The Island (video game)

The Island is a ZX Spectrum text adventure developed and released by Crystal Computing in 1983. The player is the survivor of a plane crash. The aim of the game is to find the valuable treasure and escape from the island.

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The Island
Cover art
Developer(s)Martin H. Smith
Publisher(s)Crystal Computing
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum
Release
Genre(s)Interactive fiction

Reception

"Compared to similar adventures, The Island is dull stuff with nothing out of the ordinary to recommend it.". Sinclair User[2]

"It seems unlikely that any Spectrum owner will find it fun for more than a few minutes to play this repetitive, text-only adventure, which is filled with the programmer's inane humour". Sinclair Programs[3]

gollark: Great!
gollark: The issues of picking an initial dictator, and passing it on to the next person, will run into similar issues to modern democracy: you're optimizing for someone who's convincing and sounds good and not necessarily someone who *is*.
gollark: And you run into the issue of: how do you pass on leadership?
gollark: Even if you start with a dictator who seems good and all, they may stop being good after a while.
gollark: I'll explain why once I finish reading the backlog, sorry.

References
  1. The Island at GameFAQs
  2. "Review...". Sinclair User (24): 9. March 1984.
  3. "Review...". Sinclair Programs (8407): 33. July 1984.
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