Lost Dutchman's Gold

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Lost Dutchman's Gold
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Developer(s) Rider Fantasy Creations
Publisher(s) The Software Exchange
Designer(s) Terry Kepner
Platform(s) TRS-80
Release1979

Lost Dutchman's Gold is a 1979 video game designed by Terry Kepner (as "Teri Li") and published by The Software Exchange for the TRS-80 16K.

Contents

Contents

Lost Dutchman's Gold is a text adventure in which the player searches for gold hidden in the desert. [1]

Reception

Jon Mishcon reviewed Lost Dutchman's Gold in The Space Gamer No. 34. [1] Mishcon commented that "Overall, a good game of the adventure genre, well worth its reasonable price, but certainly not the best of its class." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mishcon, Jon (December 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (34): 35.