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Three time travelers, one mansion, zero regrets except my sleep schedule that week.
Game entry
Day of the Tentacle
1993 · Point-and-click, Adventure · Mac, DOS, Amiga · LucasArts
Day of the Tentacle is ranked no. 152 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,815 and 80% of duels won.
World rank
no. 152
ELO score
1,815
Wins
80%
Duels played
206
About Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The game's plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle — a sentient, disembodied tentacle — from taking over the world. The player takes control of the three and solves puzzles while using time travel to explore different periods of history.
Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer co-led the game's development, their first time in such a role. The pair carried over a limited amount of elements from Maniac Mansion and forwent the character selection aspect to simplify development. Inspirations included Chuck Jones cartoons and the history of the United States. Day of the Tentacle is the eighth LucasArts title to use the SCUMM engine, and the company's first title to feature voice acting.
The game was released simultaneously on floppy disk and CD-ROM to critical acclaim and commercial success. Critics focused on its cartoon-style visuals and comedic elements. Day of the Tentacle has featured regularly in lists of "top" games published more than two decades after its release, and aspects have been referenced in popular culture.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,815 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against The Walking Dead 50% 8 duels played · 25 points ahead
- against The Wolf Among Us 71% 7 duels played · 115 points ahead
- against The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 80% 5 duels played · 194 points ahead
- against Twelve Minutes 75% 4 duels played · 295 points ahead
- against Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 25% 4 duels played · 9 points behind
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11 comments
Alaina_61
Three time travelers, one mansion, zero regrets except my sleep schedule that week.
Silent_Bazin
Mon fauteuil se souvient encore de ces heures là, contrairement à moi qui ai tout oublié sauf le mercredi perdu.
NeonWarden
The puzzle design is genuinely clever and holds together across the three time periods, though some solutions rely on logic that only makes sense once you already know the answer. Still a landmark for the genre either way.
CoopKnight4
Landmark maybe, but plenty of players (myself included) bounce off logic that clever mostly in hindsight.
Corwin18
Played this with my brother taking turns solving puzzles, and it still holds up better than most of the newer story adventures we compare it to like The Walking Dead.
Celia_44
me alegra ver que no soy la única que vota por costumbre, aunque sea contra juegos tan distintos como Twelve Minutes
ComboLegend
Le mien c'était plutôt un mercredi après-midi entier bloqué sur la même énigme, sans frère pour partager la honte.
Eloisa_40
It deserves way more respect than a 197th spot. This ranking undersells it constantly.
Jermain_49
So the ranking is wrong because you say so? Genuinely curious what would convince you it's fine.
IronRider
Lo rejugué hace poco y sigo votando por él cada vez que aparece en un duelo, aunque ya ni me acuerdo cuántas veces van, unas quince quizás. A estas alturas ya ni espero que suba mucho en la clasificación, pero ahí sigo, votando.