''Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child'' is a video game created by

Dan Gorlin Dan Gorlin is a video game programmer and designer best known for his 1982 Apple II game '' Choplifter'', in which the player pilots a helicopter to rescue hostages. His next Apple II game, '' Airheart'' (1987), took three years to complete. While ...

. It was published by

Broderbund Broderbund Software, Inc. (stylized as Brøderbund) was an American maker of video games, educational software, and productivity tools. Broderbund is best known for the 8-bit video game hits ''Choplifter'', ''Lode Runner'', ''Karateka'', and '' ...

for the Atari ST in 1988, then the Amiga in 1990. ''Typhoon Thompson'' is a reworking of the Apple II game ''

Airheart ''Airheart'' is an action game designed and programmed by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1986. It requires a 128K Apple IIe (or later) to run, as it uses the 16-color double hi-res graphics mode. After three years of ...

'', also written by Gorlin. ''Airheart'' uses the 16-color "Double High Res" graphics mode available in the enhanced

Apple IIe The Apple IIe (styled as Apple //e) is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. The ''e'' in the name stands for ''enhanced'', referring to the fact that several popular features were now built-in ...

and Apple IIc (and, later,

Apple IIGS The Apple IIGS (styled as II), the fifth and most powerful of the Apple II family, is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Computer. While featuring the Macintosh look and feel, and resolution and color similar to the Amiga and Atari ST ...

Reception

The game was ranked the 24th best game of all time by '' Amiga Power''.Amiga Power magazine issue 0,

Future Publishing Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...

, May 1991

References

External links

''Typhoon Thompson''
at Atari Mania
''Typhoon Thompson''
at Lemon Amiga

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