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Bring architects to tears with your very own Maniac Mansion map 15 Aug, 2022 / 0 comments

Though the geography of the Edison mansion makes about as much sense as the Overlook Hotel when you try to diagram it out, the principles of sound engineering haven’t stopped amusing attempts at visualizing some parody of a floor plan. Take, for example, this loose stab at the impossible from the game’s Nintendo Power preview back in the fall of 1990:

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Nintendo Power Issue #16 (September/October 1990) Maniac Mansion Feature 3/6
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Nintendo Power Issue #16 (September/October 1990) Maniac Mansion Feature 4/6

Well, it looks like you’ll be seeing another attempt to map the mansion, along with the overworlds to 35 or so other NES games. It’s all part of the upcoming book Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom: Greatest Hits Edition, which appear to be a curated version of a larger book. Here’s a promotional tweet that shows Maniac Mansion made the cut:

Pre-order the book here.

Source: Retro Game Books

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