Maniac Mansion Famicom

[jajaja]

I loaded up Maniac Mansion FC ROM for the first time today just to check and i notice that the game is completly different from the US/EU release. It doesnt have that detailed gfx, the kids are totaly different, music is different etc.

In the US/EU version the room scrolls when you move, in the FC it doesnt. Its only 1 static room at the screen. This makes the game looks smoother. It also looks like it have the same stuff as the US prototype, with the naked statue etc. I couldnt get pass the tentacle (i fed him everything, but still he didnt want to let me pass) so i couldnt check for the porno poster and the text behind the mummy, but im sure its all there.

Its kinda hard to play it without japanese knowledge, but its possibly with some practice. Just learn the menu whats "take" and "open" etc. and it shouldnt be that hard. I wish there was a english prototype or a homemade english patch for this game, would makes things much easier :)


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[c0ldb33r]

is there a translated version?

[jajaja]

I dont know, but if there is please let us know :)

[Blitzwing256]

someone WAS working on a translation but it never got very far.

I remeber picking up the famicom version a few years back (same cover art as the us version) the jaleco games were in larger cases with a neat slip cover thing on the end.

what makes it more confusing there also Is a japanese version of the us maniac mansion out there (pretty hard to find)

[Jorpho]

And of course while the US version is based on an NES port of SCUMM (hence making it possible for ScummVM to interpret code in the ROM), the Japanese version is a completely different engine.

[Kitsune Sniper]

someone WAS working on a translation but it never got very far.

I remember someone posting about it at donut a few years back...

I'd like to take a stab at this, but to be honest two-letter menus kinda squick me out. I'm the master of squishy tiles but this is way too much for me.