Game Review on…..Basic InformationStory LinePlayersUser InterfaceGame summarySpecial FeaturesSpecial Features (con.)Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Special features (con.)Slide 13Game ReviewGame Review (con.)SummaryGame Review on…..Basic Information•Game Title - Maniac Mansion•Company – LucasArts Entertainment Co.•Type of Game – Interactive Sci Fi•Price - $5 for NES game cartridge•Hardware – Nintendo Entertainment System, Game controller•Platforms- NES, DOS, APPLE II, Atari ST,Amiga, Commodore 64Story Line•Dr Fred is your typical mad scientist character He lives in a mansion with his nurse Edna and his son Ed.• Twenty years ago, a meteor crashed near his mansion, and Dr Fred has been conducting weird experiments ever since. He is being controlled by an evil purple metor from out of space. You assume the role of a teenager called Dave. One of the good doctor's latest experiments involves Dave's girlfriend, Sandy, so naturally Dave decides to go and rescue her. He takes two of his buddies with him and heads for the mansionPlayers •Dave – Sandys boyfriend•Razor – In a rock in roll band, plays music•Benard – The nerd•Syd – Musician, works with keyboards & guitars•Wendy- The writer•Jeff – The surfer guy•Michael – The photographerUser Interface•Point and click game•Use cursor to:–Move around the different rooms in mansion–Click on any of the verbs listed in the white at bottom to go with any objects in room or listed in yellow–Switch to New Kid to manipulateGame summary •Scoring – There is no scoring system for the game, the object of game is to rescue Sandy from Dr. Fred•Sound and Music – Each player carries a cd player with them playing different music in the background.– Sound effects to certain objects, such as turning on tv or breaking a glass–Different music played within each cut sceneSpecial Features•Has 7+ multiple Endings–Depending on the 2 players you choose in the beginning–Depending on if you kill a player–Depends on what you do in the mansionEnding #1Blow up the mansion and kill everyoneSpecial Features (con.)•Ending # 2 Shoot meteor into spaceSpecial Features (con.)•Ending #3 – Shoot meteor into space but Dave is deadSpecial Features (con.)•Ending #4 – Meteor Police come to save the daySpecial Features (con.)•Ending #5 – Kill all the kidsSpecial features (con.)•Ending #6 Make Meteor famous with publishing contractSpecial features (con.)•Ending # 7 – Feed big plant meteorGame Review•What is Good?–Has good story plot–High replay value since there is multiple solutions•What is Bad?–The monotony of pointing and clicking everywhere , other than that AwesomeGame Review (con.)•Compare to other games in genre?–First game to feature a point and click interface with animated characters•Appropriate Audience?–Age group 11+ for NES version–Any other version containing:•Nurse Eda Sexually explicit comments •Blowing up animals .. Age group 15+Summary•Overall Strengths–Multiple ways the game can be won–Different objects cannot be used unless certain characters are chosen making replay value highOverall Weaknesses-None, except maybe better graphicsConclusion – Purchase and play the
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