Manhunter 2: San Francisco
{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Manhunter 2: San Francisco
|image = Manhunter2sf.jpg
|developer = Evryware
|publisher = Sierra On-Line
|producer = Ken Williams
|designer = Barry Murry
Dave Murry
|programmer = Barry Murry
Dave Murry
|artist = Barry Murry
Dee Dee Murry
|composer = Barry Murry
|released = Mid 1989{{cite journal | url=http://www.sierragamers.com/uploads/24082/Interaction/006_Sierra_News_Magazine_Volume_2_Number_2_Autumn_1989.pdf | first=John | last=Williams | journal=InterActive | title=Products for Your Computer | year=1989 | volume=2 | issue=2 | access-date=2018-05-19 | archive-date=2018-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520054338/http://www.sierragamers.com/uploads/24082/Interaction/006_Sierra_News_Magazine_Volume_2_Number_2_Autumn_1989.pdf | url-status=dead}}
|engine = Adventure Game Interpreter
|genre = Adventure game
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Mac OS
}}
Manhunter 2: San Francisco is a post-apocalyptic adventure game designed by Barry Murry, Dave Murry, and Dee Dee Murry of Evryware and published in 1989 by Sierra On-Line. It is the sequel to Manhunter: New York, developed by the same authors.
The rights to Manhunter are currently held by Activision following their acquisition of Sierra's intellectual property in 2008, but the series is currently considered abandoned, with no plans for resumption.
Plot
The game continues the story depicted in Manhunter: New York. The game begins with the player, piloting an Orb ship in pursuit of the antagonist Phil Cook, crash-landing in San Francisco. Another Manhunter on the ground is killed in the crash, so the player assumes his identity. As the gameplay progresses, the player learns of an organized resistance, experiments that have created mutant slaves, and the goal of the malevolent Orbs. The player is able to turn the mutant slaves back into humans, who go on to kill numerous Orbs in San Francisco. The game reaches its climax when the player is on the verge of catching Phil Cook. Phil narrowly escapes in an Orb ship with the player hanging on to the outside, flying off towards London.
Reception
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Computer and Video Games (UK) gave the game a score of 61%, criticizing the game's unorthodox mixture of adventure and arcade elements (compared to most other Sierra games of the era).{{Citation | last = Campbell | first = Keith | title = Manhunter | newspaper = Computer and Video Games | pages = 67 | date = March 1990 | issue = 100}} Scorpia at Computer Gaming World gave the game a positive review, calling it an "excellent" followup to the previous game.{{citation | date = October 1989 | author = Scorpia | magazine = Computer Gaming World | title = Review: Manhunter 2: San Francisco | pages = 60–61 | issue=64}}
The game sold more than 100,000 copies.{{cite web|first=Orchun|last=Kolcu|url=http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/jun97/evryware.html|title=Interview with Evryware (Part 1)|website=Games Domain|date=June 1, 1997|archivedate=February 13, 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213224051/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/jun97/evryware.html|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/manhunter-2-san-francisco}}
- [http://www.evryware.com/ Evryware's official website]
{{Sierra Adventure Games}}
Category:Post-apocalyptic video games
Category:ScummVM-supported games
Category:Sierra Entertainment games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States