How to play Manhole-e on Mac

Game summary

Manhole-e is an e-Reader video game released in 2002 by Nintendo. It is a remake of the 1981 Game & Watch video game Manhole. In order to play the game the player had to scan a single card with two barcodes using the e-Reader. The game was included free of charge with the e-Reader. It should also be noted that a version of the game was included in the E3 2002 Promo Pack, though the actual card looked differently, sporting the E3 logo. The actual game contained within, however, was the same. This was the only Game & Watch e-Reader game to be released. Nintendo initially planned to release a variety of games under a Game & Watch Collection label, though their plan was never fulfilled, perhaps due to the unpopularity of the e-Reader.
First released: Sep 2002

Play Manhole-e on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Manhole-e on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Manhole-e installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Manhole-e like you would on any PC.
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