1987 was the release of Maniac Mansion. It would be the start of long and storied career for both Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, two of gaming’s most lauded graphic adventure game creators who went on to create The Secret of Monkey Island in 1990. These point-and-click games built on the foundations of text adventures that came before them,…
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A self-aware parody of classic graphic adventure games
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Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick at the helm
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Great length for an inexpensive game
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Modern day gamers may miss some modern gaming amenities
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Plays very much like a PC adventure, hard to reconcile a cursor with a controller
