Golden Baton, The - Atari 8-bit

Publisher:Digtal Fantasia  Info
Developer:Brian Howarth  Info
Year:Unknown
Category:Adventure / Text
Game Manual:Download (DOS) Game Music:N/A

Also on: Acorn BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Dragon 32-64, Microsoft DOS, Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Video from another systemSinclair ZX Spectrum version shown because a Atari 8-bit video is unavailable.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum version


Your mission is to retrieve the Golden Baton, a priceless artifact worshipped by your race for eons. It maintains balance and keeps peace in the land, but now it has been stolen from the Palace of King Ferrenuil! Many have searched for it, none have returned. The player will face wolves and crabs, navigate a boat trip, and deal with a magical crystal. Most of the way, you use one object in some way to gain another.

Golden Baton uses the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus has the same features - a basic 2-word parser, limited vocabulary (object names plus standard words such as EXAMINE, WEAR and DROP), and brief descriptions. A Help command is also available which provides hints. Although primitive by later standards, these compare favourably to other interactive fiction of the time.


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