Treasure Hunt

You hunt lost pirate treasure on a secluded island. Walk the hunter in eight directions to pick up gold coins and gold bars, worth more at higher skill levels. The treasure chest, worth the most, lies in a palm grove ringed by quicksand bogs: hold the button as you step onto a bog for an eight-in-ten chance of getting across, but step on without it, or get unlucky, and the bog swallows you. The pirates' spirits make the chest vanish and return now and then. Skulls, the spirits of ancient pirates, are death to touch, and some of them wander. Rum barrels make the hunter stagger. When nearly all the gold is gathered a new island appears, and more skulls begin to wander every second round. You have one life, and the game ends with your rounds and score.

Controls: Use either controller. The stick walks the hunter (hold it to keep walking); hold either button while stepping onto a bog. On the title, push up and down to choose, left and right to set the skill, and press a button to start.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, September 1984, page 110: original Commodore 64 program by Calvin Overhulser. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.