MANUFACTURER:
ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL (Distributed
by Texas Instruments)
PRODUCT NUMBER: PHM 3189
RELEASED: 1Q/1984
PROGRAMMER: SCOTT ADAMS
ORIGINAL RETAIL PRICE:
$29.95
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: This is Adventure #14 in
the Adventure International series.
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: According to Scott Adams,
Return To Pirate's Isle
"was written especially for the TI and was done from the ground up to
have graphics to work on that system AND fit in a cartridge. A first I
believe. It was a trial to see how graphic adventures would sell on the
system. Sadly to say it came out just as TI decided to get out of the
business...If it had worked then the next logical step would have been
the Quest Probe series of Marvel characters."
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: The graphics for this
game were put together differently than most games. According to Scott
Adams, " I did all the programming and I had a graphics artist do the
artwork. Due to the size of the cartridge we did something unique on
this game. Instead of using computer generated compression techniques
the pictures were done by creating a palette of shapes that could be
put together to form the final pictures. The initial fuzzy picture at
the start of the game is an example of that. Its all the components of
that picture put together in a random order."
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: If you are having a hard
time
solving this game, check out the full solution
done by Michael Javorka, Joe Waters, and Barry Boone. Just enter each
word in order when playing the game and you will get all 13 treasures
and a perfect score of 100.
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: For those that are dying
to play this game again on their PC or MAC, check out iFiction's
Adventure International page, which includes an all-text version of
Return To Pirate's Isle in
addition to all of Scott Adams' other adventures.
TOUCAN'S TRIVIA: In 2003 Scott Adams
developed a sequel called Return To
Pirate's Island 2 for the PC. It is available for $19.95 through
his own web site, Scott
Adams Grand Adventures. You might want to check it out if you can
get through the original game!
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