Reviews

An early text only adventure by one of the most successful authors in the genre for the Spectrum, Scott Adams, Pirate Adventure is sometimes too obvious and sometimes a bit obscure. The narrative is not compelling and the descriptions are lazy. Dark cave, grass shack etc is often about all the detail you get. Not enough for 5p less than a tenner back in 1984.
The problems are all solvable and relatively logical so compared to much of the dross that came out, its still not bad.
A major recommendation is that the author's own hints, vocab sheet and solutions are available at the-Tipshop.co.uk. As such it is a good re-introduction game to Spectrum text adventuring.

by Scott Adams, Alexis Adams

Fundamentally, I can repeat my review for Voodoo Castle with this one.
And even more, because, being easier, it's really one of the perfect adventures for beginners. I liked it very much.
4/5