Day of the Tentacle

Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

First release	1993
Also known as	Day of the Tentacle, Maniac Mansion 2, DOTT
Developed by	LucasArts
Published by	LucasArts
Distributed by	(unknown)
Platforms	DOS, Macintosh
Resolution	320x200, 8bpp
Engine	SCUMM
Support	Since ScummVM 0.2.0
Available for Purchase	No

Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle was the sequel to Maniac Mansion, and the eighth game to use the SCUMM scripting language. The game first follows the nerd from the first game, Bernard Bernoulli, and his roommates Hoagie and Laverne as they rescue green tentacle from Dr. Fred's basement. Later, the game follows the trio as they go back in time to stop the evil purple tentacle from changing the past for his own benefit.

Game Variants

The CD versions were so-called "talkie versions" and included speech for each of the lines of text said by the characters in the game.

Data Files

All of the files required for Day of the Tentacle to run

Macintosh CD

Day of the Tentacle Data

Macintosh Demo

Day of the Tentacle Demo Data

PC CD and Floppy

MONSTER.SOU
TENTACLE.000
TENTACLE.001

PC Demo

DOTTDEMO.000
DOTTDEMO.001
MONSTER.SOU

Datafile Compression

The monster.sou file can be compressed with the utility compress_scumm_sou which is found in the [ScummVM tools package]

The utility is used in the following manner:

compress_scumm_sou monster.sou

Platform Compatibility

List of platforms where Day of the Tentacle is known to work / not to work

Legend:

Completable

Not Completable

Doesn't Work

Day of the Tentacle Compatibility by Platform
Platform	Game Version	Status
Windows	PC Floppy	Completable
Windows	PC CD-ROM	Completable
Windows	Macintosh	Completable
Linux	PC Floppy	Completable
Linux	PC CD-ROM	Completable
Linux	Macintosh	Completable
Dreamcast	PC Floppy	Completable
Dreamcast	PC CD-ROM	Completable

Miscellaneous

A list of boot params is available for this game.

External links