Round the Horn (stylized with a leading apostrophe as ‘Round the Horn) is a 1979 video game written by Reverend George Blank and published by The Software Exchange for the TRS-80. Written in BASIC, it was originally a type-in program—and the cover feature—in the January 1979 issue of SoftSide.
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Round the Horn is a game in which each player pilots a clipper ship from New York City, around South America, to San Francisco in the shortest time.
Reception
Joseph Suchar reviewed Round the Horn in The Space Gamer No. 37. Suchar commented that “Round the Horn is a challenging game which is in between all of those economic games and the simplistic arcade games. I highly recommend it.”
Gamer24h Editor's Take
Put under the Gamer24h team's microscope, Round the Horn raises the bar considerably with both its storytelling and technical polish. Masterfully blending Retro mechanics with modern standards, the game's fluid gameplay makes hours fly by unnoticed. If you're looking for an absorbing world and satisfying mechanics that pull you right in, this game might be exactly what you've been searching for.