Second Quest Talkshow Warp Ending 4: Michael Ending - Maniac Mansion (NES)
0The Talkshow ending is way more broken than I had thought. If you regain control on the Wink Smiley Show set, the game will normally hang, but you can actually warp back to the Mansion for a second quest under the right conditions. First, during the main game the New Kid menu has to be broken when Wendy approaches the Meteor. It is recommended to grab the Radiation Suit before the menu break kicks in or you'll have to redo it.
To get the second quest Michael Ending, set Michael as character two and Wendy as Character three in the party. Leave the Yellow Key, Sponge, and Package in place and use a skip instead of the Contract to get past Purple Tentacle during the main game. Have Wendy Give Meteor the Contract with the New Kid Menu unlocked and quick switch to Michael, outside Weird Ed's Open Door. When "We're going to be rich" displays, immediately walk into Weird Ed's room. Very briefly hit New Kid again to pause and unpause the in game timer as Weird Ed approaches you. Then hit New Kid again as soon as you hear the last Meteor sound effect play. If you do it right, "What are you doing in my house?" will display very briefly before the screen wipes and goes to the Talkshow Ending.
After this (I'd just wait til the Game Over Screen), hit start to bring up the New Kid menu again and carefully tap New Kid Dave. It will briefly take you back to the talkshow, scrolled further stage left, with an unmovable Wendy sprite and Dave's theme playing. Carefully tap New Kid and if you do it right, after a few second the screen will wipe and go to the dungeon, where Weird Ed has taken Michael. Hit start to bring up the New Kid menu, carefully select Michael, then walk out of the dungeon. From here you can complete Michael's storyline quest, complete with either launching Meteor into space or feeding it to the plant. The thing that sucks about the Talkshow/Michael Ending Second Quest is that the credits and captions interrupt dialogue, so you have to sit though a few repetitions of the full credits before Weird Ed shows up during the Purple Tentacle confrontation.
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