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{{game infobox
|title=</i>The Drafting Table
|name=The Drafting Table
|image=[[File:LM website the drafting table.png|250px]]<br> Main screen with instructions
|image=[[File:LM website the drafting table.png|250px]]<br> Main screen on the European site
|developer=
|developer=
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|released=2001{{ref needed}}
|release=2001{{ref needed}}
|genre=Action
|genre=Action
|modes=Single player
|modes=Single player
|ratings=N/A
|ratings=N/A
|platforms=Browser
|platforms=Browser
|media=HTML
|format={{wp|HTML}}, {{wp|Adobe Flash}}
|input=Mouse
|input=Mouse
}}
}}
'''The Drafting Table''' was an activity that was part of the ''[[The Lab (Flash game)|Lab]]'' {{wp|Adobe Flash|Flash}} game on the ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' microsite on [[Nintendo]]'s North American website.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011121085751/http://www.luigis-mansion.com/lab.html The game on the official ''Luigi's Mansion'' website</ref> This section of the lab serves as [[Professor Elvin Gadd]]'s workshop where makes his inventions to catch ghosts. However, the main attraction is for the player to create their own masterpiece with "creepy colouring-in templates". There is also a photo album laying on the desk with some ghosts enjoying their vacations at different countries far from the mansion.
{{quote|It's where [[Professor E. Gadd|the Professor]] conceives his wild-brained inventions to rid [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|the mansion]] of [[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|ghosts]]. But it's where {{Hover|<u>you</u> draft your Luigi's Mansion spook-e-cards|US site}}/{{Hover|you create <u>your</u> own Luigi's Mansion masterpiece with these creepy colouring-in templates|EU site}}. Don't miss the {{Hover|ghost-album!|Formatted as "[...] ghost album." on the EU site}} {{Hover|That's right...|Mistakenly formatted as "That's right ?" on the EU site}} ghosts have vacations too!|Description on the main screen}}
'''The Drafting Table''' was an activity that was part of the ''[[The Lab (Flash game)|Lab]]'' {{wp|Adobe Flash|Flash}} game from the ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' microsite on [[Nintendo]]'s North American<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011121085751/http://www.luigis-mansion.com/lab.html The game on the official ''Luigi's Mansion'' website</ref> and European websites. This section of the lab serves as [[Professor E. Gadd]]'s workshop where he makes his inventions to catch ghosts. However, the main attraction is for the player to create their own "Luigi's Mansion masterpiece". There is also a photo album laying on the desk with some ghosts enjoying their vacations at different countries far from the mansion.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The desk is the place where Professor E. Gadd works on his inventions in catching ghosts. This section has two activities for the player.  
The Drafting Table contains three activities for the player:
The first are the introduction of colouring-in templates with which the player could create "masterpieces" of their own. The player has to click on the monitor to access to these colouring-in templates. However, doing so only opens a website without a link on it, literally leading to nothing, leaving ambiguous how the colouring-in templates activity was. There exists an old website called "Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards" which consists in Luigi's Mansion-themed e-cards with characters like Luigi, E. Gadd, Gold Ghost and a Boo. Since Luigi's e-card is the one the screen displays in the desk, this could be the website the flash game was meant to direct.  
*By clicking on the monitor, the player can choose from one of four digital Flash postcards, referred to as "Spook-E-Cards", to send to friends and family via email. The available cards each depict Professor E. Gadd, a [[Boo]], [[Luigi]], and a [[Gold Ghost]], respectively.
*The second activity is accessed by clicking the bin full of rolled-up paper. The player can view and print out templates based on the game, which are intended to be used to assist in coloring.
*The third activity, a photo album labeled "vacation 2001", shows some of the mansion's ghosts spending time at different places in the world, each accompanied by text expressing different feelings about their experiences outside the mansion. The photos viewable in the album are:
**A Gold Ghost loving his stay at {{wp|San Francisco}}.
**A [[Purple Puncher]] anxious to scare people in {{wp|Seattle}}.
**[[Biff Atlas]] spending some time at {{wp|Muscle Beach}}.
**A [[Blue Twirler]] participating in a baseball match.
**A Boo witnessing a supposed UFO.
**The prior ghosts, with the exception of a [[Ghost Guy]] in place of the Blue Twirler, returning home to the mansion.


