ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure
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| ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure | |
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 Title screen | |
| Developer(s) | Apogee Software |
| Publisher(s) | Softdisk |
| Designer(s) | George Broussard[1] |
| Programmer(s) | John Romero[2] |
| Engine | F.A.S.T. Game System[3] |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | December 31, 1993 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure is a 1993 action video game. The game was developed by Apogee on contract for Softdisk in 1991, and was marketed as a Softdisk game; Apogee developed the title on behalf of id Software (being the final game they owed Softdisk),[4] in order to let them focus on developing Wolfenstein 3D (1992).[5]
Plot
[edit]The player character dives in the Caribbean sea to search the sunken wreck of the Barbarosa to search for treasure and uncover the mystery being disappearing explorers.
Gameplay
[edit]The player swims around a number of shipwreck levels with a speargun with limited harpoons for attacking enemies. The player also has a limited oxygen supply and vitality. Vitality is replenished with collectible hearts and oxygen is refilled by picking up tanks.
References
[edit]- ^ John Romero (February 1, 2011). "id Software: 20 Years Old Today!". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ^ "John Romero Credits". CBS Interactive Inc. 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ Gerald Lindsly's Official page (August 27, 2004). "Gerald Lindsly". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ^ "Una Distribucion Complicada". Yo Tenia un Duego. No. 6. September 2013. p. 28.
- ^ Kushner, David (2004). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. New York City, New York: Random House. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8129-7215-3.
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