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Cutthroats

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First release
1984
Publisher
Infocom
Genres
Adventure · Non-fiction, Action
Platforms
Amstrad CPC, DOS, Mac, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Texas Instruments TI-99, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST/STE, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, TRS-80

Cutthroats is an interactive fiction computer game written by Michael Berlyn and Jerry Wolper and was published by Infocom in 1984. Like the majority of Infocom's games, it was released for most of the popular computer platforms of the time, such as the Apple II, DOS, Commodore 64 and several other platforms. It is Infocom's thirteenth game.

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Storyline
You are a skilled diver living on Hardscrabble Island, a small seaport past its prime. You will try to salvage a sunken treasure from one of four shipwrecks; if you are successful, you will be fabulously wealthy and enormously respected among old salts. Some characters in the story will help you; others will try to stop you any way they can. If you can think logically and keep your throat intact, the treasure can be yours. There are four different shipwrecks you can discover, but in each story you will be trying to recover only one particular treasure. When you restart the story, you may find yourself diving for a different treasure.Read more

You are a skilled diver living on Hardscrabble Island, a small seaport past its prime. You will try to salvage a sunken treasure from one of four shipwrecks; if you are successful, you will be fabulously wealthy and enormously respected among old salts. Some characters in the story will help you; others will try to stop you any way they can. If you can think logically and keep your throat intact, the treasure can be yours. There are four different shipwrecks you can discover, but in each story you will be trying to recover only one particular treasure. When you restart the story, you may find yourself diving for a different treasure.

Release dates
DOS
1984
Mac
1984
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1984
All 13 release dates
Texas Instruments TI-99
1984
Atari 8-bit
1984
Apple II
1984
Commodore 16
1984
Commodore Plus/4
1984
TRS-80
1984
Atari ST/STE
1985
Amstrad CPC
1986
Amiga
1986
Amstrad PCW
1986
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Completionist
12h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
pirates, interactive fiction, text adventure, scummvm compatible

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Completionist (IGDB)
12h
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IGDB · recorded 15 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 15 Oct 2026