Maniac Mansion - Classic Solution

Getting Started
Go to the front of the mansion and pick up the bushes on the left, the door mat 
and the key. Unlock the front door and go in. Go through the door on the far right, 
then the next door on the far right (notice the key in the chandelier). Turn on the 
lamp and go to the loose panel on the far right. Pull the panel, pick up the cassette 
tape and go back to the entrance hall. Push the gargoyle on the right while another 
character goes to the basement. Turn on the light, pick up the silver key and leave 
the basement. Next, go through the door by the grandfather clock and get the 
flashlight. Open the refrigerator and get the can of Pepsi and the old batteries. Go 
through the dining room to the storage room and get the jar and the fruit drink, 
then unlock the door with the silver key and enter the swimming pool area. Fill 
the jar in the pool and then return to the entrance area.

Upstairs, Downstairs
Put someone by the mailbox to wait for the package, then go upstairs and enter 
the room on the left. Pick up the wax fruit and paint remover and leave the room. 
Use the keypad, enter the correct codes and go through the security door. Go up 
the stairs on the right and give the wax fruit then the fruit drink to the green 
tentacle. Next, go up the stairs on the left and enter the first door on the left. Get 
the dime and walk to the ladder by the bed. Climb up the ladder, get the record 
and the key from the right wall of the room, then go back down to the hallway. 
Enter the fourth room on the right, use the hunk-a-matic machine and leave. 
When the doorbell rings, switch to the mailbox and get the stamps from the 
package (don’t pick up the package itself). Switch back to the top floor, and while 
Ed is out of his room, go in. Get the hamster and the card key, then open the bank 
and get at least three dimes - be sure to leave quickly or he will catch you. Next, 
enter the right-hand door and use the jar on the man-eating plant. Use the paint 
remover on the blotch on the wall then return to the second floor. 
Enter the codes for the security door and go through. Go to the door on the right 
and enter the room where the piano is, use the cassette on the player and the 
record on the Victrola. Turn on the cassette and the Victrola, then turn off the 
cassette player and pick up the tape. Leave the room and go downstairs to the 
room on the right. Open the cabinet door and use the cassette on the player, then 
turn on the player and get the rusty key (this will get you out of the dungeon). 
Grab the tape and leave the room. Go back upstairs to the piano room with 
someone who can play it, use the cassette in the recorder, turn on the recorder and 
play the piano. Then turn on the TV and watch it. Get the cassette and leave the 
room, letting Dave watch the TV for the address. Go to the room where the green 
tentacle is and give it the tape, then pick up the demo tape and leave. 

Combination Moves
Bring another person to the top floor and then give dimes to both of the 
characters. Have them enter the room with the man-eater and then switch to Dave. 
Position Dave by the door to the right of the radio room on the top floor. Go into 
the old lady’s room and quickly go up the ladder to the right. Turn on the light 
and pull the picture in front of the safe. 
Switch to the man-eater room. Use the can of Pepsi on the man-eating plant, walk 
to the hatch and use a dime in the coin slot. Push the right-hand button. Use the 
second dime in the coin slot and push the right button again, then use the 
telescope and read the safe combination (1029, normally).
Switch to the safe room and open the safe. Get the envelope but don’t open it yet. 
You’ll be caught when you leave the room, but don’t worry - just use the rusty 
key to get out of the dungeon. Leave the telescope room and the man-eater room.  
Be sure to use the hunk-o-matic, if you have not done so yet, before leaving the 
floor.

The Garage And The Pool
Return to the main room to meet Dave, then send one strong person with the 
yellow key to the garage door behind the pool area. Open the door, open the trunk 
and get the toolbox, then go to the pool. If the power goes out, wait about five 
minutes for it to come back on. 
Switch to another strong person and go to the grating, by the porch. Open the 
grating and enter, then go to the water valve on the right and turn on the water. 
Switch to the guy at the pool and enter it. Get the glowing key and the radio, then 
leave. Switch to the valve and turn off the water, then exit to the kitchen. Switch 
to the pool and go to the kitchen. 
Give all the items to Dave, then fill the jar with water from the tap. Use the 
envelope and the jar in the microwave, turn on the microwave, then wait for the 
items to cool before removing them. Open the envelope, take the envelope to the 
man-eater room and use it with the typewriter. 

Amateur Electricians
At this point you will need the tools, flashlight and good batteries with you. Open 
the room to the right and enter the room above, turn on the light and walk to the 
open wires on the left. Put the good batteries from the radio in the flashlight and 
wait. Switch to another person and send them to the circuit breakers in the 
basement. Open the fuse box, turn off the circuit breakers and then switch back to 
the person in the wire room. Turn on the flashlight and fix the wires with the 
tools. Turn off the flashlight and switch back to the basement. Turn on the circuit 
breakers and return both characters to the main lobby. 

The Final Stages
Use the stamps on the envelope and put the demo tape into it. Put the envelope 
into the mailbox, pull the flag and leave someone there with it. After Dr. Fred 
plays a video game, go to the room in which the games are (the far right door on 
the second floor). Enter the room and go to the Meteor Mess machine. Use a 
quarter in the coin slot and write down the high scores (8640, normally). Return to 
the front door and wait for the doorbell to ring. Go to the mailbox, open it, get the 
contract and return to the house. Give the contract to the green tentacle in the 
large speaker room. Then go to the basement, open the door with the rusty key 
and the padlocks with the glowing key. Finally, open the inner door with the 
numbers from the video games machine. Enter the lab and walk to the right, open 
the door and enter. Walk to the cabinet on the right, open it and get the suit. Use 
the card key on the door and enter. Turn off the switch, pick up the meteor on the 
right, open the door and enter the garage. Use the meteor in the trunk and the 
yellow key in the weird Edsel... That’s it - you’ve finished the game!