The Manhole
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Like Alice in Wonderland, you are a child jumping into a magical world filled with fantastical places and peculiar characters. The world can be navigated screen by screen, by clicking the mouse where you want to go. Many objects on each screen can be clicked to find hidden animations and sounds. Exploring the completely open world, you can listen to and have educational conversations with Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Dragon, and others.
Dedication (Macintosh)
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Title screen (Macintosh)
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The beanstalk growing out of the title-giving manhole. Will you climb up or down? (Macintosh)
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I chose to go up. A dragon is landing on the tower in the distance. (Macintosh)
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Inside the tower. (Macintosh)
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The game is full of Wonderland moments—suddenly, the tower was just part of a chess set. (Macintosh)
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A nice pond. (Macintosh)
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You meet fantastical, friendly creatures everywhere. (Macintosh)
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There is also a small channel labyrinth. (Macintosh)
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The elevator (Macintosh)
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Most screens contain some objects to play around with. (Macintosh)
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Who you gonna call? (Macintosh)
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Ancestor of an in-game character. (Macintosh)
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A very Myst moment. (Macintosh)
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Diving down to the ship. (Macintosh)
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You can even learn a little French. (Macintosh)
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Meeting the rabbit. (Macintosh)
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You can watch TV. (Macintosh)
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And what might you find going down the rabb... I mean, manhole? (Macintosh)
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Do you dare ring the bell? (Macintosh)
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Title Screen (DOS)
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The Manhole (DOS)
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The Beanstalk (DOS)
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Bottom Of The Sea (DOS)
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Even The Fish Are Bilingual (DOS)
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The Walrus (DOS)
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A Desk (DOS)
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Use The Phone (DOS)
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The Crows Nest Is Occupied (DOS)
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A Mirror Can Be An Elevator (DOS)
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Menu Screen (DOS)
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Menu (EGA) (DOS)
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Title screen (PC-98)
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The beanstalk (PC-98)
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Letter from Wall Russ (PC-98)
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White rabbit offers tea (PC-98)
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Eat my shorts! (PC-98)
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Press the ESC key to access the options menu, here you can change the text from Japanese to English (PC-98)
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Indubitably! (English text) (PC-98)
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Elephant (English text) (PC-98)
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Dragon (English text) (PC-98)
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Front Cover (United States) (Macintosh)
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Back Cover (United States) (Macintosh)
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Other (United States) (Macintosh)
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Other (United States) (Macintosh)
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Other (United States) (Macintosh)
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Media (United States) (Macintosh)
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Front Cover (United States) (DOS)
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Back Cover (United States) (DOS)
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Media (United States) (DOS)
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Front Cover (Canada,United States) (DOS)
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Front Cover (United States) (DOS)
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Back Cover (United States) (DOS)
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Manual (United States) (DOS)
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The Manhole is aimed at children, and focuses on exploration and experimentation. There is no progress to be made, no goal to be reached, and the player can not fail. The entire world is accessible from the start.
The original Macintosh version consists of six black-and-white stacks for the Macintosh's HyperCard software. Ports to other systems added color graphics. Also, the Macintosh floppy and CD versions are the same except for the cd version adding audio enhancements like voice-overs for the dialogue. This enhancement should not be confused with the remake of this game titled The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition.
- Remade By
- The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition
- Added
- November 9, 2021
- Published By
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Activision
Cyan Worlds
Fujitsu
Prolog Software
Tonkin House
- Developed By
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Cyan Worlds
