''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 te ...

. 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 Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's Atari 8-bit computers, 8-bit computers. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985, and was widely available i ...

in 1988, then the

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

in 1990. ''Typhoon Thompson'' is a reworking of the

Apple II Apple II ("apple Roman numerals, two", stylized as Apple ][) is a series of microcomputers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1977 to 1993. The Apple II (original), original Apple II model, which gave the series its name, was designed ...

game ''Airheart'', also written by Gorlin.

Reception

''Antic (magazine), Antic'' in November 1988 praised ''Typhoon Thompson''s Atar ST graphics and playability. The game was ranked the 24th best game of all time by ''

Amiga Power ''Amiga Power'' (''AP'') was a monthly magazine about Amiga video games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996. History The first issue of ''Amiga Power'' was publi ...

''.Amiga Power magazine issue 0,

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, May 1991

References

External links

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''STart'' Vol.3 No.6
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