Maniac Mansion?

[inchofsalt]

Anyone else get flashbacks of Maniac Mansion with the layout of the mansion and the parasites when Susan is kidnapped by the pest control guy? I was exploring the mansion when I realized I knew what room came after the kitchen and then what lay beyond the dining hall, and then the back room with the locked door that leads to the backyard with the pool that's being used as a coolant for the nuclear reactor... well, not really, but it totally explains why the male parasite (who I want to call Fred!) has a wife is dressed up like a nurse (nurse Edna!)

[Oberain]

I know I'm replying a month later but I was about to make the same post. I started the chapter and when "Edna" walked in I had the strange feeling that she looked familiar, when I managed to get up into the house proper I had this uncanny feeling that I had been there before, and by the time I got to the library with the useless spiral staircase I actually freaked out when I realized I was in the maniac mansion house XD

[flesk]

I'm on my first playthrough now, I noticed the same thing and came here to see if anyone else had mentioned it. It was going back from the room with the two light switches and the spiral staircase to the room with the old fashioned radio and the sofa that first made me think "Huh, this kinda looks like Maniac Mansion". Exploring the first floor further made me convinced that this is a pretty elaborate reference to that classic though. Pretty damn neat.

[Zaltys]

Yep, it's intentional: the layout is homage to Maniac Mansion.

[williew705]

I just about jumped for joy, when I found myself in the old mansion. I half expected to find a chainsaw glued to the wall in the kitchen. This game just earned more points for me.

[Novakane732]

No hamster in the microwave! =D

[Chudah]

The name of one of the rare backgrounds you get from crafting the badges is "Mansion of Maniacs." :)

[Priest of Syrinx]

In a phone conversation that takes place there both 'maniac' and 'mansion' are used to describe the place and the residents :)
The first time we see the mansion, someone turns on lights in every room. That's exactly how MM begins.

[Novakane732]

Also the whole "distract with a phonecall" is from Maniac Mansion too!

[kiskil-lilla]

It was like coming back to a place known from your childhood. The house is older now. The graphic got better and all the bright colors became dark.

I knew the entrance hall felt familiar but seeing the kitchen and the living room made it clear to me (and all the other rooms too). The old feeling being afraid to get cought was there again. I was very happy to find the maniac mansion in this game complete with some maniacs living in it.
I had to make screenshots of the so familar rooms^^

And yeah, no hamster but I think there is enough dead matter to make up for that.
Also no tentacles...

When I got the mobile phone, I knew exactly what to do with it. And the distress call dialogue was hilarious.

[Torchiest]

Ha, glad to see others noticed this. For me, as soon as I saw the old radio I had a suspicion, but yeah the next room with the spiral staircase confirmed it. Very neat to see how creepy that house can be with better than CGA graphics lol. Great game too.

[bucihrkc]

The first time I saw the the nurse and the pest control guy, I didn't really think of much. After I entered the mainhall I saw the old clock and thought, how nifty, the same one is in "day of the tentacles". I wonder if you can open it, and suddenly Susan says something about a hidden passage. I was first really amazing by this easter egg. Then I walk further, notice the darkened room... the kitchen? The long dinner table??? Then all happenend at once, the nurse, hiding under the table, THE CLOCK, the whole mansion is a recreation of the maniac mansion!!!! Then I loved this game even more.

[hexOblivione]

This was so awesome. I realized in the kitchen, and then it all just flooded back to me.

[KaylaKaze]

I found this discussion through a Google search because I was thinking the exact same thing.

[flesk]

I've put together an album on Imgur[imgur.com] with stitched together screencaps of the rooms of the mansion. I left out the rooms in the basement, since it's less clear if they're direct references to the dungeon and boiler room in Maniac Mansion.

I had to cheat a bit with one of the images, since one of the rooms is different depending on which way you enter it.

[Torchiest]

Cool, although I didn't feel like the backyard area was an exact match. In a way, I suppose it's sort of a hybrid between the original nuclear pool and the bathroom with Dead Cousin Ted.