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This is an educational adventure in four parts. The purpose of the game is to find the wreck of a ship which sank in 1767. You then have to search the wreck and recover its cargo of gold. You are also seeking a ruby called the Java Star which is reputed to have strange properties.

You take the part of an adventurer in Bristol who buys an old chest and finds the torn pieces of an ancient map and a page from a ship's log. Your first task is to rearrange the pieces into something recognisable. When you have done this you find that you have a map of the island where the ship sank. There is also information on the approximate position of the ship in relation to the island at the time it sank.

You then load in the next program and find yourself in London seeking more information, such as ship's destination, weather conditions at the time and cargo manifest.

On completing this stage you jet off to the Caribbean to continue your search. There you check various islands until you find one nearest the map outline.

Now comes the final part of the game, where you have to use the page from the ship's log to locate the wreck. I failed dismally. Whatever I did, I couldn't find that wreck. I suppose that adage about teaching old dogs new tricks applies to sea dogs as well!

As I said, this is an educational program but, above all, it's fun! There are three skill levels and despite the fact that I stayed on the easiest one that map was different every time. An excellent educational program with something of interest to kids of all ages, including big ones.

Merlin