Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A playthrough of Hal's 1990 puzzle game for the NES, Adventures of Lolo 2.
This video shows the full game, including the bonus pro puzzles that can only be accessed with passwords. You can find the pro puzzles at 44:55.
Adventures of Lolo 2 is the sequel to 1989's youtu.be/VLwg5qI-wj4, and the sixth game in Hal's Eggerland series. It was followed by the Japanese game named "Adventures of Lolo", which was essentially Lolo 2 with different puzzles.
Adventures of Lolo 2 doesn't differ much from the first game. Some of the artwork was touched up and there's now a boss battle waiting at the end, but the same theme song still plays on an endless loop in the background, and the puzzles are built from the same elements.
It feels like an expansion pack more than a true sequel, but I prefer this one. The puzzles are much more demanding, with the later ones being outright devious in the ways they force you to grapple with the system's nuances, and they make Lolo 1's challenges seem like an appetizer in comparison. Lolo 2 is a very satisfying game to finish, and being able to clear the aptly named pro levels feels like a genuine accomplishment. This is everything I want in a puzzle game.
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A playthrough of Hal's 1990 puzzle game for the NES, Adventures of Lolo 2.
This video shows the full game, including the bonus pro puzzles that can only be accessed with passwords. You can find the pro puzzles at 44:55.
Adventures of Lolo 2 is the sequel to 1989's youtu.be/VLwg5qI-wj4, and the sixth game in Hal's Eggerland series. It was followed by the Japanese game named "Adventures of Lolo", which was essentially Lolo 2 with different puzzles.
Adventures of Lolo 2 doesn't differ much from the first game. Some of the artwork was touched up and there's now a boss battle waiting at the end, but the same theme song still plays on an endless loop in the background, and the puzzles are built from the same elements.
It feels like an expansion pack more than a true sequel, but I prefer this one. The puzzles are much more demanding, with the later ones being outright devious in the ways they force you to grapple with the system's nuances, and they make Lolo 1's challenges seem like an appetizer in comparison. Lolo 2 is a very satisfying game to finish, and being able to clear the aptly named pro levels feels like a genuine accomplishment. This is everything I want in a puzzle game.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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A playthrough of Sunsofts 1991 adventure game for the PC Engine CD, The Manhole.
The Manhole is an interactive point-and-click storybook adventure in which youll encounter all manner of wild things, like a 70s pimp dragon who wears a medallion nestled in scraggly chest hair welcoming you to his pad with a plate of biscuits, Batman golfing to an NES cover of a theme from his PC Engine game (https://youtu.be/4iRzKDxv1Ag), and a half-buried arcade game named City Panther bathed in the glow of a dubiously placed street light in a field.
Starting out as a 1988 monochrome Mac title made with Hyper Card, the original version of The Manhole was the first game from Cyan, a small American developer that later went on to create Myst. The 1991 CD remake was made by Sunsoft, and it was this collaboration between the companies that laid the groundwork for Sunsofts handling of the console ports of Myst in the mid 90s (https://youtu.be/wm9mUxxy_Go).
Instead of motivating you with an overarching story or a goal, The Manhole is all about exploring a fun little world and seeing whatever is there is to be seen. Nearly everything you find can be clicked on for a sound bite, animation, or minigame. Its more a toy than a traditional game - an early example of what would later come to be known as a multimedia experience - and the remake makes good use of the power of the CD format to bring it all alive.
It also conveniently includes an option to switch 99% of the game to English, so its completely playable without any knowledge of Japanese. (I subtitled a few of the images that only display Japanese text).
So yeah, The Manhole. Its neat.
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