Genre: | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
Publisher: | Chalksoft |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | BBC Model B & Spectrum 48K/128K |
Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
Original Release Date: | 26th September 1983 |
Original Release Price: | £9.25 |
Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Black |
Author(s): | - |
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The concept and graphics are good but the allowances made for the younger user are the wrong ones. Read Review
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More interesting and colourful than plain narrative adventures, children should find lots to interest them here. Read Review
Pirate is a two part adventure (mainly for young people), featuring full colour graphics, animation and sound.
You are the captain of a Pirate ship. You steer your ship through the maze of reefs and islands, using the red function keys to enter your instructions.
Your task in Part 1:
to win 300 jewels,by battling with other ships and finding treasure on the scattered islands. You must also solve enough of the mysteries that come your way to let you move on to part 2...
To Play:
Use the red function keys.
f0 sail to the west
f1 sail to the north
f2 sail to the south
f3 sail to the east
f4 yes
f5 no
You Gain Points:
If you find the treasure, the secret objects and the password
You Lose:
If you run out of food and water, are shipwrecked your crew makes you walk the plank, or...!
Repairs:
If your ship is damaged in a storm or battle, you must find a safe harbour for repairs. Harbours are on the mainland, but beware of the rocky coastline.
To Save:
If at any time during part 1, you want to stop playing, you can save your adventure on a blank tape and load it in later. Press ESCAPE to get to the menu; if you want to stop playing, or start again, or save your present position.
When you have successfully completed part 1 of the adventure, the computer will let you go on to part 2.
You may find it helpful to draw a map of your moves, the islands, and mainland, but remember that the computer chooses your starting position, and it will be different every time you play. Write down the objects you find, and the secret password, which is your key to part 2 of the adventure.
Good luck, captain!
Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: SHIFT-BREAK
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A digital version of Pirate suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
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