Seastalker
The Ultramarine Bioceptor
| Implementers |
Stu Galley Jim Lawrence |
| Release Year | 1984 |
| Genre | Tales of Adventure |
| Difficulty | Junior |
There's something down there in the ocean, something terrifying. And you have to face it -- because only you can save the Aquadome, the world's first undersea research station. The alarm sounds and your submarine, the Scimitar, is docked nearby. But not so fast -- you haven't even tested the Scimitar in deep water, and the crew at the Aquadome may have a traitor in its ranks. So be careful! You have many possibilities to consider, mysteries to unravel and life-and-death decisions to make!
Success won't come easily. It may not come at all -- because, if you challenge the deep without using all your wits, you just might wind up as shark bait!
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From the Library (6 articles)
Infocom Introduces Seastalker™ News
Seastalker, a new adventure in the tradition of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, will make its appearance in June. Its arrival marks a number of firsts for Infocom. . . .
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Seastalker Review
Ever since the world was first thrilled by the exploits of Captain Nemo in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the ocean depths have been the setting for many adventure novels. It's only fitting then that the sea is the scene for Infocom's latest text adventure. . . .
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Seastalker Review
There you are, cozy and safe in your research laboratory, hunched over your workbench, studying the diagram of your futuristic submarine, the "Scimitar." Suddenly, the videophone alarm begins to blast, but you're so engrossed in your work that you don't look up until your friend Tip Randall rushes to your side yelling, "Patti, snap out of it!" You pick up the microphone and speak with Zoe Bly, Commander of the undersea Aquadome. The information she relates is bad: An enormous sea monster is battering the Aquadome, and you're the only person who can help. Your quiet studies are at an end, and your adventure begins. . . .
~4 minute read
Seastalker Review
The first computer adventure game was created by Willie Crowther and Don Woods not far from the home of Infocom. This classic journey through Colossal Cave opened the portal to an area of computer software which has grown to unfathomable proportions. . . .
~5 minute read
Seastalker Review
The sea has been the setting for many mysteries in the past, among them the unsolved mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle and the puzzle of the lost continent of Atlantis. And now, with Infocom's release of Seastalker, there is a new underwater mystery to titilate would-be detectives for years to come. . . .
~2 minute read
Seastalker Review
As lnfocom's first junior level text adventure, Seastalker deserves particular attention. Despite the "junior" label, Seastalker is not "just for kids." And it doesn't compromise on Infocom's high standards in the slightest way. . . .
~2 minute read
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Historical Sales Data
Weekly Sales Ranking
Top weekly ranking: #13
Weeks in top 20: 6
Source: Billboard's "Top Computer Software" charts, ostensibly prepared from retailer-provided sales data. Billboard began publishing software charts on 8 October 1983 and published the charts weekly until 31 August 1985, then biweekly or monthly beginning 14 September 1985. Billboards editors considered computer games a vulgar art and never took them seriously, making many typographical and factual errors in the retail charts, eventually discontinuing them on 27 September 1986.
Units Shipped By Year
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | |
| 19862,4 | |
| 87-893 |
Total units shipped: 44,252
Overall ranking: 18 of 33
Accounts for 2% of units sold
2 Data for 1986 includes units shipped through June 1986 only
3 Data for April 1987 - March 1989
4 Negative values indicate returns of previous-years' unsold product by retailers
Source: (1981-1989) Internal Infocom documents, archived by Steve Meretezky
Editions (2 formats)
Folio (1984)
Game folder, including nautical map and Infocard decoder
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve
Game manual ("Scimitar Logbook")
Infocards (one instruction card and eight encoded Infocards)
"The Discovery Squad" badge sticker
System-specific reference card
Warranty registration card
Product catalog
Invisiclues order form (Bilk & Wheedle)
Grey Box (1984-1989)
Game box, plastic cover over contents
Game manual and "Scimitar Logbook" (bound into box)
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve (no sleeve for 3-1/2" disk)
Infocard decoder
Infocards (one instruction card and eight encoded Infocards)
"The Discovery Squad" badge sticker
System-specific reference card
Warranty registration card
Product catalog
Invisiclues order form
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