Treasure Hunt
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Notes
Treasure Hunt is a sort of expansion of Gregory Yob’s 1972 game Hunt The Wumpus.
Written by Lance Micklus for the TRS-80 microcomputer, Treasure Hunt was a commercial release and was first advertised via the TRS-80 Software Exchange in SoftSide magazine, starting with issue 1 in October 1978. (More information at Renga In Blue.)
Treasure Hunt was ported to the Apple II computer by Murray Summers and appeared in issue 3 of Computer & Video Games magazine (January 1982). The Apple II port was the basis for the BBC Micro version by Nick Powell, which appeared in issue 1 of OWL magazine, a pullout supplement in issue 8 of Computer & Video Games (June 1982).
Powell’s BBC Micro program had quite a few bugs, so the version of Treasure Hunt that’s available on this webpage is a port of the original TRS-80 listing. This latest port was created in 2021 by Lee Newsome. (Hopefully it’s bug-free!)
Details
| Title | Treasure Hunt |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
| Publishers | Computer & Video Games (C&VG) (EMAP National Publications Ltd.) OWL - The BBC microcomputer magazine (C&VG) (EMAP National Publications Ltd.) SoftSide magazine |
| Authors | Lance Micklus Murray Summers Nick Powell Lee Newsome |
| Release Type | Magazine |
| Primary genre | RPG |
| Secondary genre | Hunt The Wumpus |
| Joystick | Not Supported |
| Players | Single Player |
| Save | Not Supported |
| Compatibility | A:✘ B:✔ Master: Untested |