Treasure Hunter

In Treasure Hunter you play the nephew of Tuck Pinkleton, an old sailor and explorer who lives in the North American seaside village of Golden Greek. Your uncle has built a maritime museum with 5000 square meters of exhibit floor space, but there is no money left to fund the exhibits. He knows a solution though, as there are thousands of shipwrecks around the world filled with dazzling treasures. As he is too old, he asks you to search for these treasures, and he supplies you with his yacht, a computer with vidphone, and $30,000 to start. You first task is to find a crew and the necessary info for your first mission.

To complete the game, you have to go on five missions. For each mission you have to research the history of the wreck, acquire funding, and hire a crew. The actual search is shown through a series of slide show presentations that can be viewed in your computer. In two cases it is sufficient to explore the village and to contact experts using your vidphone. For the other missions you have to fly to Seville to explore a museum, to Malta to explore an abbey, and to Emerald Island near Madagascar where you have to find your way in a maze-like cave.

As an edutainment game, Treasure Hunter includes many "cut-scenes" (slide shows) with historical information. Exploring the locations from a first-person perspective, you move around using a directional cursor that allows you to turn around at certain stopping points, with transitional movies between these points. At the top of the action window the number of days and total of your funds are shown. When the cursor is moved to the bottom of the screen action icons are shown (e.g. to move or take things), a travel bag for inventory items, a plane to travel, and your computer. The game has only six saving slots (all the saves start at the first location of a mission). The game has a hint system that is activated when you are stuck for some time (your computer icon will flash). The main menu includes a bonus option (to view historical sequences, books, museum, and reconstitutions of wrecks & treasures).

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Philips Média France
Developed By Cryo Interactive Entertainment
Microfolie's Editions
Front Cover (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Spine/Sides (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Spine/Sides (France) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Singapore) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Singapore) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (Singapore) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (Singapore) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (Singapore) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Intro - opening screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Intro - title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Intro - overview village (Windows) from mobygames.com
Intro - meet Tuck Pinkleton, your uncle (Windows) from mobygames.com
Opening screen with directional cursor (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your uncle's house (Windows) from mobygames.com
The maritime museum (Windows) from mobygames.com
Captain Blake (Windows) from mobygames.com
Lucy Campbell, archaeologist (Windows) from mobygames.com
Village square (Windows) from mobygames.com
Your yacht (Windows) from mobygames.com
Calling Yolanda, one of the experts (Windows) from mobygames.com
Museum entrance in Seville (Windows) from mobygames.com
Museum - exhibition room (Windows) from mobygames.com
Museum - library (Windows) from mobygames.com
Museum - Yolanda has discovered something (Windows) from mobygames.com
Malta - Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Windows) from mobygames.com
Abbey in Malta (Windows) from mobygames.com
Abbey, dining room (Windows) from mobygames.com
Emerald island (Windows) from mobygames.com
The cave of Blackbone (Windows) from mobygames.com
Example of historical illustrations (1) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Example of historical illustrations (2) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Example of historical illustrations (3) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Slideshow mission 1, example (1) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Slideshow mission 1, example (2) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Example from book with background information about sharks (Windows) from mobygames.com
Example from book on The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Windows) from mobygames.com
Computer - map with located wreckages (Windows) from mobygames.com
Computer - hint screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Hidden bar bottom screen (with faded action window) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Main menu (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1997

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Exploration Investigative

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

Gameplay:
Naval

Other Tags:
Educational Speech

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