About Maniac Mansion

The Japanese Famicom version of Maniac Mansion was developed by Jaleco and while it is essentially Maniac Mansion it is not the same game as the port done by LucasFilm Games with some development also by Realtime Associates. The LucasFilm Games version is the one that was translated and published in every other region. The LucasFilm Games version uses battery backed save RAM. The Famicom version credits simple show Maniac Mansion Project Room as the creators and coordinated by Hiroyo Odachi. The The LucasFilm Games version has a full list of credits. No people developed for both versions. These two game are as different as the different versions of Tetris for NES.