Day of the Tentacle Remastered First Look

If you’ll be at IndieCade then be sure to check out the Double Fine booth and give Day of the Tentacle a whirl for adventure fans everywhere.

I hadn’t played Maniac Mansion, but I had recognised the LucasArts logo having played and loved Monkey Island so it was a no brainer. In the original it was possible to choose three different characters, each one having their own unique abilities and skills – although Bernard was always a must to have on the team. “I grabbed the stiffy disk version, because in 1993 I didn’t have a CD-Rom yet, so went home, and installed the game from the 6 included 3.5” disks.

It also has remastered sound, an optional modern UI, and the whole original Maniac Mansion as a bonus, as well as commentary from Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Larry Ahern, Peter Chan, Peter McConnell and Clint Bajakian. The original game had a cumbersome control scheme with a lot of different buttons and interactivity options, which made it hard for a few gamers to grasp how to interact with a few aspects of the game’s environments.

One of the breakthroughs of the original Day of the Tentacle was the classic Looney Tunes sensibility that ran through nearly every aspect of the game.

“It’s just really nice to revisit them and to remember those games and what was good about them and learn from them again”. The Day of the Tentacle remaster, like Grim Fandango before it, is due for release in 2016 on PlayStation 4, PC, and Mac.

This will be the second time Double Fine has restored an old classic adventure from the studio’s founder, Tim Schafer, back when he was still at Lucasarts.