Man Enough (also known as Man Enough: The Ultimate Social Adventure)[2] is a 1993 dating video game from Tsunami Media.
| Man Enough | |
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| Developer(s) | Tsunami Media |
| Publisher(s) | Tsunami Media |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
| Release | 1993[1] |
| Genre(s) | Dating sim |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
editMan Enough is a 1994 dating simulator and romantic adventure, featuring FMV and dialogue trees. The player begins as a lonely man handed a card to the dating agency by a friend named Nick. From there, the player makes seduction attempts with five women—Blair, Erin, Quinn, Fawn, and Kellie—each with their own quirks, turn-ons, and scripted rejection paths. Gameplay revolves around choosing dialogue options from conversation trees, where success involves using lines from the character bios in the game manual. Even with a success, the dates end in bizarre ways including: a helicopter interrupting a picnic, a paintball ambush, or a woman revealing she is a developer plant. Eventually, the player is invited to date Jeri, the agency's FMV hostess, who challenges the player to skydive solo as a final test. If the player survives and says the right lines, the player is rewarded with intimacy—only to discover it was all a month-long prank orchestrated by Nick and the women. The game ends with Jeri telling the player he is "Man Enough."[2]
Development
editThe game was developed by Tsunami Media, a company founded in 1991.[3]
Reception
edit| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Aktueller Software Markt | 2/12[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | D+[5] |
| Pelit | 15/100[6] |
| PC Player | 34/100[7] |
Entertainment Weekly gave the game a D+ rating: "Man Enough doesn't have the courage of its own sleaziness, as the final encounters are all interrupted before anything happens. Expensive frustration, then-and God help the boob who tries these sub-Club Med lines out on human females".[5]
The game sold 30,000 copies.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Silverman, Dwight (January 2, 1994). "Dating software's politically incorrect". The Daily Advertiser. p. 41. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Cobbett, Richard (February 15, 2020). "Crapshoot: Man Enough, the unromantic romance game". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ Crumrine, Lisa (June 12, 1992). "Softwar's firm's products futuristic but easier to use". The Fresno Bee. p. 44. Archived from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mann-oh-Mann". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). March 1994. p. 66. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Burr, Ty (October 14, 1994). "Singles Seen". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ TJ Talasmaa (January 1994). "Man Enough – Puutostiloja". Pelit (in Finnish). Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ "Man enough". PC Player (in German). February 1994. p. 90,91. Retrieved December 3, 2022.