jsims@mwunix.mitre.org (James Sims) (01/17/91)
HELP! My son (age 4) enjoys Maniac Mansion, but is stuck. We can't figure out: How to get the man-eating plant to grow up so we can get through the hatch. How to open the door to the lab (we have the glowing key - need # for keypad) How to get the key from the nurse (tried letting her catch someone, but she gets back in time to catch the second person as well) How to open the safe in the attic above the nurse's room. We fixed the wires in the attic, what will that do? (can't seem to get the video games to work, thought they appear to work for professor...) thanks in advance, jim (sims@starbase.mitre.org)
00jeeaton@bsu-ucs.uucp (MIGHTY MERLIN) (01/20/91)
In article <1991Jan17.142218.493@linus.mitre.org>, jsims@mwunix.mitre.org (James Sims) writes: > My son (age 4) enjoys Maniac Mansion, but is stuck. > > We can't figure out: > How to get the man-eating plant to grow up so we can get through the hatch. > How to open the door to the lab (we have the glowing key - need # for keypad) > How to get the key from the nurse (tried letting her catch someone, but she > gets back in time to catch the second person as well) > How to open the safe in the attic above the nurse's room. > We fixed the wires in the attic, what will that do? (can't seem to get the > video games to work, thought they appear to work for professor...) > > thanks in advance, > jim (sims@starbase.mitre.org) I had trouble with the same thing. On the nurse - You are using the correct strategy. Eventually, the second person should be able to grab the key, and head up to the attic above her room. On the man eating plant. I *still* can't figure out how that is supposed to work. But - When I played on an IBM, I managed to cheat by selecting the New Kid option and then clicking on the hatch before selecting the new kid. The old kid would enter the hatch, HOWEVER - after you do this, that kid is stuck there for the rest of the game. Give him a couple dimes. Turn the telescope to the extreme left or right, I can't remember exactly which. That'll give you the safe code #. Post again if you need help from there. I don't want to give the rest away. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | // MIGHTY MERLIN |UUCP:00jeeaton@bsu-ucs.uucp | | // "The sage of might"|bitnet:00jeeaton@bsuvax1.bitnet | | \\ // |internet:00jeeaton@bsu-ucs.bsu.edu | | \X/ | bsu-cs!bsu-ucs!00jeeaton | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------