Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is non-linear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, Maniac Mansion was Lucasfilm Games' first self-published product.

Maniac Mansion (TV series)

Maniac Mansion is a sitcom co-created by Eugene Levy that aired concurrently on YTV in Canada and the Family Channel in the US for three seasons from September 14, 1990, to April 4, 1993. It was loosely based on the 1987 video game Maniac Mansion by Lucasfilm Games. While Lucasfilm served as co-producers on the series, the show has little in common with its source material.

Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word manse originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is usually no longer self-sustaining in this way. Manor comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there. Following the fall of Rome, the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified houses in the Middle Ages. As social conditions slowly changed and stabilized fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to comfort. It became fashionable and possible for homes to be beautiful rather than grim and forbidding allowing for the development of the modern mansion.

maniac

Noun

1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

mansion

Noun

1. A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
2. A luxurious flat (apartment).