The Manhole

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This article is about a computer game. For openings to vaults, see manhole.

The Manhole is a computer adventure game intended for children in which the player follows a rabbit down a manhole and may explore the fantastic world beneath. The game, released in 1988 by Brøderbund, is notable for being the first computer game distributed on CD-ROM. It runs in black-and-white on the Apple Macintosh line of computers. It was created using the HyperTalk programming language by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller, who would go on to form the company Cyan (now Cyan Worlds) and the best-selling adventure game Myst. It was later released for the PC Engine and FM-Towns Marty.

The game was re-released for MS-DOS twice, once in 1992 by Activision as The Manhole: New and Enhanced and again in 1995 as The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition which featured the use of color, music, voice sound effects, and some new characters. Cyan artist Chuck Carter designed all of the color graphics in about 3 months using StrataVision 3D.

External links

[The Manhole] at MobyGames
[The Manhole: New and Enhanced] at MobyGames
[The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition] at MobyGames
[tinselman] Robyn Miller's personal website
[millerbits] Rand Miller's personal website

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