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Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle cover
Developers
LucasArts
Engines
SCUMM
Release dates
DOS June 25, 1993
Mac OS (Classic) 1993
Day of the Tentacle guide on StrategyWiki
Day of the Tentacle on Wikipedia
Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion 1988
Day of the Tentacle 1993
Maniac Mansion Deluxe (unofficial) 2004
Maniac Mansion Mania (unofficial) 2005
Day of the Tentacle Remastered 2016

Key points

Also known as Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Can be run under ScummVM
Includes the original Maniac Mansion, which can be played in-game (by accessing Weird Ed Edison's computer)

General information

The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia
Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DRM-free
Floppy release (with manual-based copy protection) and a fully voiced CD-ROM "talkie" release (no copy protection).
DOS
Mac OS
This game is not available digitally, but Day of the Tentacle Remastered includes a "classic" mode which faithfully recreates the original experience.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Mac OS (Classic)
The DOS configuration file is <path-to-game>\DOTT.INI in the floppy version and \DOTT.CD\DOTT.INI in the CD-ROM version.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.*
Mac OS (Classic)

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Speech in CD-ROM version only
French
German
Speech in CD-ROM version only

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 14 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
The CD-ROM version requires 2 MB of RAM

References