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800 gamers tried to beat an '80s adventure without a walkthrough—only 2 did - Only .25% of players completed the AGAT, the Adventure Game Aptitude Test, designed by fiendish developer Woe Industries. (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I have absolutely zero clue about this Manic Mansion since this is the first time I've ever heard of it, but I am definitely gonna give it a 4 hour challenge, if I can find a copy online. Probably gonna find one on the wayback machine web archive.

I'm genuinely curious if I can beat an old game I have zero clue about in under 4 hours, which I doubt I can. Gonna be a late night, as usual, for me.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Make sure to use ScummVM to play it! DOSBox is a great way to play a lot of classic PC games but ScummVM is better for any games it supports. This is because ScummVM is a modern engine that runs old adventure games which are written as scripts that run on an interpreter. This beats running an old engine on DOS through DOSBox!

    For the game itself I recommend the Internet archive! You can find it as part of the ExoDOS collection or standalone!

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I had planned on using ScummVM after seeing a comment about it here but this actually really helps. My search for the game was leading me towards getting it on GoG, but I'm trying my hardest to save money, so this helps a lot.

    Thank you so much!

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