Manhunter: New York (1988)

Evryware

Amiga · Apple II · Apple IIGS · Atari ST/STE · DOS · Mac

3.50 from 4 ratings

23 members have it in their collection · 7 backlogged · 1 wish listed

How long? · 100% 6h (from 1 logged playthrough)

It has been over 2 years since the agressive Orbs attacked the Earth. Now you work as a Manhunter, the highest post which can a human achieve in the Orb Aliance. Your job is to hunt down all humans who, in some way, have wronged the Aliance. Once you capture them, the Aliance will correct them.
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Details

Developers
Evryware
Publishers
Sierra On-Line
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click
Themes
Horror, Science fiction
Series
Manhunter

Release dates

  • 1988 (North_America) Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, DOS
  • 1989 (North_America) Mac
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Community All Reviews Statuses

giopep

Review giopep 4/5 · Aug 4, 2025

In some ways it’s an incredibly modern game, in how it exploits that old ass engine to find such a cinematic vibe and in how it avoids traditional objects-based puzzles to focus on the investigation and on ad-hoc devices and mechanics. And that’s why it’s still super intriguing and beautiful. That being said, it’s also aged atrociously in how it …

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In some ways it’s an incredibly modern game, in how it exploits that old ass engine to find such a cinematic vibe and in how it avoids traditional objects-based puzzles to focus on the investigation and on ad-hoc devices and mechanics. And that’s why it’s still super intriguing and beautiful. That being said, it’s also aged atrociously in how it manages its difficulty (even though there’s not too many instances in which you can get stuck) and in those horrible action sequences. Oh, also not aged particularly well: the sequence in which you bomb historical buildings in New York.

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