How to get past copy protection on Manic Mansion?

[Laxity]

I am trying to complete Manic Mantion in DOTT Remastered and when I completed the part where I need to post the demo tape I get asked for a code on the first floor large security door. This has never happened before when I passed through the door until this stage. I pressed random codes and then alarm sounded and the house blew up. I read this is the copy protection on the original game, but how are we supposed to pass this in the remastered version? Did they forget to remove it?

[Penwoopydo]

Check if theres Copy Protection files to decode the questions. (I haven't downloaded the game yet)

[sp3lfanaaT]

i got the game on GoG... havent played MM yet, only recently started to play the DOTT game.


however... i dont know for sure.... but... i do recall this:
the first old classic maniac mansion did require a code for a safe , that could be found by adding radioactive water (i think it was radioactive water) to a certain plant in some corner, climbing in the grown tree would allow to see a certain code or so...
havent tested it yet, but i heard about that long time ago.

I dont know if any real code (ingame or given by the developers is needed)
but the classic game did require some code . for a safe of dr ed or something like that, its 25 years ago, so i dont know for sure...

btw, have any of you guys/girls ever played c64/vic 20? atari 2600 ?
i assume no, well i have been gaming for over 45 years so thats a long time of gaming experience ....

[Darianus]

I never had the original MM, but the original DOTT. I remember there was a description and I think it was the following: In the MM you had to open the door with the code. In Ed's version the door is already open. So just walk through the door and do not touch the panel. I have to admit, that I also fell into the trap and blew the house.

[TheFourteen]

I remember the same bug in the original DotT release. Too bad they didn't fix it.

[sp3lfanaaT]

bug? is there a non fixed bug in the dott remastered edition?
i hope not, cause bugs tend to ruin your gameplay ... makes it quite difficult to progress in the game or even finish it.

[pr0duct1ve]

Hey everyone,

I'll chime in on the Maniac Mansion issue that you are encountering. The steel security door at the top of the stairs on the second floor of the mansion is open by default. Therefore, you can simply walk through it and it will not prevent you from progressing further into the game. That's it! You don't have to use any verbs on it or anything, just move the cross-hair cursor onto the open door and click.

But if you're feeling adventurous.....

This was a copy-protection feature that has since been disabled, but it's certainly not stopping you from reaching one of the many Maniac Mansion failure states.

That door is still very much hooked up to the security electronics grid that Dr. Fred had installed sometime back (you can tell because of the pink and red wires coming out of the door). More specifically, it's a NUKE'M ALARMS Model 21-6 Diablo Series II (Nuclear Reactor not included). Even though the door is open, you can still use the [Open] verb on the door to engage the security measures.

When the keypad pops up, it'll give you a SECTION number along with a numeric row and alphabetic column (i.e. SECTION 3 [H 34] ). At this point you can just lookup the keypad combination in your very own NUKE'M ALARMS Owner's Disarmament Quick Reference Guide[harang.fortunecity.ws] and if you did it right, the security system will remain dormant.

[sp3lfanaaT]

okay, thanks for the reply, now we can continue playing this marvellous game.

[ThunderPeel2001]

Yeah, I was going to say: The security door is already open :)

[IsenMike]

As I recall, the code for the door was originally found in a mock newspaper that came in the box with the floppy disks :)