Game Similar to Lemmings but Older and more Arcade-Like

[Guest]

I've been googling around and am unable to figure out an old game I used to play. I used to play it on a 286 that only had 5.25 floppies, so probably late 80's with either CGA or EGA. The game has a side view of a flat piece of ground, with multiple gaps/pits in it. There is no scrolling, just a fixed screen. Then multiple men start waking across the screen at a constant speed, and you have a single bridge you can move between the gaps to prevent them from falling/dieing. As the game progresses there are more men (maybe faster?) and possibly more gaps. I think the men were yellow and the bridge red, but not positive. Similar to lemmings I suppose, but earlier and you don't command the men, just the bridge. Also the graphics are much more "zoomed in" than Lemmings, and has more of an arcade feeling.

Any ideas?

[Frodo]

Sounds like the old Game & Watch game, Manhole.

Was it definately on PC that you played it.?

[Guest]

I just looked up Manhole on youtube and that is exactly the gameplay I was trying to describe. I never had any Nintendo products as a kid though, and I'm sure I was playing a similar game on DOS. The only 'gaming' machine I had was that old 286.

Thanks for the lead however, it will give me something else to poke around google with.

[Frodo]

There is a DOS version. Could that be what you are remembering?
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/26267/Manhole.html