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Maniac Mansion (JPN)

Maniac Mansion (JPN)

Console: Nintendo Entertainment System
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Jaleco Ltd.
Publisher(s): Jaleco Ltd.
Release Date: 1988-09-13
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Adventure

Dave's girlfriend has been kidnapped by Dr. Fred and taken to his creepy mansion. It's up to a team of three teens to explore the house full of weirdos and save her!

The Famicom version of Maniac Mansion was developed in-house by Jaleco and the results were so poor, that LucasArts programmed a whole new NES port themselves for release in the US. One of the notable problems with this port is that there is no battery save; players had to write down a 104 character password to be able to continue their game.