Maniac Mansion Mania
Developers | |
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Initial episodes | LucasFan Games |
Later episodes | Various |
Engines | |
Adventure Game Studio | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 7, 2005[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Series | Maniac Mansion |
Maniac Mansion | |
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Maniac Mansion | 1988 |
Day of the Tentacle | 1993 |
Maniac Mansion Deluxe (unofficial) | 2004 |
Maniac Mansion Mania (unofficial) | 2005 |
Day of the Tentacle Remastered | 2016 |
Freeware fan-made episodic games set in the Maniac Mansion expanded universe, starring the original cast of Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle. The series introduces a host of new characters and makes references to other classic adventure games and popular culture.[2] A grand total of 100 original, 54 special and 37 "alt" episodes have been created by different contributors as of January 14, 2022.
Key points
- All episodes are available in German. Nineteen are available in English, and a few in other languages.
- Can be played on ScummVM.[3]
General information
- ManiacWiki (in German)
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Official website | Each episode must be downloaded separately. The whole series can be easily installed using the Maniac Mansion Mania launcher. See: Essential improvements |
Essential improvements
The series' launcher
- The Maniac Mansion Mania launcher (in English and German) facilitates downloading, setting up and running the individual episodes.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\acsetup.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\agssave.*[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Early episodes support only 640x400 and 320x200. Later episodes support 16:10 resolutions up to 2560x1600 through upscaling. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Achieved through scaling filters. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 40 fps framerate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects can be toggled. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All games are text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Select episodes only. | |||
French | Select episodes only. | |||
German | ||||
Italian | Select episodes only. | |||
Russian | Select episodes only. | |||
Spanish | Select episodes only. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | Only available in later episodes. |
DirectDraw | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible | |
Other | Direct3D mode requires a DirectX 8.1 compatible GPU. |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Maniac Mansion Mania - Episode 1
- ↑ Maniac Mansion Mania - Hardcore Gaming 101
- ↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - AGS/Games - last accessed on 2021-10-10