I remember that summer before my sophomore year in high school, when my parents got us a computer. It was a 286 processor with 56kbs of RAM, with a CMYK monitor. It had a floppy disk drive, (5 1/4 floppy disks were 360-800kbs only) and built-in speakers. Powerful thing during those days, but quite pitiful by today's standards. I learned to use Wordstar and Lotus on that thing. I learned to touch type. I also learned basic programming and how to make batch files.
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Clockwise (L-R) from upper left hand corner: Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion,
Pirates of the Barbary Coast, Sam & Max, Prince of Persia (photos from Moby Games)
But the best part of that computer was the new array of games we could play. LucasArts, at that time, had the best games. And my siblings and I spent most of our summer (when there were no 8-hour power failures), playing. We also had Win, Lose or Draw, Family Feud and Wheel of Fortune. I can still remember the midi sound track to all those games.
Maniac Mansion Intro
There was no internet back then. No walkthroughs to download. They could be procured from the computer shops that charged a minimal fee for printing costs. I remember my classmate in HS gave me the walkthrough for Maniac Mansion. It was a big relief for us to finish that game because we got stuck at some point.
There are revamped versions of this game. I have finished Prince of Persia Sands of Time and Warrior Within. I have Sam & Max on my iPod. I'm going to try the new Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island. I hope I will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed their original versions.
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