Maniac Mansion

This game was made by Lucasarts and came out in 1990. Its a one player adventure game for the Nes console. Dr Fred a retired physcian turned mad scientist, and his family Nurse Edna and their teenage son Weird Ed live in a mansion. They are aliens from another planet. They live on earth and a meteor lands outside their house. So for the next twenty years Dr Fred has been trying to rule the world. As the meteor made him mad. His wife is helpng him but his son is not so willing. Dr Fred has captured a local girl and wants to start world domination by doing experiments on her. Its up to you to stop him and get her back. You play Dave Sandy`s boyfreind. You ...

Surely you remember this? The original graphic adventure from Lucasfilm Games (later to be renamed LucasArts of course) The story begins with a group of three teenagers standing outside the Mansion of Dr. Fred and his wife Edna. You can choose which three characters you want to feature in the game from a selection after the introduction. Be warned though as they each have their own strengths and special abilities, and only the correct combination of characters will allow you to complete the game. Something of a weakness I suppose, but it becomes pretty obvious early on which of the characters you need to pick (Bernard, who went on to become a star player in Day ...