The Serpent's Star

The Serpent's Star is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics. It was developed by Ultrasoft and published by Broderbund in 1983.[1] The adventure game is the sequel to the adventure The Mask of the Sun. It was released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit family.

The Serpent's Star
Developer(s)Ultrasoft
Publisher(s)Brøderbund
Programmer(s)Scott Shumway (C64)
EngineUltraVision
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1983
Genre(s)Text Adventure with graphics
Mode(s)Single player

Gameplay

The game 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]

The single-player adventure is controlled via typed keyboard commands. Words and simple sentences are entered in a text parser.[3]

Reception

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

gollark: I nondislike saying non-.
gollark: This seems nontrivial.
gollark: I expect a nonzero amount of other languages use ++ for concat. I know Elm (boooo) does.
gollark: You didn't say that, though.
gollark: Haskell?

References
  1. The Serpent's Star at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
  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. Heinrich Lenhardt: Der Drachenstern, Happy Computer 4/1985, p.142f. (german)
  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)


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