Manhunter: New York

The Earth has been invaded by the Orb Alliance, and a tightly restricted regime instituted for the humans that remain. Brown monk robes are the only garments allowed, speaking is a capital offense, and every human has been implanted with a tracking chip recording their every move. To track down criminals, the Orbs enlist "Manhunters" - humans given access to advanced technology and selected to be a combination of police officers and bounty hunters. The player controls one such Manhunter as he unravels a conspiracy inside the decaying heart of the New York ruins, and a mysterious serial killer on the loose.

Each chapter begins with the Orbs assigning the player's nameless Manhunter with a crime (such as murder) or target to investigate. The player gains leads through the use of the "MAD" computer, which displays the logs of all civilian movement in an area in an overhead map view. By starting with the victim and following the people who encountered him that day, the player can then go to a first-person investigation view at various New York landmarks to find clues to the suspect's identity. At the end of the day, the player must report the correct name of their suspect to the Orbs.

Manhunter uses a modified version of Sierra's AGI interpreter, with a rudimentary point-and-click interface used to locate and uncover clues at the investigation sites. At various times throughout the investigation, the player will also have to directly control the Manhunter in arcade-style challenges, like dodging gang attacks or throwing knives between a bar patron's fingers.


Followed By Manhunter 2: San Francisco
Series Manhunter (1)
Added March 8, 2020
Published By Sierra On-Line
Developed By Evryware
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This guy has seen better days (Apple II) from mobygames.com
And i'm dead. (Apple II) from mobygames.com
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An eyeball wakes you up (DOS) from mobygames.com
Your domicile (DOS) from mobygames.com
Tracking a miscreant (DOS) from mobygames.com
Lovely New York City (DOS) from mobygames.com
Unlucky human (DOS) from mobygames.com
The development team taunts your death (DOS) from mobygames.com
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An eyeball; what a thing to be woken up by! (CGA with RGB monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The city map (CGA with RGB monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Follow the arrow to check out this dangerous looking room (CGA with RGB monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
This guy's had a bad day (CGA with RGB monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Game over; let's see where I made my mistake! (CGA with RGB monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Tracking the suspect (Hercules graphics) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Travelling in Manhattan (Hercules graphics) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Hmm... is it really dead? (Hercules graphics) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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After winning the arcade maze games (DOS) from mobygames.com
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City map (DOS) from mobygames.com
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An eyeball wakes you up (CGA w/Composite Monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Tracking the suspect (CGA w/Composite Monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The city map (CGA w/Composite Monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Unlucky human (CGA w/Composite Monitor) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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A bar, maybe I can relax a bit (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
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This may be dangerous (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Game over (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
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Intro: New York looks a little worse for the wear after the Orbs invaded... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Intro: Not too nice around here now... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Credits. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Day 1 begins. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
I'm trying to sleep and this big flying eyeball wakes me up! Talk about a rude awaking... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Using my computer. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
A close up map of New York. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Outside the hospital. Unlike most Sierra adventure games, this game mostly has a first person view. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Year of Release:
1988

Genre(s):
Investigative Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi

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