Maniac Mansion (Famicom) English translation
マニアックマンション
Patch Clan's English translation of Jaleco's Japanese Famicom version of Maniac Mansion, a different conversion from the familiar NES release.
What's translated
The patch covers the Japanese Famicom conversion of Maniac Mansion, which differs from the Western NES game in engine, art and room layout. Dialogue, object descriptions, the inventory, room names, the kids' profiles, the intro, the password screens and the epilogue are in English, as are the developers' hidden messages tucked into the game.
Other changes
Patch Clan also repaired the game over screen and the giving of items, reordered the verb commands and added battery saving. The save feature relies on a larger cartridge board, so an emulator that supports that board is needed.
Playing it
The patch is applied to your own copy of the game, following the instructions on Patch Clan's project page, which also has the patch's history.