Emerald Isle (video game)
{{Short description|1984 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Emerald Isle
|image = Emerald Isle Coverart.png
|developer = Level 9 Computing
|publisher = Level 9 Computing
|released = 1984
|genre = Interactive fiction
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
}}
Emerald Isle is a 1984 interactive fiction game developed and published by Level 9 Computing for various home computer platforms.{{cite web | url=https://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/level9/info/Level9_Facts.txt | title=Level 9 Fact Sheet | accessdate=2023-10-24}} A plane has crashed after being struck by a storm over the Bermuda Triangle. The sole occupant has escaped by parachute and finds himself on an unknown island inhabited by strange peoples and creatures.
Gameplay
The game is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some{{which|date=June 2017}} platforms.
Reception
John Sweeney writing for Page 6 said: "For anyone who has not yet taken the plunge into adventuring, and can't afford to buy an Infocom adventure such as Wishbringer, Emerald Isle offers an excellent introduction to a very enjoyable pastime."{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Page_6_Issue_19_1986-01_ABACUS_GB/page/n41/mode/2up|title = Page 6 - Issue 19 (1986-01)(ABACUS)(GB)|date = January 1986}}
=Reviews=
- Crash! - May, 1985{{cite web | url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/16/emerald.htm | title=CRASH 16 - Emerald Isle }}
- Sinclair Programs - May, 1985{{cite web|url=http://wos.meulie.net/pub/sinclair/magazines/SinclairPrograms/Issue8505/Pages/SinclairPrograms850500014.jpg |title=Sinclair Programs Issue 8505|website=meulie.net}} {{dead link|date=August 2023}}
- Zzap! - May, 1985{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-001/page/n71/mode/2up | title=ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 001 | date=May 1985 }}
- Computer and Video Games - May, 1985{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_043_1985-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n113/mode/2up | title=Computer & Video Games - Issue 043 (1985-05)(EMAP Publishing)(GB) | date=May 1985 }}
- Sinclair User - May, 1985{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-038/page/n111/mode/2up | title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 038 | date=May 1985 }}
- Popular Computing Weekly - Apr 04, 1985{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1985-04-04/page/n13/mode/2up | title=Popular Computing Weekly (1985-04-04) | date=4 April 1985 }}
- Tilt - Jul, 1986{{cite web|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero033/tilt%20N%B0033%20-%20juillet%20aout%201986%20-%20page020%20et%20021.jpg|title=Tilt numero 033|website=abandonware.org|access-date=2022-03-22|archive-date=2018-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918134301/http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero033/tilt%20N%B0033%20-%20juillet%20aout%201986%20-%20page020%20et%20021.jpg|url-status=dead}}
- Computer Gamer - Apr, 1985{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_01_1985-04_Argus_Press_GB/page/n56/mode/2up | title=Computer Gamer - Issue 01 (1985-04)(Argus Press)(GB) | date=April 1985 }}
References
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External links
- {{lemon64 game|id=823|name=Emerald Isle}}
- {{WoS game|id=0006249|name=Emerald Isle}}
- {{IFDB|id=wbde35foz6m26xct|title=Emerald Isle}}
{{Level 9}}
Category:1980s interactive fiction
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
Category:Level 9 Computing games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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