Day of the Tentacle Remastered Review
Day of The Tentacle is one of my favorite video games. It’s the follow-up to Ron Gilbert’s iconic Maniac Mansion, and it was made by a Lucasarts development studio that was packed with talent and firing on all the proverbial cylinders. With lead design and writing by Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman, it’s one of gaming’s most charming, well-designed, and generally delightful experiences, and it’s a timeless aesthetically brilliant classic that’s never aged even a single day.
I revisit the game every year and replay the entire thing in a single sitting. I’ve followed this practice since first playing the floppy disk version at the age of nine. The original 1993 release was a remarkable technical achievement in its day. The hand-drawn art, multi-layered music, and brilliant writing truly made it feel like an animated movie you could play. The floppy version had a fully voiced intro, a rare treat at that time, and the CD-ROM version I was able to get with birthday money a year later had full voice acting all the way through.
