Video Game franchises that never deserved to die

Sim Kid · 11-30-2004, 11:32 PM

Maniac Mansion&Day of the Tentacle:

I am probably the only person here who has even heard of Maniac Mansion. Maniac Mansion was a point-and-click adventure for the PC that was developed by LucasArts in the 80's. Yes, believe it or not, there was one point in time in which LucasArts made games that weren't Star Wars. Maniac Mansion was the game that put LucasArts on the map, and it only got one sequel, Day of the Tentacle, which is ten years old. The game was also hillarious, in Maniac Mansion, you had the option of putting a hamster in a microwave (Which I'm sure everyone who has played it has done) and the zany madcap antics continued into Day of the Tentacle. They really should either remake those classics so that they'll work for today's computers or make a new one. How can they let the game that put them on the map die?

[sage] · 12-01-2004, 12:10 AM

Name sounds familiar, although I never played it.

I dunno if they're still making Shining force or lufia games, but those series were cool.

And SSB better not die.

Rainbow Dash · 12-01-2004, 06:49 PM

Before Codie can say it...

LEMMINGS

Codiekitty · 12-01-2004, 07:22 PM

^ Curse you. CURSE YOU.

Although it wasn't exactly a series, Nightshade. There were many hints that it was getting a sequel such as Sutekh's threat in the ending and it being called "Part 1: The Claws of Sutekh", but obviously the game was so unpopular the sequel never arised.

Power Blade: Of course, after playing Power Blade 2, I can see why the series died off.

Oh yes. EARTHWORM JIM! Blam Menace 2 the Galaxy. And while I've never played it, I'll still blam Earthworm Jim 3D.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-01-2004, 08:00 PM

Only person to hear of Maniac Manson? Wasn't that on the cover of NP back in the day?

c_jks · 12-01-2004, 08:27 PM

Man, those LucasArts point-and-click games were awesome. Sam and Max, The Dig, Manic Mansion, Day of the Tenticle, Full Throttle...all the best. I'd trade my Xbox to get those games back.

[sage] · 12-01-2004, 10:40 PM

Are they that good or is the xbox that bad?

Codiekitty · 12-01-2004, 11:45 PM

AI just pointed something out... lots of people around here have heard of Maniac Mansion. I've heard of it. And if LVK reads that comment, he's gonna locate your house and bust your head in with a mallet.

While not as popular as Super Mario World, Maniac Mansion's still a lot less obscure than, say, Wild 9.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

[ December 01, 2004, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

Perrin Aybara · 12-02-2004, 12:53 AM

Blast. CK beat me to Earthworm Jim.-jay

***Booyakasha*** · 12-02-2004, 11:15 AM

'Day of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max Hit the Road', and especially the 'Monkey Island' series are the main reason I got into PC gaming in the first place.

Oh, and, Capcom, you've had more than enough time--put your next Megaman game on hold for a few days and kick out another 'Power Stone' game, damn it.

[ December 02, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: Cap'n Boo from Timbuktu ]

Rainbow Dash · 12-02-2004, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Perrin Aybara:
Blast. CK beat me to Earthworm Jim.-jay

Only because I beat her to lemmings.

Codiekitty · 12-02-2004, 07:05 PM

*claps hands*

BIONIC COMMANDO!

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Eagle Eye · 12-02-2004, 07:17 PM

toejam and earl.

haha j/k, but I used to love playing it with that SEGA gun.

Rainbow Dash · 12-02-2004, 08:17 PM

Duck Hunt.

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-02-2004, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CodieKitty:
*claps hands*

BIONIC COMMANDO!

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Ah, yes.. The kill hitler game. That was awesome.

Geno · 12-04-2004, 10:44 AM

NiGHTS into Dreams.

And Power Stone was awesome too.

Sim Kid · 12-05-2004, 04:39 PM

^DAMN YOU! I wanted to say that because Luigi007 wouldn't.

Quote:

Originally posted by c_jks:
Man, those LucasArts point-and-click games were awesome. Sam and Max, The Dig, Manic Mansion, Day of the Tenticle, Full Throttle...all the best. I'd trade my Xbox to get those games back.

Don't forget Loom and Zak McKraken. (Now that's a game only Zak and I have heard of)

And if lots of people here have heard of Maniac Mansion, how come I've heard so little Maniac Mansion discussion? *Waits to get busted up by LvK*

[ December 05, 2004, 04:45 PM: Message edited by: Sim Kid ]

Ghost Kitty · 12-06-2004, 05:08 PM

PunchOut!!! and Kid Icharis.
Both where some of the best games on the NES.

