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At first there was Midnight Mansion, now often called MM1. This game package was for Mac only and contained 8 mansions, each on easy, normal and hard level. Above that there was a builder included, so that customers could design mansions themselves.
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15.08.2023 at 23:45:28
 
Right now my Jack is standing at the exit door of this mansion, ready to finish with $ 31.950 and more than a dozen secrets.

Before I let him do that I like to keep the map of this mansion under my hands to make a review.

The mansion has a small intro outside the castle followed by a gate tower. After a short walk through the rain came the castle with a green lower area, a red upper left zone and a blue upper right section. During play it became clear that Jack had to collect 3 blue keys to open a triple blue door. Two of them could be found in the castle.

So far the mansion felt to me as somewhere between easy and normal. The designer
(is his identity common knowledge?)
must have known that, since there were only a few shields (average of 1 for every 15 rooms).

What could be expected happened: the castle had dungeons. Immediately game became more intense. Not hard, but Jack needed to be more focused. Play got really interesting, especially since this mostly grey section had nearly the size of the castle itself. To keep things 'normal' the designer offered a few signs with safety warnings like 'mind your head in next room'. For the same reason there were more shields and in my opinion enough saving pedestals.

When Jack left the castle through the triple door he had a spare key and a sign with a message like 'Jack will encounter a lot of troubles in the on coming catacombs'. Those troubles I taxed as work between normal and hard. The area was in a lot of brownish variations and together with a very good spread of a limited number of coloured doors and keys it gave an amazing midnight mansion game feeling. And an other spare key!

The finish zone was a lookalike of the intro: small and with an other gate tower.

About the design there I have nearly no remarks for corrections: a few places where money (bags) could be catched early by jumping from below, one single spot where an insane squirrel jump leads to a half Jack-stuck (forced offer of a life) and one room where sinking platforms were half covering torches.

I have a lot of appreciation for all the work that has been done at the backgrounds. I added a picture of one of the blue rooms to illustrate that.

And now back to Jack. 93 % secrets found (so I know how many he did miss). 31 lives lost, really? He needs to be punished with the hard version!
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Re: Castle Basano normal - An interesting visit
Reply #1 - 16.08.2023 at 19:09:18
 
Hi Freddy

I think the designer was Anthony, but I'm not completely sure I'm remembering correctly.
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Reply #2 - 17.08.2023 at 16:27:11
 
Hello
semi-native
!

I am so happy that you are still around. Is there any chance that, later this year, you will be playing MM again with an old mac? That would be marvellous news.

brell
and I are having a lot of fun with
MM2 - Brave New World
since the beginning of 2023. The mansion may be finished somewhere in autumn. Since we are 'aged' we take our time.
Wink

In the end I do hope that a few members will be back to give it a try. I have an idea about how to 'mobilize' them, but that is for later. Long before I do anything I surely take contact with all administrators.

Btw, I will never forget that you were the first member that finished
MM1 - Midnight Mazes and Monsters
. Making a serious update of that (too) large mansion will be my second project.

Back to topic. I am planning reviews from two other included normal mansions:
Blackheart Keep
and
Mount Peril
. In general I have the feeling that with the extra MM2-features it is possible to see more different styles of design.

Freddy
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Reply #3 - 17.08.2023 at 20:48:38
 
Semi-Native wrote on 16.08.2023 at 19:09:18:
Hi Freddy

I think the designer was Anthony, but I'm not completely sure I'm remembering correctly.


It was Anthony
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Reply #4 - 18.08.2023 at 20:11:09
 
Freddy, as a matter of fact, I did finally clear out the junk around my old Mac and occasionally play MM and MM2. I haven't downloaded the new custom mansions yet, but I'll get around to it.

Thanks for mentioning my Midnight Mazes and Monsters claim to fame.  Grin
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Reply #5 - 19.08.2023 at 18:24:00
 
Semi-Native wrote on 18.08.2023 at 20:11:09:
Freddy, as a matter of fact, I did finally clear out the junk around my old Mac and occasionally play MM and MM2. I haven't downloaded the new custom mansions yet, but I'll get around to it.

Thanks for mentioning my Midnight Mazes and Monsters claim to fame.  Grin


Take a look at the free up- and downloading board in the general custom mansions area.
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Reply #6 - 19.08.2023 at 19:03:19
 
Yes, I'll do that.  Smiley
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Reply #7 - 21.08.2023 at 00:01:56
 
brell wrote on 17.08.2023 at 20:48:38:
It was Anthony

Anthony will have work to do because it is raining inside the castle of Lord Basano!
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Reply #8 - 21.08.2023 at 00:15:21
 
brell wrote on 19.08.2023 at 18:24:00:
Take a look at the free up- and downloading board in the general custom mansions area.

There you will find the 2023's stuff:

MM2 - A nightmare for greedy gold hunters
from
brell
where players need to check if it is really impossible to get Jack killed
Shocked

MM2 - Jack's dilemma
also from
brell
where he brings the historical story of the novelties during the designing of all those custom mansions (MM1 and MM2)
Cool

MM2 - Brave new world
from me, which is an open designing-betatesting project where everybody is able to follow the works AND participate to the testings
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Reply #9 - 21.08.2023 at 19:01:14
 
Yes, I've seen them but just haven't downloaded them yet. I will do that next time I'm playing MM. Looking forward to it.  Smiley
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