Maniac Mansion?

[TFM]

Green screen is not a resource! It's more like ebola.

Bioweapons!!! Sure just put it in the North sea!! Grumpf!!! Humans!!!!!!

[villain]

Well they build a CPC-reef now... Full of life!

I could offer you two greenies to extend the reef. Do you need them? 

[TFM]

I could offer you two greenies to extend the reef. Do you need them? 

Better save them! They are really good for coding! Better than any emulator 

[trocoloco]

Better save them! They are really good for coding! Better than any emulator 

I'm with you! is always better the real thing even if its all green!
there's nothing bad about green, can't go wrong when using the colour of nature. 

[MacDeath]

Also called the HULK monitor... the greener it is the more angry you get...

[TFM]

Also called the HULK monitor... the greener it is the more angry you get...

Hey wait!!! This ape from WinApe throws a _Color_ Monitor. He never would do that to a Greeny Screeny 

[arnoldemu]

I could offer you two greenies to extend the reef. Do you need them? 

now I want to see a cpc that can drive 4 green screen monitors and have an extended basic screen 
Just like my PC can.

[Devilmarkus]

now I want to see a cpc that can drive 4 green screen monitors and have an extended basic screen 
Just like my PC can.

Well I only can offer you my dual-core CPC 464 with 4 colour screens!

[ervin]

 

Now you're playing with power!

[Gryzor]

Guys... back on topic?

[Grumbler]

There's a nice presentation by Ron Gilbert, the creator of Maniac Mansion, about the game:


http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014732/Classic-Game-Postmortem-MANIAC


Maybe it's worth a hint or two for you guys.

[STE86]

you may find this interesting:

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014732/Classic-Game-Postmortem-MANIAC

personally i would have thought the c64 graphics would be easier to duplicate than the PC versions given the fact that the c64 is drawn with character set (watch the video) and is therefore unlikely to use it's greys whilst trying to generate a colourful backdrop.

Steve

[TFM]

you may find this interesting:

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014732/Classic-Game-Postmortem-MANIAC

personally i would have thought the c64 graphics would be easier to duplicate than the PC versions given the fact that the c64 is drawn with character set (watch the video) and is therefore unlikely to use it's greys whilst trying to generate a colourful backdrop.

Steve

Aehm! The link is the same than the link from Grumler (Thanks to both of you here). But using the c64 gfx would be a shame! In this case just go and play it on a c64. The CPC should have its superior gfx in use. The only proper way is IMHO to draw it from scratch on the CPC.

[MacDeath]

The PC and C64 versions are a starting basis...
But the Amiga-Atari (were there ?) are perhaps a clever port choice (graphically...).

Anyway, the PC use a 160x200x16/16 mode... the "superCGA"...sort of or Half EGA...
the palette is just the CGA full palette (unless the composite CGA trick is used...) so the only thing the CPC lacks is a second grey... or the Brown, yet is quite possible to "cheat" a do without...