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ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure

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ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure
Title screen
Developer(s)Apogee Software
Publisher(s)Softdisk
Designer(s)George Broussard[1]
Programmer(s)John Romero[2]
EngineF.A.S.T. Game System[3]
Platform(s)DOS
ReleaseDecember 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ John Romero (February 1, 2011). "id Software: 20 Years Old Today!". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "John Romero Credits". CBS Interactive Inc. 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Gerald Lindsly's Official page (August 27, 2004). "Gerald Lindsly". Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Una Distribucion Complicada". Yo Tenia un Duego. No. 6. September 2013. p. 28.
  5. ^ 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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