Cover art by Peter Chan depicting the three playable characters (Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne) running from the tentacle antagonist
Developer(s)
LucasArts[a]
Publisher(s)
LucasArts[b]
Director(s)
Dave Grossman
Tim Schafer
Producer(s)
Dave Grossman
Tim Schafer
Designer(s)
Tim Schafer
Dave Grossman
Artist(s)
Peter Chan
Writer(s)
Tim Schafer
Dave Grossman
Ron Gilbert
Gary Winnick
Composer(s)
Clint Bajakian
Peter McConnell
Michael Land
Engine
SCUMM
Platform(s)
Mac OS
MS-DOS
Windows
OS X
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita
iOS
Linux
Xbox One
Release
June 25, 1993
Mac OS, MS-DOS
NA: June 25, 1993[3]
EU/AU: July 1993[1][2]
OS X, PS4, Vita, Win
WW: March 22, 2016
iOS, Linux
WW: July 11, 2016
Xbox One
WW: October 29, 2020
Genre(s)
Graphic adventure
Mode(s)
Single-player
Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle,[5][6] is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle - a sentient, disembodied tentacle - from taking over the world. The player takes control of the trio and solves puzzles while using time travel to explore different periods of history.
Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer co-led the game's development, their first time in such a role. The pair carried over a limited number of elements from Maniac Mansion and forwent the character selection aspect to simplify development. Inspirations included Chuck Jones cartoons and the history of the United States. Day of the Tentacle was the eighth LucasArts game to use the SCUMM engine.
The game was released simultaneously on floppy disk and CD-ROM to critical acclaim and commercial success. Critics focused on its cartoon-style visuals and comedic elements. Day of the Tentacle has featured regularly in lists of "top" games published more than two decades after its release, and has been referenced in popular culture. A remastered version of Day of the Tentacle was developed by Schafer's current studio, Double Fine Productions, and released in March 2016, for OS X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows, with an iOS and Linux port released in July the same year, and then later for Xbox One in October 2020.
^"Game Zone". Derby Evening Telegraph. July 7, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2024. Day of the Tentacle is available on IBM/PC at £42.99 and CD ROM version for £45.99
^Black, Dorian (July 27, 1993). "Computer game gives players a certain flush of success". The Age. p. 30. Retrieved April 7, 2024. Day of the Tentacle: Maniac Mansion II (CD-ROM) by Lucas Arts. Price: $89.95
^"Retroradar: Retrodiary". Retro Gamer (91). Imagine Publishing: 15. June 2011.
^"Quite the classiest of mansions". The East Kent Gazette. July 28, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved April 7, 2024. The game of the week, Day of the Tentacle (US Gold), will surely be one of the highlights of this year.
^"20th Anniversary". LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006.
^"Games by Platform". LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010.
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