# The hypothetical "Ron gets Maniac Mansion IP" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332 "2017-05-09T03:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/41 "2017-06-02T15:30:25Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > But there is other problems. If you look at the way Maniac Mansion is constructed you can still play with just one chracter for like 80% of the game and totally neglect the others. Yes, you have to change the puzzles. Just turning MM into a multi player game won’t work (very well). You have to construct puzzles that have to be solved by two kids. Have a look at The Cave: There are some puzzles where two characters have to work together. > [@yrface](#): > > That’s one solution… another one might be to allow offline players to be controlled by one of the active players (the same way you switch back in forth between kids in the real version). But what happens when the first player rejoins the game? He has in his inventory several “new” items not knowing where they are from. 🙂 > [@yrface](#): > > The more I think about it, the more cans of worms you run into with actually implementing multi-player. Yes. 🙂 (But as I said: I’ve an idea that might work…) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/42 "2017-06-02T15:35:43Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Have a look at The Cave: There are some puzzles where two characters have to work together. I haven´t played The Cave with someone else but I seem to remember there were issues with the 2player mode, can´t remember which, though. But I get the point, there were many situations where you had to switch. That part was done really well. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/43 "2017-06-02T15:37:34Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > But I get the point, there were many situations where you had to switch. That part was done really well. But The Cave was more like a “puzzle platformer”. For example you haven’t an inventory like in TWP. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/44 "2017-06-02T15:38:17Z")
How about a global inventory? ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/45 "2017-06-02T15:44:07Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > But what happens when the first player rejoins the game? He has in his inventory several “new” items not knowing where they are from. 🙂 I imagine there would be a disclaimer in the game warning you that if you exit or go offline, your character will be at the mercy of the other players. Assuming there is an in-game walkie-talkie chat system, friendly players could fill you in on what happened if you needed to take a break. It’s really not fair to the other players to just halt the whole game if someone else has to leave. > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > But there is other problems. If you look at the way Maniac Mansion is constructed you can still play with just one chracter for like 80% of the game and totally neglect the others. Yes, but imagine how fast you could solve the whole thing if 3 people are working simultaneously to solve it? It might even lead to high score boards for best times… though with a game like TWP, I’m not particularly interested in how fast you solve it. It takes away the fun of immersing yourself in the world and trying as many random things as you can think of to find a hidden joke. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/46 "2017-06-02T15:44:13Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > How about a global inventory? Could work but depends on the story: If one kid picks up the rusty key in the sewers, why could the other kid in the bathroom use this key? So you have to construct a story that explains the global inventory. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/47 "2017-06-02T15:46:23Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > I imagine there would be a disclaimer in the game warning you that if you exit or go offline, your character will be at the mercy of the other players. Assuming there is an in-game walkie-talkie chat system, friendly players could fill you in on what happened if you needed to take a break. It’s really not fair to the other players to just halt the whole game if someone else has to leave. Yes. But it would be still frustrating because the other players are pushing the story forward. So the first player will miss parts of the story. Beside that, it’s still irritating to have suddenly “new” objects in the inventory. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/48 "2017-06-02T15:47:43Z")
Or classify objects differently. Keys are seperate from other story objects. But of course that would make some party maybe a bit too easy. ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/49 "2017-06-02T15:51:39Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Or classify objects differently. Keys are seperate from other story objects. But of course that would make some party maybe a bit too easy. Though what you guys are talking about is also interesting, it sounds like you’re thinking of making a whole new game. I was thinking a multi-player Maniac Mansion would be targeted mainly towards people who are already fans and know the story, but want an interesting twist to play an old favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/50 "2017-06-02T15:53:54Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > Though what you guys are talking about is also interesting, it sounds like you’re thinking of making a whole new game. Psssst. 😉 But yes, someday I would like to do that. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/51 "2017-06-02T15:55:28Z")
> [@yrface](#): > > Though what you guys are talking about is also interesting, it sounds like you’re thinking of making a whole new game. Overthinking it? Us? ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/cf1e79f0d744407e5ff59553b1de163a7bee8c6f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![yrface](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/yrface/32/11793_2.png) [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/52 "2017-06-02T15:57:57Z")
This Hide & Shriek game looks pretty awesome (even though it doesn’t look like a classic PnC style adventure). ---
**Author:** ![LogicDeLuxe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/logicdeluxe/32/15335_2.png) [@LogicDeLuxe](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LogicDeLuxe)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/53 "2017-06-02T16:36:56Z")
[quote=“milanfahrnholz, post:26, topic:332”] which I´ve never seen, because I don´t think it was ever on in germany, and I don´t really care either [/quote]I’ve never seen it either. It has a German title though: [https://ssl.ofdb.de/film/109674,Das-Tollhaus](https://ssl.ofdb.de/film/109674,Das-Tollhaus) Considering the overall reviews, I don’t think I have to watch this either. Yet I wonder when and on which channel that was. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/54 "2017-06-02T16:41:59Z")
German wikipedia says Tele 5 from 1991 on and then continued when Tele 5 was changed into Der Kabelkanal (later Kabel 1), which makes this especially puzzling to me that I missed it because I watched Tele 5 _all the time_ in those days. But the name might be a reason, because had it been advertised as Maniac Mansion I no doubt would have checked it out (and suffered Super Mario Bros The Movie proportions of dissaspointment, no doubt.) ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/55 "2017-06-02T16:42:06Z")
> [@LogicDeLuxe](#): > > I’ve never seen it either It was on “Kabel 1”: > **[Das Tollhaus im Fernsehen (Kabel Eins)](https://www.fernsehserien.de/das-tollhaus/im-tv/kabel-eins)** > > Übersicht aller Kabel Eins-Sendetermine der TV-Serie Das Tollhaus. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/56 "2017-06-02T16:44:24Z")
A postive thing might be the fact that Eugene Levy was involved as a writer, who is undoubletly more talented than you would gather from his appearances in those dreadful American Pie movies. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/57 "2017-06-02T16:44:28Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > Tele 5 was changed into Der Kabelkanal (later Kabel 1) No. Tele5 was discontinued and owned by a different company (Kabelkanal was Kirch Media, Tele5 was/is Tele München Gruppe). ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332/58 "2017-06-02T16:46:58Z")
Mmmhh, yes the reception of Tele 5 was taken over by DSF (Sport1 today) but for some reason several longer running shows from Tele5 were taken over by either Kabel1 and later RTL2. ---
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I remember the Maniac Mansion TV show. It was on the Family Channel in the US. I saw it once or twice but was totally confused by it–it was just about a weird family and none of them seemed to actually be the characters from the game. I think there were the parents, and there was an unintelligent giant and a guy who was out of the “Help Me” bit from the Fly. ---
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> [@a.ammo](#): > > I remember the Maniac Mansion TV show I watched the intro of the first season (it’s on YouTube), and at a certain point is written “based on an original computer game by LUCASFILM GAMES”. The intro itself has many references to the game. So why the episodes are completely far from Maniac Mansion characters and story? What’s the meaning? Just a bait? (I’m not blaming you, of course, those are unanswered questions that I am carrying from a lot of time!) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/njj-t-WNdag/hqdefault.jpg "Maniac Mansion Season 1 intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njj-t-WNdag) [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-hypothetical-ron-gets-maniac-mansion-ip-thread/332.md?page=4)