📅 01 Jan 1979🎮 Maritime Classics / The Software Exchange
Recreating the perilous 19th-century Gold Rush clipper ship maritime voyage from New York around the stormy southern tip of South America to San Francisco, The Software Exchange published Round the Horn in 1979 for the TRS-80 Model I, placing players in command of a merchant sailing ship managing sail trims, crew provisions, scurvy outbreaks, hull repairs, and ferocious Cape Horn gale storms.
🎬 Deep Vision & Technical Analysis
🌆 Atmosphere & Visual Direction
Authentic vintage visual direction representing landmark era aesthetic standards.
⚡ Action Pacing & Physics Engine
Systemic interaction and engaging pacing designed for historical immersion.
🎯 Performance & Launch Trajectory
An essential milestone preserved in masterclass gaming archival standard.
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.
Contents
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.”
