Can I just check that breaking the jar of developer fluid won’t stop me completing the game? I don’t think it does, but just checking!
- Sure you can!
- Au contraire!
But it also depends on who you´re playing with if you need it at all.
Another tip is when you have Bernard on your team you´re eliminating the majority of the dead ends.
Thanks.
Dammit, I avoided using Bernard due to his fear of tentacles.
The in my opinion worst dead end can be avoided by thinking “mmhhh, now how did I do that in Thimbleweed Park?”
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You’re fine. Depending on your team, you might have to do just that.
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lol curious now. anyone knows?
That’s true 
This is what happens when you press the ‘release’ button on Steam and immediately manufacture those floppies instead of waiting for a more stable version…
Btw. I would have preferred v2 with its gorgeous EGA graphics anyway…
Yes, this one was fine but as a general rule of thumb:
If you break something or make something irreversible: Remember that you can do that but leave it until you have a reason to do it (ensure you have a savegame before trying stuff out and then revert back to it).
Other than that there is only one timed event which could possibly make you game unwinnable.
IMHO Maniac Mansion it’s really not that bad regarding dead ends.
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In this very first version they really had to save every byte to fit the game on the floppy.
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Thanks for all the fish I mean tips. I’m making sure I have lots of saved games. There are a few things I remember from when I tried to complete it a while back (such as the paint remover) so at least I can be careful with those.
Otherwise I feel I should play it as it’s meant to be played and if I hit a dreaded dead-end, so be it (famous last words).
According to Ron it never meant to have those dead ends (excluding those where 1, 2, 3 or millions of people die).
A few bascis:
- Having Bernard on your team eliminates some of the dead ends.
- Bernard and Jeff or Razor and Syd are redundant combinations.
- You can go through the entire game without ever getting caught but only with Bernard or Jeff.
- Intercept the package!
- Cut Scenes have hints.
- The owls are not what they seem.
- The truth is out there.
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Those aren’t basics, those are the conclusions after finishing the game a lot of times…
If you are talking about what I think you are then you should visit a zoo soon!
Hint: This is an owl: 
Mhh, right. I don´t think the game has any basics…
This is a picture from the Zoo in the town I was born in.
I rest my case…
Hm, still, I don’t want to abuse my 2018 position.
Ooh don’t tell me too much. I knew about the package though. Apparently I’ve chosen a ‘redundant combination’ but I’m not starting over now! I wouldn’t have known that back in 1987 (not at first, anyway, and I had no friends).
I know, I’ve muted it on Twitter 
though I did see Gill’s new hair which doesn’t affect the series but makes me a bit sad nonetheless.
Sooner or Later you will find a Big Red Button.
Whatever decision you make, please let us know what happened…
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I´ll leave it at that. Not intercepting the package is a dead end though which you will only discover very late in the game so I just wanted to spare you that frustration (I think that was the timed event someone else mentioned earlier).
Oh, silly me assumed you were still talking about Maniac Mansion, I was thinking about those gargoyles
Yeah, those last two don´t really belong there.
BTW: For some reason the Gargoyles are “Kobolde” in the german version.
Wouldn't this make more sense? Who puts Wasserspeier indoors anyway?
Well, a crazy person named Fred does!
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