I now felt alarmed enough to check which version of Maniac Mansion I have in the ‘to-play’ pile. Don't know if there are marked differences in V2: PCGamingWiki

I now felt alarmed enough to check which version of Maniac Mansion I have in the ‘to-play’ pile. Don't know if there are marked differences in V2: PCGamingWiki notes that it has ‘moderately improved graphics with more overall colors’. Still looks pretty EGA to me in the opening sequences. However, it turns out that by default the V2 displays wrong in ScummVM, while accurate to the hardware limitations. You need to switch the ‘render mode’ to Amiga to get intended colors: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Maniac_Mansion#Higher_quality_graphics_in_V2_.22enhanced.22_version_.28ScummVM.29 https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Maniac_Mansion#Higher_qual...