|
Post by Discoalucard on Feb 23, 2009 22:48:41 GMT -5
www.hardcoregaming101.net/manhunter/manhunter.htmAnother one of Sierra's cult series, I have a love/hate relationship with this one. I love its atmosphere but actually "playing" it is terrible, because it's filled with mazes and ghastly arcade sequences. Too bad it never lasted beyond the AGI era though, it had some cool ideas.
|
|
|
Post by daimakaimura on Feb 24, 2009 12:36:15 GMT -5
Seems interesting althou old looking but intreging ... before i clicked on this topic is was like What Manhunt !?!?!!!
i'm glad i was wrong ^^
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 15:54:58 GMT -5
These games really do look cool, and I love the post-apocalyptic (?) setting, but if it's really a bitchpain deluxe to play, I might just be better finding a playthrough of them on YouTube. Not even an FAQ can help against that painful-sounding fight part. :x
|
|
|
Post by savagepencil on Feb 24, 2009 16:42:55 GMT -5
Ah good, someone else couldn't stand the interface in Manhunter.
|
|
|
Post by xerxes on Feb 24, 2009 23:52:09 GMT -5
Woah, I haven't thought about Manhunter in a looooong time. It and Police Quest were my introduction to computer games. I remember being really confused, walking around aimlessly, and being freaked out by all the weird characters. I was seven or eight.
Oh, and I also remember consulting a crude, pencil-written list when prompted with the copy protection on my cousin's bootlegged Leisure Suit Larry.
|
|
|
Post by The bag of sand on Feb 26, 2009 12:59:53 GMT -5
Manhunter New York was one of the first game I ever played. I think my dad stole it from his work along with some other PC games.
|
|
|
Post by roushimsx on Feb 26, 2009 19:35:25 GMT -5
Another game that I somehow suffered through back in the day and had fond memories of but would never bother attempting to play again. Right up there with Codename: Iceman.
|
|
|
Post by Discoalucard on Feb 26, 2009 20:34:24 GMT -5
Another game that I somehow suffered through back in the day and had fond memories of but would never bother attempting to play again. Right up there with Codename: Iceman. Yeah, when I was younger, I had bought both Codename: Iceman and Manhunter 2 from the same warehouse store I got a lot of my Sierra stuff. I actually hated Iceman quite a bit, just because I found the submarine simulation sooooooo boring.
|
|
|
Post by Sac (a.k.a Icaras) on Feb 27, 2009 16:20:50 GMT -5
Back in the day when you used to see Adventure games on store shelves, I remember seeing the box for Manhunter and thought it looked really cool, though I never had a chance to play it.
I really should get around to trying 'em one of these days.
|
|
|
Post by pseudo3d on Feb 23, 2013 17:55:39 GMT -5
So I was reading the site version of this (in which "http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/manhunter/manhunter.htm" is definitely no longer the link) and was surprised because the site version is actually inferior to the book review, which I read first. Most of the book reviews were cut for space, but it was actually improved since it toned down the subjective negativity ("four times" went from being CAPITALIZED to italicized), a few sentences were cut ("Of course, the AGI engine also didn't support sound cards, at least on the PC, so most of the game is silent except for obnoxious PC speaker noises. Ugh." was replaced in favor of "It's just a real shame that the game "game" part of this "adventure game" is so terribly implemented") and "It's certainly not one of Sierra's best series - in fact, it might actually be one of their worst. But it does exemplify one of the greatest tragedies of interactive fiction - the developers have created a thoroughly intriguing world that's just no fun to actually play in." is changed to "It's certainly not one of Sierra's best series, but it does exemplify one of the greatest tragedies of interactive fiction - the developers have created a thoroughly intriguing world that's just massively frustrating to play in." While the article could benefit from better writing, it's also lacking another oddity about the series, the Mac version!
|
|
|
Post by Discoalucard on Feb 24, 2013 19:50:10 GMT -5
In addition for editing for length, many of the book articles were touched up with a second lookover - this one was definitely improved by it. My initial plan was to reincorporate all of the book versions back into the site, but I just haven't had the time.
Mac emulation is a paaiiiiinn, so I never knew about the Mac version. Is there anything different outside of the monochrome visuals and (presumably) better mouse-driven interface?
|
|
|
Post by pseudo3d on Feb 24, 2013 20:57:59 GMT -5
While System 6 is relatively easy to run, stable, and accurate with Mini vMac (anything above that, not so much), there isn't much more to the Mac version. The Mac version is based on the same engine...the game files will run on ScummVM in full color like the DOS versions. I'm just saying that the Mac versions of old Sierra AGI games (King's Quest, Gold Rush were others) should be mentioned somehow.
|
|