Big K


Master Mariner
By Atlantis
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Big K #8

Master Mariner

In which you captain the good ship 'Titan Trader' and attempt, by buying goods at one port and selling them at another around the coast of Britain, to become a millionaire. As in real life, that's a little difficult. Especially as you've no idea what the selling price is going to be until you've arrived at your destination and clocked the menu and options thereabouts.

Marred by some of the most mind-numbingly sluggish graphic sequences in the history of computer gaming and made damn near impossible in the early stages by a series of random and improbably disasters that hit you every single time you set sail (pirates, sea mists, customs officials who always know when you've got arms or bullion on board), it's actually pretty entertaining in the buy/sell stages. 'Coals To Newcastle' would have been a much better title.