More toward the sunrise side of the sea, game play is pretty straightforward and the whole enterprise can be brought into port in a sensible amount of time. (We see a resulting red pool on the water’s surface.) Though rare, the words “d–n” and “b–tard” both make one or two appearances in the pirate vernacular. What parents of gamers young enough to want to play the game might not anticipate, however, are rum-swilling, tobacco-smoking marauders, a young girl in a tied-off, midriff-baring top and a freebooter who gets tossed into piranha-infested waters. Cannon-blasting ships and a gun-wielding pirate show up as part of the play, as well. Memorization plays a part in a few instances, too, as when Jim has to remember the lyrical line of “Dead Man’s Chest” and sing it with Long John’s bird friend before he can move on.Īs you might expect from a game based on a pirate novel, skeletons, old bones and skulls are scattered here and there. Pirate-worthy puzzles range from knot tying and boat repair to figuring out an old Incan calendar in order to reveal the cobweb-covered recesses of a native temple. With the help of those clues and the old peg leg’s parrot, you traverse the island and run into, among other things, bloodthirsty pirates and a young girl who claims to be Long John’s last living relative. There he discovers that the crusty Long John himself has set up an elaborate treasure hunt complete with riddles written in rhyming verse (called enigmas) and clue-revealing puzzles.
Jim just happens to be in the midst of a struggle with some mutinous crew members, so he throws care to the four winds and makes his way to the Emerald Isle.
The note offers him part of a map and tantalizing clues that promise to lead to Long John Silver’s greatest treasure. It’s five years after the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and Jim Hawkins, now captain of his own ship, receives a missive carried by a parrot messenger. An’ perchance a crumblin’ map bearin’ an X that marks the spot.Īnd that’s exactly what Destination: Treasure Island has. Arrgh! Any self-respectin’ pirate game worth its salt needs a treasure chest that’s buried on a tropical isle.
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