Key Card (???)
Yellow Key (Car)
Broken Bottle
Lettuce
Old Batteries
Cheese
Silver Key (Yellow Pool Door)
CD Player

[Solid Snake]

Bernard. Pasty dorks with glasses, unite.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

I vote for Bernard too. I want to see a nerd save the world from whatever. Or something.
Really enjoying this, by the way.

[Geminex]

Here's Bernard's chance to prove that he is not a Tuna Head.

[Sir Pinkleton]

Bernard, the chosen one!

[CelesJessa]

THIS IS IT

For your listening enjoyment, here's the song I listened to while playing this last chapter. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw)

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Bernard! You are the chosen one! I get rid of all of the junk in his inventory to make it easier.

I waited for Weird Ed, but he didn't show up.... On time... he said meet IN the lab so... lets see what we can do...

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"I hope this isn't going to be just like one of my Japanese animes :T "

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Way to state the obvious.

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He's paying you...?

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Any time now Ed...

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Like a true hero, he shows up fashionably late.

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They talk really fast here. It was hard to get all of the screenshots.
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Your help was immense, Weird Ed. Glad those battle plans were so detailed. "Chase purple tentacle"

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And by the Meteor you mean your dad, right?

First, I decide to check out the periscope.
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Voyeur-tastic! Then I remember that it's probably Nurse Edna's bed and throw up in my mouth a little.

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This is it...

I forgot a quarter, but if you use it in the machine there you can get another Pepsi.

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Purple Tentacle is otherwise occupied.

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Your safeguards consisted of a locked door whose key was at the bottom of the (radioactive) pool, and a code that was just your high score on your arcade game in your house. And a tentacle that is easily chased away. Really, it wasn't that hard.

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Like a boss, I take screenshots and do what needs to be done at the same time XD.

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This looks useful.

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Isn't that overreacting a little? I mean, Bernard isn't that tough. You could just... punch him.

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Thank you Weird Ed's hamster for the keycard...

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Someone set us up the bomb!

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HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT. It's a meteor! I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING.

Really I'd say it's more green than purple.

Anyway, I flip the switch while the Slimy Purple Meteor shoots at me with... lasers or something. That's why the radiation suit is important kids!
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"That's great, can you stop sucking my brains out now?"

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"Or not... my brains aren't that important really..."

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Oh yeah, stopping that would be good too.

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Do or do not, there is no try... And I really would prefer if you do.

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Damn.

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"I'm sorry are you talking to me? I can't answer, you see, because my brains are still being removed."

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Nnooow you want my help.

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...

What am I supposed to do with a meteor? I mean... it's not really animate to begin with... kind of...

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Less thinking more killing meteors.

I grab the METEOR and head out that back door.
It takes me to...

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Uh. There's a cement slab there I came from... apparently.

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That's as good of a place as any!

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What are you waiting for?

THE DRAMA
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Okay enough of that. Let's get this show on the road.

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Uh. Can't say I was expecting that.

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Everyone wins!

LATER
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Why the hell does Dave get the girl? He didn't do squat. Oh well, I'm guessing she's brain damaged by now.

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Hookers.

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That works too!

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Hahahahahahaa

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"No but seriously, give me some damn money."

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Yaaaay! That's it guys! We beat the game! Thanks a ton for your participation and interest in my short little Lets Play.

There's still a ton of stuff you can do in Maniac Mansion, with many different ways to beat it, so I strongly suggest playing it yourself someday! As provided by Sky Warrior Bob back on the first page, here's (http://www.filefront.com/3859292/mmd14setup.exe) a link to a free fanmade version of it with improved graphics.

And don't forget the sequel: Day of the Tentacle. It follows the adventures of Bernard as he tries to stop the insane Purple Tentacle from taking over the world. That game is a blast as well and I suggest finding some way to get your hands on it and playing it!

Thanks again everyone! Hope you enjoyed it!

[Geminex]

Totally did. Occasional hilarity, and, of course, innuendo.

[Revising Ocelot]

Can't find Day of the Tentacle CD.

RAGE.



Anyhoo, that was great. I don't suppose we could convince you to followup with DotT? If only for vague memories of toilet-surfing antics.
I could do it myself actually, if I could find the CD... meh.

[CelesJessa]

Totally did. Occasional hilarity, and, of course, innuendo.

What are you talking about, there was absolutely no innuendo in this Let's Play. ;D


Anyhoo, that was great. I don't suppose we could convince you to followup with DotT? If only for vague memories of toilet-surfing antics.
I could do it myself actually, if I could find the CD... meh.

Thanks. :D I'm not sure if I'll do a DoTT one though. I'm not sure how to take quick and easy screenshots with the program it uses, and school just started up again, so... Perhaps if I figure out the screenshot thing out I might try during a break or something. But I'm not making any promises.

Glad you guys liked it though! Maybe I'll find another game to LP someday.