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Castaway

by Conrad Knopf

About the Story

You are shipwrecked in the Pacific. Slowly you drift through the fog until you find a deserted island. There you find countless treasures, but they are worthless if you cannot return to civilization. Will you be able to get off the island? (Introductory)

Page Update History

  v.4: 26-Feb-2021 21:16 - David Welbourn (Current Version) - Edit Page - Normal View
Changed download links
v.3: 13-Apr-2013 14:45 - Edward Lacey
Changed genre, external review links
v.2: 10-May-2011 19:23 - David Welbourn
Changed IFIDs, development system, description
v.1: 29-Sep-2007 20:49 - IFDB
Created page

1 Off-Site Review

SPAG
The mixing of the rescue theme with the treasure hunt theme produces some bizarre results. Though you will probably spot the ship a few moves after landing, you will avoid signalling it until you've gotten all the treasures. In real life you'd be much more concerned that the ship might leave. [...]

Castaway is not up to scratch by 1995 standards, but one must remember that it was written in the pre GAGS/LADS/AGT/TADS/Inform days of 1986. Under the circumstances, putting out any shareware text game at all was an impressive feat.

-- Graeme Cree
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Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown
License: Former shareware
Development System: GW-BASIC
Baf's Guide ID: 39
IFID: MZ-53305C005D1D86A27D2C87748F8AA6E8
TUID: s1r5mnwjbexdk746