NES/Famicom

Maniac Mansion

The Edison mansion has always been a creepy old house on the edge of town. There have been rumors of strange experiments going on and of odd creatures living amongst the Edison family. There is even a story that a meteorite once crashed near the home nearly 20 years ago. More immediately, a girl named Sandy has gone missing from the local highschool and her boyfriend Dave swears that he saw Dr. Fred abducting her. Dave knows that he cannot do it alone and will need help from two other students if he has any hope of infiltrating the mansion and rescuing Sandy. Players start by choosing 2 students to accompany Dave to the Edison mansion, and can then switch between these three characters at wi...

Genre: Adventure
Year: 1990
Developer: Lucasfilm Games LLC
Publisher: Jaleco USA, Inc.
Players: 1

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Achievements

36 achievements · 290 total points

Let's Go Rescue Sandy! Find your way inside the Maniac Mansion.
5 pts
Garage-Be-Gone Start the Weird Edsel.
5 pts
Important Business Get past the Purple Tentacle with a great deal.
10 pts
Don't Bug Me, Sucker-Face! Get past the Purple Tentacle using your authority.
10 pts
Wrath Of The Green Tentacle Get the Green Tentacle to kill you out of jealousy.
10 pts
Protected Copy Protection Use the invisible keypad.
10 pts
Hope You Like Purple All the kids have died. The rescue attempt failed.
10 pts
What A Hunk! Get buff with the 'Hunk-O-Matic Machine' [TM].
5 pts
Disaster Averted Return Ed's friend in top condition.
5 pts
Ah, Product Placement! Collect a refreshing, ice cold can of Pepsi from a Pepsi machine.
10 pts
Fumigated Meet death through breathing radioactive steam.
10 pts
Don't Be A Tuna Head! Finish the game with Dave dead. [Any ending except 'famous']
10 pts
Cruel Fate Finish the game with the 'famous' ending, after alerting the authorities.
10 pts
Big Break Get a recording contract for one of the kids.
10 pts
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Cause long distance destruction with the casette tape.
10 pts
Some Days You Just Can't Get Rid Of A Meteor Suffer a catastrophic nuclear meltdown via self destruct.
10 pts
Complete And Utter Defeat Finish the game with the 'plant' ending.
10 pts
A Rock's Redemption Finish the game with the 'famous' ending.
10 pts
Escape Artist Escape the dungeon without using the key.
5 pts
Pool's Closed... Forever Suffer a catastrophic nuclear meltdown via pool-related shenanigans.
5 pts
Taking Things Too Far Ed doesn't take too kindly to murderers. Argh!
10 pts
A Door With No Knob Find a way into the basement and turn on the light.
5 pts
All-Purpose Equipment Get the tools.
5 pts
Going Commando Help Weird Ed with his plans.
10 pts
Helping Out The Little Guy Get a recording contract for the Green Tentacle.
10 pts
Gone Full Green Satisfy the Green Tentacle without his favorite food.
10 pts
Resource Efficiency Satisfy the Green Tentacle by giving him his favorite food.
5 pts
Only Game Worth Playing Play Meteor Mess.
10 pts
Radio Head Fix the short-wave radio.
5 pts
Stethoscope Or Telescope Open the wall-safe and thieve its contents.
5 pts
Stargazer Enter the observatory.
5 pts
Handy Man Fix the phone.
5 pts
The Final Frontier Finish the game with the 'space' ending.
10 pts
Lights Out Suffer a catastrophic nuclear meltdown via power overload.
5 pts
Arrested Developments Finish the game with the 'police' ending.
10 pts
Ed's Best Friend Murder the innocent, claim their remains. Totally Awesome!
10 pts

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Maniac Mansion frequently asked questions

How do I play Maniac Mansion online with a friend?

Maniac Mansion (NES/Famicom) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Maniac Mansion on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Maniac Mansion in the NES/Famicom library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Maniac Mansion netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Maniac Mansion have achievements?

Yes, Maniac Mansion has 36 achievements worth 290 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Maniac Mansion for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Maniac Mansion on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.