Monk

First, let me apologize for replying to such an old message, but as no one else corrected these mistakes, it's my duty then.

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How can anyone else know if what you think you can you have heard is true or false. I mean, if you are saying that "Is it true that I think I can have heard the C64 Maniac Mansion is good", how can anyone possible know whether it's true that you think that or not (unless they are telepathic/psychic/etc.)?

Second of all, the C64 version of Maniac Mansion is _NOT_ a port. It is THE ORIGINAL. It is the best, the most glorious, the most beautiful and the most aurally pleasurable version - in addition to being the most atmospheric and the most immersive too. It is simply the best computer/video game that has ever been made that I am aware of so far.

As to someone here saying they like the C64 version for it's quirks - let me remind again, that it is THE ORIGINAL. The original can't have "quirks", it is what the other versions are compared to. The others try to be like it, and when they fail, they have 'quirks'. The C64 version does not have quirks, it only has features. PC version has quirks, it has bugs, it crashes more and has some things changed (for the worse, of course - you can't improve perfection). And, it doesn't look as good because of the lack of the PAL-effect (though I am sure NTSC produces something similar), a bit wrong colors, and too sharp pixels on a typical PC monitor (even at the time). But worst of all, originally such an atmospheric, spine-tingling and mystique-creating, exciting and immersive soundworld is of course totally, TOTALLY destroyed by the rapings of the screeching PC beeper/speaker.

So - to sum it up: the C64 version is not a PORT, it's the only version that is not a port - it is the original. And comparison to the PC version, stating that the original has quirks, is simply a horrendous injustice to a unique work of art the likes of which I have never seen before Maniac Mansion, nor have ever seen anything like it ever since. But maybe some day.. so please don't make such comparisons which would imply that they are almost as good, let alone that the C64 version would be somehow worse - because the truth of the matter is that the C64 version is so good that all the other versions can barely even be seen as 'versions' of Maniac Mansion - just pale shadowy production line copies with no soul and no atmosphere. Especially the Amiga version and the later redone PC-version are total lark's vomits and shouldn't be played, except just to see how ridiculously awful they really are in comparison to the MASTERPIECE that is the Commodore 64 version of Maniac Mansion (especially played with an OC-118N disk drive with it's atmospheric howling, during an autumn night when the moon is full and the air is thick with mystical atmosphere).

- Monk