# Maniac Mansion punk song **URL:** \ **Category:** Fan Art\ **Created:** [January 16, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901 "2022-01-16T10:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/21 "2022-01-18T10:02:05Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > R.E.M. and the Peppers spring to mind as major influences then for some college kids who ventured of into a creepy mansion. What about “Crowded House”? 😉 > [@Sushi](#): > > Then I got a cell phone a few years later and more stupid every year since. Ah! That’s why Ron doesn’t answer phone calls! > [@Sushi](#): > > and the answer: … In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Great. Now I have a earworm… > [@Sushi](#): > > For anyone who doesn’t know the waycool noizbop we’re referring to: @all (and especially @ZakPhoenixMcKracken): Is there a remix of that tune out there? 🤔 > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Reminds me that I probably still haven´t asked him why the Sphinx and the Pyramid are in reverse positions as opposed to real life. Hardware limitations: The C64 loads the Sphinx always first! ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/22 "2022-01-18T11:44:09Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > Heck, in all these years I have only realized it now! > [@Someone](#): > > Hardware limitations: The C64 loads the Sphinx always first! Hehe, my theory is that had it been true to life and you still entered from north (game direction not irl) you would have had to approach the Sphinx facing away from you to the left side with all three of the pyramids on the right side (and none in the background). In Zak you enter from 4 big pyramids in the background (raising the total count of Zak´s big pyramids to 5 instead of 3 😅, yes there are smaller ones but not with the big peaks like that) with the Khufu Pyramid on the left with the Sphinx looking at it to the right instead of away (which is something you can see on every photo where the frontfacing Sphinx has the Khafre Pyramid directly behind it and the Khufu Pyramid slightly to the right). But I only thought of that in recent years as well and didn´t realise that when I was there myself. So they might have re-arrgenged the whole area because it looks and plays better that way (with more pyramids in the backround than just two). But would still be interesting how much thought they put into that. …now, does anyone know how the pyramid plateau in mexico actually looks like? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/23 "2022-01-18T14:23:34Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Is there a remix of that tune out there? Not that I know. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/24 "2022-01-18T19:06:09Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Is there a remix of that tune out there? 🤔 Yes! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QatR2P4eZWs/hqdefault.jpg "Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders - Full OST (FM Towns)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QatR2P4eZWs) (Well I consider that to be a remix of the original) An actual remix on the original hardware of another tune: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UPl64q73hBo/hqdefault.jpg "Zak Mckracken Remix Music (Commodore 64)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPl64q73hBo) This one is pretty impressive too with actual musical instruments: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cbUWSxfYrg0/hqdefault.jpg "Zak McKracken (Remix)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbUWSxfYrg0) There’s a whole bunch of remixes of the intro tune out there, but this one remains the reference version: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QeRNxp6K3j4/maxresdefault.jpg "Commodore 64 music - Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (DUAL SID)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRNxp6K3j4) (I also realize now that one of my favorite tunes, the airport jingle is hard to find as it wasn’t ported to the FMTowns version) ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/25 "2022-01-18T19:30:30Z")
To stay closer to the original topic (haha, as if!) The original [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OXYS2crNTRg/maxresdefault.jpg "Commodore 64 music - Maniac Mansion (DUAL SID)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXYS2crNTRg) The punk remix [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/44x4qacDtEo/hqdefault.jpg "Maniac Mansion Remix Music (Commodore 64)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44x4qacDtEo) The bit-more-than-I-can-bear remix [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pQsxc7di8WY/hqdefault.jpg "maniac mansion マニアックマンション c64 1987 - putzi clubmix [chris grigg lawrence] VGM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsxc7di8WY) The awesome-they-should-play-this-in-a-jazz-club version (keep listening for the bonus bit near the end … that is the kind of music Syd and Razor actually played!) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pvNWM6DPHYY/maxresdefault.jpg "Maniac Mansion C64 piano arrangement") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvNWM6DPHYY) ---
**Author:** ![Festarossa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/festarossa/32/15_2.png) [@Festarossa](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Festarossa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/26 "2022-01-18T20:36:20Z")
This guy reminds me of a certain Italian gentleman I know. There’s especially a slight resemblance around the eyes. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/27 "2022-01-18T20:45:12Z")
> [@Festarossa](#): > > a slight resemblance around the eyes Yeah, I also thought for a minute it was @Guga Must be the joyful light in their eyes while playing “nerdy” videogame music on piano. His youtube channel is has some other great C64 tunes on piano - highly recommended! ---
**Author:** ![Festarossa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/festarossa/32/15_2.png) [@Festarossa](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Festarossa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/28 "2022-01-18T20:54:20Z")
Must to check! But my Italian gentleman is generally called Zak. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/29 "2022-01-19T09:20:37Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Yes! Wohoo! Thanks for the music list(s)! 😃 I’ll listen to them after work! ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/30 "2022-01-19T10:53:02Z")
… well, I was referring to the tune played by Melissa on Mars 😅 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/31 "2022-01-19T10:54:49Z")
> [@Festarossa](#): > > This guy reminds me of a certain Italian gentleman I know. AHAHAHA!!! Well, I should try to play that tune on the piano! ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/32 "2022-01-19T23:19:58Z")
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > I should try to play that tune on the piano! Also listen and try playing some others like Defender of the Crown or Master of Magic (from memory!) here’s the complete playlist: https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLNiL7T-BeNblhNyipn_clAWcJtdcY7-Pq&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/33 "2022-01-20T07:38:20Z")
OK, then: I need a dark red shirt, a black vest, a black bow tie, black pants, a sharp look on camera, that’s all. The face is already like that! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/34 "2022-01-20T13:52:31Z")
You’ll need a few more outfits… (click on the playlist icon on the top to see all 24 videos) Or do you already have a caveman and wrestler with eye patch costume ? 😅 ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/35 "2022-01-20T14:02:42Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > eye patch costume I have this one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901/36 "2022-01-21T17:22:49Z")
You might also need a fingerpoke-worn piano [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/maniac-mansion-punk-song/4901.md?page=1)