| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle | ||
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| 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 | (unknown) | |
| 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 |
| 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.