The second activity is a photo album that shows some of the mansion's ghosts spending some time at different places in the world, with some expressing different feelings about their experiences outside the mansion. Some of these ghosts include:
Similar to the other activities in the Lab, after a few moments of inactivity, a Purple Puncher passes by and messes with the text, making it almost unintelligible.
*[[Gold Ghost]] loving his stay at San Francisco.
*[[Purple Puncher]] anxious to scare people in Seattle.
*[[Blue Twirler]] participating in a baseball match.
*A [[Boo]] witnessing a supposed UFO.
*[[Biff Atlas]] spending some time at "Muscle Beach".
 
The final photo of the album shows everyone coming back to the mansion. Similar to other games in the lab, after a few moments of inactivity, a Purple Puncher passes by and messes with the text making it almost unintelligible.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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LM website the drafting table 7.png|''"HOME, SWEET HOME!"''
LM website the drafting table 7.png|''"HOME, SWEET HOME!"''
LM website the drafting table 8.png|A Purple Puncher enters the room and steals a chair
LM website the drafting table 8.png|A Purple Puncher enters the room and steals a chair
LM website the drafting table 9.png|Main screen with vandalized text
LM website the drafting table 9.png|The North American main screen with vandalized text
Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards.png|Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards
Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards.png|Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Biff Atlas is the only portrait ghost shown in this portion of the lab, with the other being [[Madame Clairvoya]] in her own [[Ask Madame Clairvoya|section]].
*Biff Atlas is the only [[portrait ghost]] shown in this portion of the Lab, with the other being [[Madame Clairvoya]] in her own [[Ask Madame Clairvoya|section]].
*The phrase "Spookless in Seattle" is likely a reference to the 1993 film ''{{wp|Sleepless in Seattle}}''.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:57, December 20, 2024

The Drafting Table
A screenshot of the "Drafting Table" activity from the Luigi's Mansion website
Main screen on the European site
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Browser
Release date 2001[citation needed]
Genre Action
Rating(s) N/A
Mode(s) Single player
Format HTML, Adobe Flash
Input Mouse
“It's where the Professor conceives his wild-brained inventions to rid the mansion of ghosts. But it's where you draft your Luigi's Mansion spook-e-cards/you create your own Luigi's Mansion masterpiece with these creepy colouring-in templates. Don't miss the ghost-album! That's right... ghosts have vacations too!”
—Description on the main screen

The Drafting Table was an activity that was part of the Lab Flash game from the Luigi's Mansion microsite on Nintendo's North American[1] and European websites. This section of the lab serves as Professor E. Gadd's workshop where he makes his inventions to catch ghosts. However, the main attraction is for the player to create their own "Luigi's Mansion masterpiece". There is also a photo album laying on the desk with some ghosts enjoying their vacations at different countries far from the mansion.

Gameplay[edit]

The Drafting Table contains three activities for the player:

  • By clicking on the monitor, the player can choose from one of four digital Flash postcards, referred to as "Spook-E-Cards", to send to friends and family via email. The available cards each depict Professor E. Gadd, a Boo, Luigi, and a Gold Ghost, respectively.
  • The second activity is accessed by clicking the bin full of rolled-up paper. The player can view and print out templates based on the game, which are intended to be used to assist in coloring.
  • The third activity, a photo album labeled "vacation 2001", shows some of the mansion's ghosts spending time at different places in the world, each accompanied by text expressing different feelings about their experiences outside the mansion. The photos viewable in the album are:

Similar to the other activities in the Lab, after a few moments of inactivity, a Purple Puncher passes by and messes with the text, making it almost unintelligible.

Gallery[edit]

  • "I left my heart in San francisco...[sic]"

    "I left my heart in San francisco...[sic]"

  • "'Spookless in Seattle,' eh? We'll see about that!"

    "'Spookless in Seattle,' eh? We'll see about that!"

  • "'Polter-pumped' at Muscle Beach"

    "'Polter-pumped' at Muscle Beach"

  • "Two outs, bottom of the ninth, ghost runner on 1st..."

    "Two outs, bottom of the ninth, ghost runner on 1st..."

  • "BOO - F - O"

    "BOO - F - O"

  • "HOME, SWEET HOME!"

    "HOME, SWEET HOME!"

  • A Purple Puncher enters the room and steals a chair

    A Purple Puncher enters the room and steals a chair

  • The North American main screen with vandalized text

    The North American main screen with vandalized text

  • Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards

    Luigi's Mansion Spook-E-Cards

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20011121085751/http://www.luigis-mansion.com/lab.html The game on the official Luigi's Mansion website
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