The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition

What the ♥♥♥♥ even is this?

Cyan's first game, and from this, it's pretty obvious how Myst eventually came to be. I'm a big fan of Cosmic Osmo, and the original version of this, as I understand it, is more in line with that. Like Cosmic Osmo, there is no real objective; you just explore the small world, clicking on things to make wacky things happen. This version has color, new visuals, and a lot more sound. Normally, this would be a good thing, but in this case, it works against it. I find the original visuals charming, from what I've seen, but the colorization and new graphics were into that era where everything was overly round and smooth; it doesn't look [i]terrible[/i] here, but it looks less classic than it does dated. The sound is a little problematic, too; the original was a little on the kiddier side (again, from what I've seen), but this adds all sorts of zaaaaaany music that makes it very clear: this is a kids' game. There's plenty of fanciful exploration, and there are some really neat places to visit and passages between them, but as an adult, I had a hard time enjoying this. This version also crashes fairly often.

I played every Myst games and found out about this so I needed to check it out. If the game isn't working make sure to go to the game folder and click on QuickTimeFullInstaller so the game work right. This game is cool and I'll be checking out Cosmic Osmo and Spelunx next.

This game was designed for people on acid.

It's got that old video game charm :)

Player Bases. ☑ Kids. ☐ Everyone. ☐ Mature. ☐ Casual Players. ☐ Pro players. Graphics. ☐ Potato. ☑ Really Bad. ☐ Bad. ☐ OK. ☐ Good. ☐ Beautiful. ☐ Masterpiece. Price. ☐ Full Price. ☐ Wait For Sale. ☐ Refund It If You Can. ☑ Don't Buy It. ☐ Free. Requirements. ☑ Minimum. ☐ Medium. ☐ Fast. ☐ High End. ☐ Super Computer. Difficulty. ☑ Easy. ☐ Medium. ☐ Hard. ☐ Very Hard. ☐ Death March. ☐ Dark Souls. Game length. ☑ Really Short. ( 0 - 2 hours) ☐ Short. ( 2 - 8 hours) ☐ Medium. ( 8 - 16 hours) ☐ Long. ( 16+ hours) ☐ Endless. Story. ☐ It Doesn't Have One. ☐ Horrible. ☑ Ok. ☐ Average. ☐ Good. ☐ Fantastic. Cinematic/Art. ☑ It Doesn't Have. ☐ Horrible. ☐ Ok. ☐ Average. ☐ Good. ☐ Like Watching A Movie. Music/Sound. ☐ Horrible. ☑ Decent. ☐ Average. ☐ Good. ☐ Amazing. Gameplay. ☐ Terrible. ☐ Ok. ☑ Average. ☐ Good. ☐ Fantastic. Bugs. ☐ Game Itself Is One Big BUG. ☐ Game Breaking Bugs. ☐ Lots of bugs. ☐ Few Bugs. ☑ Nothing. Others. Multiplayer: ☐ Singleplayer: ☑ Final Score: 1/10 Not Recommended at all!

It would be cool if were a kid

Haha this game is called MANHOLE. Haha manhole.

The Manhole is an ancient (20+ year old) broken point and click adventure of the type that can easily be done in a web browser, which of course raises the question, why is this on Steam? Anyway, this old dead game doesn't work, it just flashes up a black screen for a moment then exits out. The developers are aware the game doesn't work on the latest builds of Windows 10/11, but they've made no effort to fix it. Unethically they're keeping the game on Steam in an attempt to scam gamers into buying a knowing broken product. This is not okay. The developers should update the game or remove it immediately.

I LOVE TRIPPY PRE RENDERED CGI I LOVE IT SO MUCH