The Manhole

The Manhole in the History of Video Games

The Manhole was the first computer game to appear on the CD-ROM format. It was also the first game made by Rand and Robyn Miller, who would later become famous as the co-creators of Myst. ### References to the Game

At the end of the fourth episode in the anime about otaku lifestyle Genshiken (1st season, 2004), when Saki asks her boyfriend Kousaka "What was your first time like?", he misunderstands the question and, being an otaku, starts naming the first anime series and games he tried. Among the games he first played, Manhole is briefly mentioned, alongside Ultima (without specifying which one) and Life & Death. Usually however, both in the anime and the original manga, all the titles of popular entertainment products are altered to avoid copyright problems (e.g. The Chanp of Fighters 95 instead of The King of Fighters '95, Berserker instead of the popular manga Berserk). Other notable exceptions to this are the Puyo Puyo and Guilty Gear game series.