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Manky

Manky is a single-screen platformer inspired by early 1980s games like Chuckie Egg and Manic Miner. The game follows Manky, who urgently needs the toilet, but it has been walled up. To reach it, he must…

31 December 2009

Manky is a video game developed by Omega120, released 31 December 2009 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Manky is

Manky was developed by Omega120 and released in 2009. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Poor Manky is absolutely desperate for the toilet, but some joker has walled it up! If he’s going to get to the bog in time, along with the keys scattered around the screen he’ll have to collect a quota of eggs which are laid by the roaming yellow bird that also consumes the piles of grain littered about the place – Manky himself has a violent and fatal reaction to the grain, although if he first chows down on an egg he can eat one pile.
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What it launched against

Manky launched on 31 December 2009, within three weeks of Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders and Final Fantasy XIII.

Released around the same time: Gothic II: Gold Edition, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Darksiders, Final Fantasy XIII.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Manky come out?
Manky was released on 31 December 2009 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.