tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post4137614987794539184..comments2024-03-28T06:43:37.598-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: Adventure of the Week: Mystic Mansion (1983)StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-23198307582010987482015-02-08T19:28:44.127-08:002015-02-08T19:28:44.127-08:00I used to play this when I was very young all summ...I used to play this when I was very young all summer and try to beat it. I remember it was very difficult to load and my father had to help me, but was bitten by spider bites. Remember going into the kitchen where it was dark and I had to find a lamp before going back in there. The chest had a chain in it and then you would open a door thinking you were falling to your death. Your chain would snag on a root and you were saved. Joe D. DeJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801718130441451712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-22893809757932448052014-08-17T12:13:01.574-07:002014-08-17T12:13:01.574-07:00I was wondering the same thing! The two games are...I was wondering the same thing! The two games are by different authors, but the styles are similar. There were a lot of escape-the-mansion adventures at the time, so the common theme doesn't surprise me. I'm probably just exaggerating the similarities by playing them close together, but if this was a trend it doesn't seem to have existed beyond the CoCo! Since the Lurkley Manor code was published in a magazine, Mystic Mansion's author might have borrowed from it, using disk-based graphics instead of drawing the images on the fly. The code is fairly simple so it's hard to tell if there's any direct influence.StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-73270854593694335282014-08-17T11:31:37.445-07:002014-08-17T11:31:37.445-07:00Between this and Lurkley Manor, what was going on ...Between this and Lurkley Manor, what was going on with the CoCo and multiple-choice, escape-the-mansion adventures?Pippa's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14915365391240691792noreply@blogger.com