Manhole (Gold Series)

Manhole is the first in the Gold Series of the Game & Watch games released in 1981. The model code is MH-06. It was also the first Game & Watch game to include an alarm.

Gameplay: Players take control of a guy that places manhole covers to help the pedestrians cross safely. If any of them fall, it counts as a miss. In Game A, the pedestrians step at the same speed. In Game B, the pedestrians get faster. A woman swings a bell when the alarm goes off.

Trivia: It also was the first Game & Watch where misses were cleared. Silver Series Game & Watch games didn't have this feature. The game was later re-released as a New Wide Screen game in 1983, with different sprites, and the model code was NH-103. In Super Smash Bros., when Mr. Game & Watch uses his down attack, he lays a manhole cover, which is the same one from the Gold Series Manhole. The guy from the Gold Series Manhole also appears in the stages Flat Zone, Flat Zone 2, and Flat Zone X.