Maniac Mansion Mania
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Initial episodes | LucasFan Games |
| Later episodes | Various |
| Engines | |
| Adventure Game Studio | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 7, 2005[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Series | Maniac Mansion |
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| 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 |
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
Launcher general options.
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 |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\acsetup.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Launcher advanced options (early episodes)
Launcher advanced options (middle episodes)
Launcher advanced options - DirectDraw 5 (later episodes)
Launcher advanced options - Direct3D 9 (later episodes)
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Maniac Mansion Mania - Episode 1 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Maniac Mansion Mania - Hardcore Gaming 101 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - AGS/Games - last accessed on 2021-10-10