Manhole (Game & Watch)
Manhole | |||
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File:Manhole.jpg The Gold version of Manhole | |||
Developer | Nintendo R&D 1 | ||
Publisher | Nintendo | ||
Platform(s) | Game & Watch, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS | ||
Release date | Game & Watch: January 29, 1981 (Gold) January 29, 1981 (Gold) August 24, 1983 (New Wide Screen) Nintendo e-Reader: 2002 Nintendo DSi (DSiWare): August 19, 2009 April 5, 2010 April 9, 2010 April 9, 2010 October 21, 2010 Nintendo 3DS (eShop): June 6, 2011 June 6, 2011 June 6, 2011 July 7, 2011 | ||
Genre | Puzzle | ||
Rating(s) |
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Mode(s) | Single player | ||
Input | Game & Watch:
Game Boy Advance: Nintendo DS: Nintendo 3DS:
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Manhole is a Game & Watch game that was released as part of the Gold series on January 29, 1981, and was rereleased as part of the New Wide Screen series on August 24, 1983. It was the first game in the Gold series. The New Wide Screen version was ported as a minigame in both Game & Watch Gallery and Game & Watch Gallery 4. Manhole is one of Game & Watch Gallery's Gallery Corner games.
The alarm indicator of the Gold version is a woman that is located beside the time/score, and she rings a bell when the alarm goes off. In the New Wide Screen version, there is also a woman as the alarm indicator, located beside the miss counter, and she also rings a bell when the alarm goes off.
Gameplay
Classic version
The main character has to stop pedestrians from falling into holes that lead to the sewers below. To do this, he uses a manhole cover, which fills in the holes long enough for the people to pass. The player earns a point for every pedestrian who travels across a manhole cover. As the game progresses, the pedestrians move faster. More of them appear in Game B. If a pedestrian falls into the water, the player gets a miss. If the player reaches 300 points without any misses, the points are worth double until the player does get a miss. If the player has any misses at said score, every miss is cleared instead. When the player gets three misses, they receive a Game Over.
Modern version
Manhole was remade with an updated "Modern" version for Game & Watch Gallery. Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario are the pedestrians in this version, walking at different speeds, while Yoshi is the character the player controls. In this version, four manhole covers can stay up at once, unlike in the original. The manhole covers can drop from characters stepping on them, causing the next pedestrian to fall if Yoshi does not act quickly. Yoshi can also hold a manhole cover in place to keep it from falling. He holds up the upper manhole covers with his head and the lower ones with his tongue. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a Chubby comes out of the ground and throws a heart for Yoshi to catch to remove a miss. This version also features music, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.
Controls
Game & Watch Gallery
- : Move
- : Diagonal
Game & Watch Gallery 4
- : Move
- and : Diagonal
Appearances in other games
Super Smash Bros. series
In Flat Zone and Flat Zone 2 (from Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, respectively), the main character from Manhole appears, where his manhole cover can be used as a platform. Mr. Game & Watch also has a move where he flips a manhole cover in front of him, based on Manhole.
WarioWare series
In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, there is a microgame similar to Manhole called Bridge Work, which is found in Orbulon's stage.
In WarioWare Gold, a microgame based on Manhole called Game & Watch: Manhole appears as one of 5-Volt's microgames. There is also a full length minigame with the same name.
Manhole-e
A card for the Game Boy Advance add-on, the e-Reader, contains a full version of the Manhole game. There were two versions of the card: One came bundled with the e-Reader peripheral device (having the ID number of 48539A 02-A001), and the other was distributed during E3 2002 (having the ID number of 00-A000), although there are no differences between the two beyond the former being blue-colored and the latter being brown-colored. It was the only Game & Watch game to be released on an e-Reader card in America, although a series was planned at one point. The game was the Classic version.
- Manhole [Classic version] / Manhole-e [Classic version] flavor text[1]
Close the open manholes so no one falls in. If someone falls in, it is considered a "miss."
"Miss" three times and the game is over.Controls
+ Control Pad
Move
B Button
Not used
SELECT
Not Used
A Button
Jumps
START
Pause
- You can select GAME A(easy) or GAME B(hard) at the beginning of the game.
DSiWare
The game was rereleased for Nintendo DSi's DSiWare. It was released on August 18, 2009, in Japan; April 5, 2010, in the United States; and April 9, 2010, in Europe and Australia. It was later released on the Nintendo 3DS's Nintendo eShop.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker information
Name | Image | Artwork from | Effect in The Subspace Emissary |
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Manhole | Game & Watch | [Arm, Leg] - Attack +5 |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy information
This is the only Game & Watch trophy not to utilize the handheld itself. Instead, it features a sprite from the game.
Gallery
Modern version
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Chinese | 人孔[2] Rénkǒng |
Manhole |
References
- ^ Game and Watch-e: What was meant to be. Nintendo World Report Forums. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ From the iQue DSiWare release
External links
- North American site (Internet Archive)
- Nintendo UK site
- Info page for the original Manhole on In the Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)
- In the Attic info page for a second version of Manhole, released on the Wide Screen Game & Watch system in 1983 (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)
Game & Watch games | ||
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Super Mario franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Mario Bros. (1983, MS) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, TT/NWS) • Mario's Bombs Away (1983, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, CrS | 1987, Sp | 1988, NWS) • Mario the Juggler (1991, NWS) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, CoS) | |
Donkey Kong franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, NWS | 1983, TT & PS) • Donkey Kong II (1983, MS) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984, MVS) • Donkey Kong Circus (1984, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) | |
Miscellaneous | Green House (1982, MS) | |
MS: Multi Screen • TT: Table Top • PS: Panorama Screen • NWS: New Wide Screen • MVS: Micro VS. System • CrS: Crystal Screen • Sp: Special • CoS: Color Screen |