The Serpent’s Star (video game)

The Serpent’s Star (video game)

The Serpent´s Star
Developer(s)	Ultrasoft
Publisher(s)	Brøderbund
Platform(s)	C 64, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II
Release date(s)	1985
Genre(s)	Text Adventure with graphics
Mode(s)	Single player
Media/distribution	5¼" disk

The Serpent’s Star is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics. The adventure game is the sequel to the adventure The Mask of the Sun. It was developed by Ultrasoft in 1983 and published by Brøderbund in 1985.

Gameplay and Plot

The single-player adventure is controlled via typed keyboard commands. Words and simple sentences are entered in a text parser.

The plot takes place in Tibet. The player named Mac Steele is an archaelogist, who tries to find a valuable diamond called “The Serpent’s Star”. He needs 13 scrolls, which provide advice to the diamonds hideout in the town of Kara-Koram. Therefor Mac Steele has to travel through Tibet, to solve a lot of puzzles and to meet other non-player characters, e.g. buddhist monks.

Development and Reception

The adventure has partly animated 2d graphics and contains some music. It was implemented for C 64, Apple II and Atari 8-bit family. The game is the sequel to the adventure The Mask of the Sun. It was developed by Ultrasoft (1983), published by Brøderbund (1985) and written by Scott Shumway.

In a review The Serpent´s Star was recognized as "a good, challenging game". A german reviewer praised the thrilling, atmospheric storyline, the complexity of the riddles and the nice graphics.

External links

• The Serpent´s Star at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
• The Serpent's Star and The Mask of the Sun at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman

Notes

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