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201685/100
Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventure

Comedy · Fantasy · Historical · Sci-Fi · Time Manipulation

Day of the Tentacle's brilliance lies in its seamless integration of time travel into its puzzle design. Players hop between three distinct characters, each stranded in different eras, to manipulate the environment and solve puzzles across past, present, and future. The game's sharp wit and playful animation style, hallmarks of LucasArts' golden age, ensure that every interaction and location feels brimming with personality, making repeated playthroughs a joy.

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Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is a mind-bending, time travel, cartoon puzzle adventure game in which three unlikely friends work together to prevent an evil mutated purple tentacle from taking over the world! Now, over twenty years later, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects (which the original 90s marketing blurb described as "zany!") Players are able to switch back and forth between classic and remastered modes, and mix and match audio, graphics and user interface to their heart's desire. We’ve also included a concept art browser, and recorded a commentary track with the game’s original creators Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Larry Ahern, Peter Chan, Peter McConnell and Clint Bajakian. Day of the Tentacle was Tim Schafer’s first game as co-project lead, and a much beloved cult classic! This special edition has been lovingly restored and remade with the care and attention that can only come from involving the game's original creators. It’s coming to Windows, OSX, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita early next year!

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A love letter to classic LucasArts adventures, this game offers a modern take on the genre with a Twin Peaks-esque mystery, multiple playable characters, and plenty of meta-humor.

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  • Designed by the creators of Day of the Tentacle, it meticulously recreates the classic point-and-click mechanics, including the verb coin and inventory management.
  • Criteria - Strong Story, Adventure, Puzzle: Features a complex, branching story with multiple playable characters whose paths intertwine, all driven by solving an array of logical and sometimes absurd puzzles.
  • Embraces the comedic and meta-narrative elements of its predecessors, offering self-aware humor and challenging puzzles that feel right at home with Day of the Tentacle's design philosophy.
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Like Day of the Tentacle, this is a LucasArts adventure game with a distinct art style and a quirky story, focusing on a biker gang leader framed for murder rather than time-traveling nerds.

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  • Features the classic LucasArts point-and-click interface and inventory-based puzzles, requiring clever solutions and exploration of dialogue options.
  • Criteria - Strong Story, Adventure, Puzzle: A compelling narrative unfolds through exploration and solving environmental puzzles, driving the plot forward.
  • Boasts a unique cartoonish art style and a memorable cast of characters with witty dialogue, similar to the comedic tone of Day of the Tentacle.
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Step into a film noir-inspired afterlife, where a travel agent for the dead gets entangled in a conspiracy. It shares Day of the Tentacle's blend of humor, unique world-building, and challenging puzzles.

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  • A classic adventure game from the same era and developer, offering intricate, multi-part puzzles that often require creative thinking and combining seemingly unrelated items.
  • Criteria - Strong Story, Adventure, Puzzle: The game is a narrative-driven adventure with a rich plot, and progress is gated by solving a variety of clever puzzles.
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Another timeless LucasArts gem, this game immerses you in a pirate adventure filled with witty dialogue, eccentric characters, and some of the most famously challenging puzzles in the genre.

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  • Offers classic point-and-click gameplay with a focus on inventory puzzles and dialogue trees, requiring players to think creatively and interact with a bizarre world.
  • Criteria - Strong Story, Adventure, Puzzle: A grand adventure with a memorable narrative, where progress is entirely dependent on solving a wide variety of often non-linear puzzles.
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