About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 200. Chapters: Maniac Mansion, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong (video game), List of Commodore 64 games (A-M), Street Fighter II, Elite (video game), Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Dragon's Lair, SimCity, Lemmings (video game), Defender (video game), Robotron: 2084, Q*bert, Pool of Radiance, Wheel of Fortune (video game), OutRun, BraveStarr, Silicon Dreams, Fun School, Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?, Final Fight, Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior, Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax, Marble Madness, Metal Gear (video game), List of Commodore 64 games (N-Z), Mario Bros., Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Football Manager (1982 series), Double Dragon, Frogger, R-Type, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Lode Runner, Mercenary (video game), Gauntlet (1985 video game), Breakout (video game), Battlezone (1980 video game), Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness, Ms. Pac-Man, Planetfall, RoboCop (video games), Sword of Fargoal, Strider (arcade game), Prince of Persia (1989 video game), Galaxian, The Bard's Tale (1985 video game), Space Gun (video game), Zork, Repton (video game), Hugo (video game), Alternate Reality (series), Centipede (video game), Telengard, Dig Dug, The Great Giana Sisters, Xevious, Classic Empire (video game). Excerpt: Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, it was Lucasfilm's foray into video game publishing. The game follows teenager Dave Miller as he ventures into a mansion and attempts to rescue his girlfriend from an evil mad scientist, whose family has been controlled by a sentient meteor that crashed near the mansion 20 years earlier. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his friends through the mansion while avoiding its dangerous inhabitants and solving puzzles. The game was...
