Manhunter: New York (PC/DOS) day 1-2, 1988, Sierra On-Line

Manhunter: New York is a post-apocalyptic adventure game designed by Barry Murry, Dave Murry and Dee Dee Murry of Evryware and published in 1988 by Sierra On-Line. A sequel, Manhunter 2: San Francisco, was released the next year in 1989.
The Earth has been invaded by the Orb Alliance, and a tightly restricted regime instituted for the humans that remain. Brown monk robes are the only garments allowed, speaking is a capital offense, and every human has been implanted with a tracking chip recording their every move. To track down criminals, the Orbs enlist "Manhunters" - humans given access to advanced technology and selected to be a combination of police officers and bounty hunters. The player controls one such Manhunter as he unravels a conspiracy inside the decaying heart of the New York ruins, and a mysterious serial killer on the loose.
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[@AntonRiver]

For those who came from End of Life Entertainment Scenario #1, here's the thing: 42:52

[@retro2409]

w i d e e m o t i o n s

[@gastonthehunter140]

b o d y m o t i o n s

[@user-we3pn1ok8q]

Holy crap thx

[@spraydolls222]

WE FOUND HIM!

[@muscleelf2363]

My boy! And he works at an actual Manhattan address!!

[@CMON75]

For years I've wished for a remake of this series, but looking at it now I don't think anything could do justice to the wild original vision. Truly a masterpiece of its time.

[@brettjaniec3933]

Keep waiting for him to finish it… His play through is terrible!

[@axelord1942]

Man I love those crispy, high-def bloops and bleeps from the old pc days.
God this game and the sequel were both weird af, I love whenever someone revisits these.
Hats off Mr. Threepwood, errrr....Thriftwood.

[@pixelartswitch9375]

This scared the fuck out of my life back then

[@radarodonnell]

The golden age of Sierra games! Welcome to Sierr... Game over!

[@diondewet8522]

This has got to be one of the most odd and weird games ever released.

[@timbrown1834]

This game brings back memories. I used to watch my brother play this, and it always seemed very creepy and mysterious. And the back of the box had that picture of the corpse which I couldn't look at back then. Thanks for uploading

[@AmbientWalking]

I love this game! Sierra On-Line ROCKS!!!!

[@gregnordeng9196]

I remember playing this as a kid and quitting everytime in the sewer. That place is a nightmare.

[@widk2]

One of the games that gives me best memories of childhood😢.

[@TacoStacks]

The sounds are so nostalgic

[@blabblab5589]

LoL, great to see this. this game is so much fun. Bought is back then for my 8088 DOS PC from Commodore (PC 10 II) and unfortunately i only had a hercules card so, I saw everything in green.. VGA cards were too expensive. :-D. This game has, typical for Sierra Online at the time, a great story and graphics for its time, and is well made, give it a try. the developer is still around it seems and they even have a website: www.evryware.com. with all their games listed. It's all free now I thimk. For more info and stuff about this game (and Manual) on Sierra Help pages: www.sierrahelp.com/Games/Manhunter/Manhunter1Help.html. Also try the sequel Manhunter 2. PS: 45:00 That part was a pain the ass. I could only master it with 20+ load and saves xD

[@JerryHatrickShorts]

I was super young when I “acquired” this game. Probably like 8 or 9? Anyways, I never finished cuz of how creepy it was and also the knife throwing game distracted me so much that I just played that so I didn’t have to play any more creepy game….

[@ThePhonequeen3]

Can you believe Scholastic Book Club was selling Manhunter 2 to school children when it came out? I bought it not realizing how gory this series was

[@ThePhonequeen3]

BTW, the sequel was way less frustrating

[@Kyanzes]

44:29 It's hilarous. He couldn't just keep down. That's too complicated. He has to get back up after half a second. LOL He has to get back up. I had such a good laugh. Hilarous indeed. I'm sure it's less funny when one has to go through that crap.

[@tissuesstuff1016]

I wish Sierra came back….

[@sha11235]

Sadly, in the real 2002 the Twin Towers would no longer be there!

[@Zappy4001]

😭

[@nes3286]

2:26

[@yopachi]

fun fact 43:17 "wreched excess" was featured in one of the first ever vaporwave videos titled "END OF LIFE ENTERTAINMENT SCENARIO #1"

[@Motherslapper]

This guy knows.

[@mullerandy]

Frustration starts @ 43:27 and ends @ 56:20.

[@thriftweeds]

Yeah i didn't have time to cut out all the "fail" parts :D

[@PCGamingGoodies]

Fans of action games hate puzzles in their games, and fans of adventure games hate action sequences in their adventure games. You can always count on that. Why can't they like both? I like most kinds of games.

[@nes3286]

2:05

[@wightman1987]

2002 and the World Trade Center is still there

[@everythingbox]

Dang

[@winkz2]

42:54 ＭＹ　ＥＭＯＴＩＯＮＳ

[@Xylozet]

1:08:57

[@tbrian420]

The towers weren't there in 2002 🙁🙁🙁

[@zeedeejay242]

Both NY and SF were fun AF...