Ghost Town
Adventure International 1980
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Scott Adams
- Systems:
- SAGA
- Platforms:
- Apple II, Atari 400/800, BBC/Electron , C64/128 , Dragon 32/64 , Exidy Sorcerer , PC , Spectrum, TI-99/4A, TRS-80
- Genres:
- Treasure hunt, Western
- Related:
- Scott Adams Adventures [1: Adventureland, 2: Pirate Adventure, 3: Secret Mission, 4: Voodoo Castle, 5: Count, The, 6: Strange Odyssey, 7: Mystery Fun House, 8: Pyramid of Doom, 9: Ghost Town, 10: Savage Island part 1, 11: Savage Island part 2, 12: Golden Voyage, The, 13: Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle, The, 14: Return to Pirate's Isle, 15: Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The]
- Entered by:
- Alastair, dave, Gunness, leenew
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 12-02-2021
Synopsis
Plot
You must explore a once-thriving mining town in search of the 13 hidden treasures. With everything from rattlesnakes to runaway horses, it sure ain't going to be easy! Includes a special bonus scoring system too!
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- Solution
- by ?
- Solution
- by Alastair (50 Bonus Points Solution)
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Hints
- by Alastair
- Further Info:
- Search at Atari 8-bit Forever
- Search at Atari Mania
- Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Spectrum Computing
- Search at The Dragon Archive
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at TI-99/4A Game Shelf
- Search at World of Spectrum
Probably one of the highest ratios of difficulty vs game size, Claymorgue excepted. Adams tried new things here, but the parser was too limited for the ideas to fully work. Though some of the puzzles are flippant or plainly unfair, I cannot but admire the inventiveness: clever wordplay clues, lateral use of the environment (the safe puzzle), a balanced playful undertone, and a bonus system for those that really want to crank up the challenge. I remember the game took me some time to solve, but getting the bonuses required mad sequencing skillz and a bit of cheating. A classic.
There is a port for the Commodore Plus4 in 2004. Plus4World download link: https://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Ghost_Town_Adventure