Round the Horn (video game)
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Publisher(s) | The Software Exchange |
Designer(s) | George Blank |
Platform(s) | TRS-80 |
Release | 1979 |
Round the Horn (stylized with a leading apostrophe as 'Round the Horn)[1] is a 1979 video game written by Reverend George Blank and published by The Software Exchange for the TRS-80. Written in BASIC, it was originally a type-in program—and the cover feature—in the January 1979 issue of SoftSide.[1]
Contents
Round the Horn is a game in which each player pilots a clipper ship from New York City, around South America, to San Francisco in the shortest time.[2]
Reception
Joseph Suchar reviewed Round the Horn in The Space Gamer No. 37.[2] Suchar commented that "Round the Horn is a challenging game which is in between all of those economic games and the simplistic arcade games. I highly recommend it."[2]
References
- ^ a b Blank, George (January 1979). "Around the Horn". SoftSide (4): 8.
- ^ a b c Suchar, Joseph (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (37). Steve Jackson Games: 27–28.