Lost Dutchman's Gold

80-Northwest Publishing, Byte, Programmer's Guild, The, Rider Fantasy Creations, SoftSide Publications 1979

Aka:: Lost Dutchman
Language:: English
Authors:: Teri Li
Systems:: BASIC
Platforms:: Apple II, BBC/Electron , C64/128 , Nascom , TRS-80 , VIC20
Genres:: Treasure hunt, Type-in , Western
Entered by:: Amby, dave, Dorothy, Garry, Gunness, iamaran
Added:: 10-05-2010
Edited:: 28-02-2019

Synopsis

Plot

Deep in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, hidden in the eerie mists of forgotten times, the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine awaits the fortune-seeker bold enough to challenge the fates.
Protected by bands of hostile Indians, the ravines and gullies harbor silent death for the unwary adventurer.
You start in a miner's shack in the desert below the mountains with a mule, a rifle, and a few tools. There is a map hidden somewhere and this is your clue to uncountable wealth. There is a ghost town, and the desert, and, ultimately, the deadly Superstitions to explore as you search for the way to the Lost Dutchman's Mine.

Notes

published as a commercial game for the TRS-80 by The Programmer’s Guild. It was later published as Lost Dutchman v2.1 by Rider Fantasy Creations. It was then published by SoftSide Publications as a BASIC type-in listing in SoftSide S-80 Edition, vol. 2, no. 10, July 1980, pp. 58–67 and by 80-Northwest Publishing in The Captain 80 book of BASIC adventures, pp. 167–176.

In the same year, it was ported to the Apple II and published by Byte Publications as a BASIC type-in listing in Byte, vol. 5, no. 12, December 1980, pp. 268, 270–278, 280; corrections vol. 6, no. 4, April 1981, p. 302.

Unofficial ports are known to exist for the Acorn Atom, BBC/Electron, C64, Nascom and VIC-20.

The story is inspired by the tale of the lost mine of German (not Dutch!) prospector Jacob Waltz.