Few games deserve the title of “classic” more than Day of the Tentacle (1993). It’s Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman at their weirdest, giving us time travel, mutant tentacles bent on world domination, and some of the best comedic writing in adventure game history. The puzzles are clever without being cruel, the art style is cartoon brilliance, and the voice acting still holds up today. Whether you’re flushing items through time-traveling toilets or trying to outwit a purple tentacle with delusions of grandeur, you’ll be grinning the whole way. It’s goofy, brilliant, and downright essential.
Computer and Video Game (1993): "I never thought I'd see a better adventure than Secret of Monkey Island 2, but I was wrong. The game is so impressive that whenever I played it I got an audience, and it wasn't long before everyone wanted a go. The cartoon style graphics are brilliant and there are lots of hilarious animation sequences to keep you entertained. The puzzles are pretty wacky, so you need to use your loaf, but you'll have a lot of fun in the process. This game is so good I'd sell my grandmother's crutches to pay for it. Hell, I'd even sell my granny."
Retro gamer collector's corner:
A remaster of Day of the Tentacle was developed by Schafer's studio, Double Fine Productions.
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