Sim Kid · 12-06-2004, 07:43 PM

And because I'm sick of waiting for Codie to say it:

Startropics.

Glyph Phoenix · 12-07-2004, 12:18 AM

Quote:

'Day of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max Hit the Road', and especially the 'Monkey Island' series are the main reason I got into PC gaming in the first place.

Dang. When I first saw that the LucasArts point-and-click games were being mentioned, I thought, "Hey! No one's mentioned Monkey Island yet!" But apparantly I was wrong.

How appropriate. You fight like a cow!

11-30-2004, 11:32 PM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Maniac Mansion&Day of the Tentacle: I am probably the only person here who has even heard of Maniac Mansion. Maniac Mansion was a point-and-click adventure for the PC that was developed by LucasArts in the 80's. Yes, believe it or not, there was one point in time in which LucasArts made games that weren't Star Wars. Maniac Mansion was the game that put LucasArts on the map, and it only got one sequel, Day of the Tentacle, which is ten years old. The game was also hillarious, in Maniac Mansion, you had the option of putting a hamster in a microwave (Which I'm sure everyone who has played it has done) and the zany madcap antics continued into Day of the Tentacle. They really should either remake those classics so that they'll work for today's computers or make a new one. How can they let the game that put them on the map die?

12-01-2004, 12:10 AM	#2
[sage] Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Florida Gender: Posts: 18,304 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	Name sounds familiar, although I never played it. I dunno if they're still making Shining force or lufia games, but those series were cool. And SSB better not die.

12-01-2004, 06:49 PM	#3
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,398 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	Before Codie can say it... LEMMINGS

12-01-2004, 07:22 PM	#4
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,142 Thanks: 121 Thanked 176 Times in 121 Posts	^ Curse you. CURSE YOU. Although it wasn't exactly a series, Nightshade. There were many hints that it was getting a sequel such as Sutekh's threat in the ending and it being called "Part 1: The Claws of Sutekh", but obviously the game was so unpopular the sequel never arised. Power Blade: Of course, after playing Power Blade 2, I can see why the series died off. Oh yes. EARTHWORM JIM! Blam Menace 2 the Galaxy. And while I've never played it, I'll still blam Earthworm Jim 3D. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

12-01-2004, 08:00 PM	#5
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Only person to hear of Maniac Manson? Wasn't that on the cover of NP back in the day?

12-01-2004, 08:27 PM	#6
c_jks Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA Posts: 5,631 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Man, those LucasArts point-and-click games were awesome. Sam and Max, The Dig, Manic Mansion, Day of the Tenticle, Full Throttle...all the best. I'd trade my Xbox to get those games back.

12-01-2004, 10:40 PM	#7
[sage] Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Florida Gender: Posts: 18,304 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	Are they that good or is the xbox that bad?

12-01-2004, 11:45 PM	#8
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,142 Thanks: 121 Thanked 176 Times in 121 Posts	AI just pointed something out... lots of people around here have heard of Maniac Mansion. I've heard of it. And if LVK reads that comment, he's gonna locate your house and bust your head in with a mallet. While not as popular as Super Mario World, Maniac Mansion's still a lot less obscure than, say, Wild 9. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there! [ December 01, 2004, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

12-02-2004, 12:53 AM	#9
Perrin Aybara Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Alone....so terribly alone... Some... where... out... there... dies Gender: Posts: 12,760 Thanks: 194 Thanked 504 Times in 235 Posts	Blast. CK beat me to Earthworm Jim.-jay

12-02-2004, 11:15 AM	#10
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	'Day of the Tentacle', 'Sam and Max Hit the Road', and especially the 'Monkey Island' series are the main reason I got into PC gaming in the first place. Oh, and, Capcom, you've had more than enough time--put your next Megaman game on hold for a few days and kick out another 'Power Stone' game, damn it. [ December 02, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: Cap'n Boo from Timbuktu ]

12-02-2004, 07:05 PM	#12
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,142 Thanks: 121 Thanked 176 Times in 121 Posts	claps hands BIONIC COMMANDO! Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

12-02-2004, 07:17 PM	#13
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	toejam and earl. haha j/k, but I used to love playing it with that SEGA gun.

12-02-2004, 08:17 PM	#14
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,398 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	Duck Hunt.

12-04-2004, 10:44 AM	#16
Geno Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Destination Posts: 2,169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	NiGHTS into Dreams. And Power Stone was awesome too.

12-06-2004, 05:08 PM	#18
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	PunchOut!!! and Kid Icharis. Both where some of the best games on the NES.

12-06-2004, 07:43 PM	#19
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	And because I'm sick of waiting for Codie to say it: Startropics.