The Serpent's Star

The Serpent's Star
Developer(s) Ultrasoft
Publisher(s) Brøderbund
Platform(s) Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II
Release date(s) 1985
Genre(s) Text Adventure with graphics
Mode(s) Single player

The Serpent's Star is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics. The adventure game is the sequel to the adventure The Mask of the Sun. It was developed by Ultrasoft in 1983 and published by Brøderbund in 1985.

Gameplay and Plot

The single-player adventure is controlled via typed keyboard commands. Words and simple sentences are entered in a text parser.[1]

The plot takes place in Tibet. The player named Mac Steele is an archaeologist, who tries to find a valuable diamond called "The Serpent's Star". He needs 13 scrolls, which provide advice to the diamonds hideout in the town of Kara-Koram. Therefore, Mac Steele has to travel through Tibet, to solve a lot of puzzles and to meet other non-player characters, e.g. Buddhist monks.[2]

Development and Reception

The adventure has partly animated 2d graphics and contains some music. It was implemented for C 64, Apple II and Atari 8-bit family. The game is the sequel to the adventure The Mask of the Sun. It was developed by Ultrasoft (1983), published by Brøderbund (1985) and written by Scott Shumway.[3]

Softline stated that "if you liked Mask of the Sun, you'll probably like Serpent's Star. Most of us did".[4]Antic called The Serpent's Star "a good, challenging game".[5] A German reviewer praised the thrilling, atmospheric storyline, the complexity of the riddles and the nice graphics.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Heinrich Lenhardt: Der Drachenstern, Happy Computer 4/1985, p.142f. (german)
  2. ↑ Michael Ciraclo: Serpent's Star, Antic Amiga Magazine, Vol. 3 Nr.12, 4/1985, p.80; Heinrich Lenhardt: Der Drachenstern, Happy Computer 4/1985, p.142f. (German)
  3. ↑ The Serpent's Star at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
  4. ↑ Tommervik, Margot Comstock (May–Jun 1983). "Serpent's Star". Softline. p. 44. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Michael Ciraclo: Serpent´s Star, Antic, Vol. 3 Nr.12, 4/1985, p.80.
  6. ↑ Heinrich Lenhardt: Der Drachenstern, Happy Computer 4/1985, p.142f. (German)


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.