Talk:The Manhole

Myst Easter Egg
I'm surprised nobody brought this up in the article, but when you go into the rabbit's room and click on the tv, a ~15 minute "making of" video of Myst can be seen. I'd add it in the article, but I don't know the rabbit's name. Should this even be mentioned? Ctrlaltdecimate (talk) 02:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Obduction Easter Egg/Reference
Cyan's new game Obduction contains an old advertisement for The Manhole on the back of a newspaper page in the garage. I never know how to properly reference things I learned on my own so I'll let someone else edit the article if they so choose. PhilHilton (talk) 06:49, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

PC versions
The article mentions two MS-DOS releases of the game:
 * 1) "1992 by Activision as The Manhole: New and Enhanced (including a Windows 3.1 version)"
 * 2) "1995 as The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition by Brøderbund". Appears to suggest that this is the first color version, which also does not seem to be the case.

...This doesn't line up at all with what is depicted on MobyGames, which is backed up by retail packaging scans:
 * 1) The Manhole, 1989 Cyan/Activision DOS release (box scan clearly shows 1989 copyright for DOS version)
 * 2) The Manhole: New and Enhanced, 1992 Cyan/Activision DOS/Windows3.x CD-ROM Hybrid release
 * 3) The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition, 1994 Cyan/Brøderbund for Windows 3.1 and up only (no DOS release)

Since the sources disagree, one or both sites must contain incorrect information.

--HunterZ (talk) 00:00, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Source

 * https://archive.org/details/GPPCSGVol3No2/page/n87/mode/2up
 * http://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/2769/TricksOfTheMacGameProgrammingGurus.iso/Information/Inside%20Mac%20Games/9401%20(January%201994)/IMG%20January%2094%20Free%20Preview/IMG%20January%2094%20Free%20Preview.rsrc/bin.rsrc_styl_134.rtf