''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 The Software Exchange was a company that produced computer games in the late 1970s and early 1980s, primarily for the TRS-80. It has origins with ''SoftSide'' magazine. Games *''Atlantic Balloon Crossing'' (1979) *''Dragon-Quest Adventure'' (1979) ...

for the TRS-80. Written in

BASIC BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College ...

, it was originally a type-in program—and the cover feature—in the January 1979 issue of '' SoftSide''.

''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."

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite journal , last1=Blank , first1=George , title=Around the Horn , journal=SoftSide , date=January 1979 , issue=4 , page=8 , url=https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-04/page/n7

External links

SoftSide review
1979 video games Naval video games Simulation video games The Software Exchange games TRS-80 games TRS-80-only games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in the 19th century

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Reception

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