Reviews

You could tell the poor kids from the rich kids at primary school in 1984. The rich kids all got Knightlore for Christmas (At least, those that didn't have a BBC) and the poor ones got Booty.

From the early range of Firebird games for £2.50, Booty was the only half decent one amongst it. Like later budget titles Finders Keepers and Feud, everyone has a copy somewhere in the attic nestling next to Make A Chip and Survival.

Otherwise its a competent platform game. Dodge left and right on each screen, collect the keys, open the door and hope that it leads onto the next screen rather than flood the boat. Similar to Mr Freeze released at the same time, but with less flicker. Its not a lot of fun today.

1984 Firebird Software (UK)
by John F. Cain

By controlling Jim, the Cabin Boy, you have the job of collecting the booty from the pirates ship. You need to catch keys in a particular order which will then open locked doors and reveal the hidden treasures.

Becareful not to be caught in one of the many dangers around, specially the pirates who run the ship.

Nice little game.

Even after all those years, the classic search-and-collect platform game with a "pirate" setting is still nice and enjoyable to play as it was back in the day. An iconic and historical Spectrum title, no doubt.

Booty is a cool game sustained upon a great concept ... collect the keys to open new doors and pick up the treasures that you find in your way . beware the boms !!

Fine for its time and , as I said before , with a great concept behind .

Booty is a classic in its own right , but a bit confussing at times .


Evaluation : 4 / 5 .


ps - the tune is maddening but funny . it really keeps you on the go !!

Nice enough game but gets iritating too quickly for me.

This was pretty good for a budget game and is still fun for a quick blast. It won't keep you entertained for long though.

Flip screen platform'n'ladders'n'doors game. Collect all the treasures, avoid the pirates, parrots and rats, don't fall from the platforms, and use the numbered keys to open the relative door, inside the same screen. The other doors, not numbered, take you to another screen. If in a specific screen there's an unreachable spot, closed by door with an unreachable key, probably you can get there from a door in an another screen.
Nice jolly [roger] tune, beautiful glimmering loading screen, ok colourful graphics, with a bit of colour clash, it's quite addictive, partially because it's a bit frustrating, and you get a bit angry at the game [well, I did]: there are too many random deaths. Rats and parrots coming out of nowhere while you have no possible escape, doors that sometimes, in a particular game, take you directly in the arms of some affectionate pirate, items hiding bombs, appearing while a pirate is chasing you and such. The thing is that these defects aside, is quite playable. So let's give it a [not on the abudant side] 4/5. It's cute. Just slightly sadic, at times.

A very nice budget game by John F. Cain for Firebird.

A plattform adventure that takes place in a pirate ship with 20 screens where you, Jim the cabin boy, must collect all the treasures by picking up keys in the correct order to open their corresponding locked door. The screens are interconnected by a common door. Once all the treasures are collected, you have only 45 seconds to find the golden key.

Beware the pirates, rats and parrots that prowl the ship. Some treasures are a trap, they're bombs that explode after only a few seconds.

Cute graphics with some interesting effects, like the portholes that show the waves outside. The intro music is one of the most catchy and remembered tunes by the Spectrum users.

Value for money back in the day, nowadays it's a game that has aged very well.