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the Nintendo version of Maniac Mansion. This was going to be LucasArt's first Nintendo cartridge. It was an important project, but the management at Games was overloaded and the project was slipping between the cracks. I volunteered to manage its completion.

Things in Maniac Mansion
http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html#Things
Post edited October 18, 2009 by Weclock
Interesting article, and an excellent example of exactly why Nintendo sucks so much.
They insist that their standards are not intended to make their products bland, but that is the inevitable result.

Well put.
Post edited October 18, 2009 by Wishbone
Back then Nintendo were so anal they were like the Eye of Sauron crossed with goatse.
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Navagon: Back then Nintendo were so anal they were like the Eye of Sauron crossed with goatse.

Yes, we could have had Maniac Mansion on a black Tengen cartridge!!
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JudasIscariot: Yes, we could have had Maniac Mansion on a black Tengen cartridge!!

It would be weird playing Lucasarts adventure games on a console though.