How to Extract the original DOTT and Maniac Mansion

[Flaming Nachos]

So I got a copy of DOTT Remastered this evening and upon going into Weird Ed's Room, I found that the version of Maniac Mansion included here is not the c64 but the enhanced version for DOS. This got me excited as Maniac Mansion was released before my time, and my only experience with it was the version packaged in the cdrom release of DOTT.

I then started to see if there was a way to extract the original DOTT game along with Maniac Mansion. This will be useful for any new comers who want to get this but would also like to play DOTT and MM on one of the many SCUMMVM ports.


After doing some searching on the web, I found a neat tool called DoubleFineExplorer which opens the archive files for Double Fine Games for extraction. After extracting the entire data file I stumbled across two juicy bits of info

#In the classic/en folder are three files:

tentacle.000
tentacle.001
monster.sou

These are the data files for the original DOTT.

To find Maniac Mansion. Go to the root directory of the archive and open the folder maniac. In there will be all the data files for Maniac Mansion.

I will add more info, but right it is very late and I have work in the morning :(

[AaronSan]

Wait, I haven;t had time to mess with this since getting it, but is Maniac Mansion included? I thought it was just DoTT

[Flaming Nachos]

Hi,

The archive file that is installed with DOTT Remastered, includes the original DOTT and the enhanced remake of Maniac Mansion that was released for DOS. As was said in my previous post, you can extract the data files for these games to run them in SCUMMVM.

Regards,

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by AaronSan:

Wait, I haven;t had time to mess with this since getting it, but is Maniac Mansion included? I thought it was just DoTT

Yes they confirmed it contained Maniac Mansion before release.

[AaronSan]

That makes this purchase even better, thanks guys,

[*P0P$*FR3$H3NM3Y3R*]

Yes i just came across this. This is awesome..thanks for the heads up!!!

[levlin]

Thank you very much for the information will have to try it myself soon

[F*ck Norris]

how did this get past me, Maniac Mansion is the first game i ever completed and one of the best games i ever played in the days of IBM or Apple. Loved and hated my Franklyn Ace 500( Apple IIe). You could actually explode a hamster in the microwave...