Round the Horn (video game)

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 programand the cover featurein the January 1979 issue of SoftSide.[1]

Round the Horn
Publisher(s)The Software Exchange
Designer(s)George Blank
Platform(s)TRS-80
Release1979

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

  1. Blank, George (January 1979). "Around the Horn". SoftSide (4): 8.
  2. Suchar, Joseph (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (37): 27–28.
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