Oh, the golden years of adventure games… Back in the day one of the biggest companies cranking out excellent “point and click” games was LucasArts and one of their greatest (if not THE GOAT) and funniest is 1993’s Day of The Tentacle. I loved DoTT, as well as the previous game in the series Maniac Mansion, so I’m super thrilled as original co-project lead Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions have juiced up the classic for the twenty-teens with Day of The Tentacle Remastered.
Can you lead a trio of oddball teens across three eras of time in order to stop a tentacle hell bend on world domination? You’ll have to grab the game and find out!
From Double Fine:
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is a mind-bending, time travel, cartoon puzzle adventure game in which three unlikely friends work together to prevent an evil mutated purple tentacle from taking over the world!
Now, over twenty years later, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects (which the original 90s marketing blurb described as ‘zany!’).
Players are able to switch back and forth between classic and remastered modes, and mix and match audio, graphics and user interface to their heart’s desire. We’ve also included a concept art browser, and recorded a commentary track with the game’s original creators Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Larry Ahern, Peter Chan, Peter McConnell and Clint Bajakian.
Day of the Tentacle was Tim Schafer’s first game as co-project lead, and a much beloved cult classic! This special edition has been lovingly restored and remade with the care and attention that can only come from involving the game’s original creators.
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