It sounds like an interesting concept, but who knows if anyone else agrees with us!
MissWings At 11:20 PM 7/14/2008, Bryan Peterson wrote: >The est part was deending on who you had in your party and what they did the >ending could be different. So there were quite a few possible endings. >Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Schamerhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:58 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Maniac Mansion? > > > > it does sound like the replay would be great! I did like the ease of the > > bavisoft stuff but once you've been through the game that's the end of it > > all. BTW wouldn't mind some help in chillingham if anyone's completed it. > > *grin* > > > > > > Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bryan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Maniac Mansion? > > > > > > My thoughts exactly. > > Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Schamerhorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Maniac Mansion? > > > > > >> It wasn't one I've ever played, but sounds great! > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "MissWings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>; "Gamers Discussion > >> list" > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:41 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Maniac Mansion? > >> > >> > >> Having never played it when it was around I couldn't compare any game > >> that > >> happens to come around with the original, but it sounds like something I > >> would've liked to try out for sure. You'd probably have to get people to > >> do the voices, and not having any experience with programming I don't > >> know > >> how hard it'd be to program, but it sounds like an interesting game. I'd > >> probably buy it just to take a look at it and see what all it was about. > >> > >> MissWings > >> > >> At 08:56 PM 7/14/2008, Bryan Peterson wrote: > >> > >>>Hi all, > >>> Over the past few days I've been browsing Wikipedia looking at their > >>> info on old NES games I used to play or watch my siblings play. There > >>> are > >>> quite a few games that I'd forgotten about but was reminded of during my > >>> search for others. One such game was Maniac Mansion, developed by Lucas > >>> Arts originally for the computer but later ported to such systems as the > >>> old NES. Just a little while ago I got to thinking about how easy or > >>> hard > >>> it would be to create a game like that for the blind gaming market. > >>> Technically it might be fairly easy since it uses a point and click, > >>> menu-based style of gameplay like in the Bavisoft games. You click a > >>> verb > >>> and then an object or person. You might have the usual verbs like take, > >>> use, talk to and stuff like that. So you'd click, let's say Use Toilet. > >>> If you made a logical combination you would perform the action. > >>> But Maniac Mansion was very much a humorous title. The premise was > >>> that > >>> a mad scientist, Fred Edison, lived in a mansion with his wife Edna and > >>> his son Ed. Twenty years ago a sentient, alien meteor crashed near his > >>> house and took control of his mind. It decided to use Fred to invent a > >>> machine to steal the brains of the young people of Earth. That's where > >>> you came in. You played as Dave, a college kid out to rescue his > >>> girlfriend Sandy from the Edisons' mansion. But you couldn't do italone, > >>> so you enlisted the aid of two other friends, whom you'd choose from a > >>> roster of six at the start of the game. Each characer had his/her own > >>> strengths, weaknesses and even their own plot, which made the replay > >>> value of the game extremely high. On your quest you could meet all the > >>> whacky characters who called the mansion home. It was extremely puzzle > >>> oriented but at the same time there was all kinds of weird stuff you > >>> could do just for fun. One infamous thing was the ability to steal the h > >>> amster belonging to Ed and microwave it. ou could then give it to him. > >>> Of course since he would ultimately prove to be your best hope for > >>> completing the game, you probably wouldn't want to do that. Personally I > >>> liked the idea of playing doorbell ditchers with him. > >>> But I got to thinking that it'd be neat if someone decided to create a > >>> game similar to Maniac Mansion. We've got plenty of the Interactive > >>> Fiction style of game, which certainly seems to fit what Maniac Mansion > >>> is, but nothing quite so enjoyable. So I thought I'd start this thread > >>> and see who all remembers that game and what the general feeling would > >>> be > >>> about an audio game in tat same style. > >>>Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > >>>--- > >>>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > >>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > >>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > >>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > >>>list, > >>>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>Checked by AVG. > >>>Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1551 - Release Date: > >>>7/14/2008 > >>>6:49 AM > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this outgoing message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1551 - Release Date: > >> 7/14/2008 > >> 6:49 AM > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > >> list, > >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > >> list, > >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1551 - Release Date: 7/14/2008 >6:49 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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