Day of the Tentacle

Video Game
1993
E

IMDb RATING

8.9/10

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Slapstick Adventure Animation Comedy Sci-Fi

A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.

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IMDb RATING

8.9/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Denny Delk

Hoagie
(voice)
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Jane Jacobs

Laverne
(voice)
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Nick Jameson

Doctor Fred Edison
(voice)
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Ginny Westcott

Betsy Ross
(voice)
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David Kirk Traylor

Ed Edison
(voice)
(as David Traylor)
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Peggy Roberts-Hope

Edna Edison
(voice)
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Richard Sanders

Bernard Bernoulli
(voice)

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Trivia
Originally, there was not going to be voice acting and there would be six playable characters at the start. Apart from Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne, there would also be Razor (the female musician from Maniac Mansion (1987)), Moonglow (a short character in baggy clothes) and Chester (a beat poet). Because of design issues and memory limitations, Moonglow and Razor were omitted early on, while Chester became the basis for the twins Jed and Ned Edison. When Myst (1993) came out, it popularized voice acting in games, and when the game's original deadline could not be met, the creative team decided to make use of the extra development time to make Day of the Tentacle their first "talkie game". The disk version only had voice acting in the introduction, while the CD-ROM version had talking throughout the game.

Goofs
Hoagie finds dry spaghetti in the Colonial-era mansion kitchen. Italian cuisine did not make it to the United States until the 19th century. Therefore, it's highly unlikely someone would have pasta in their kitchen around this time.

Quotes
Laverne: This is all your fault Bernard.
Dr. Fred: Behold, children! The Chron-O-John!
Hoagie: Doc, can't you just send Bernard?
Dr. Fred: No, you must all go to increase the odds that one of you will make it there alive.
Bernard: Has any people even been hurt in this thing?
Dr. Fred: Of course not! This is the first time, I never tried it on people.

Crazy credits
The LucasArts logo at the end of the game has a golden tentacle appear and scare off the Gold Guy and take his place.

Connections
Featured in Icons: LucasArts (2003)

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10/10

An era sadly over

I love video games of all types, but graphic adventures hold a place in my heart like no other. Of all of the great point-and-click adventures that I can give a 10/10 to, which is a lot of games, I put Day of the Tentacle ABOVE even those, because it alone stands the test of time and is just as fun now as it was over 10 years ago... except the Monkey Islands were equally good as well... except part 4 when they dropped the hand- drawn graphics and went 3-D...meh. All I know is: if I was rich, I would produce games for Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer to create for the public. We need them... ANYWAY

This game is hilarious with gorgeous hand drawn animations/graphics/backgrounds, the voice acting is top-notch, the writing is incredible (dialogue and plot). There are elements to this game that will stay with you forever. The mark of a truly great game.

I have played through tons and tons of games all the way from Pong when I was really young to the Xbox360 and nothing is as meaningful to me as those great adventures where either dying didn't happen or it was at least fun to watch...