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StarTropics

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Game Information

Original Release Date: December 01, 1990

Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U

Involved Companies: Nintendo

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Summary: Find out just how resourceful you can be in this classic game, with its mixture of adventure and RPG elements. Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archeologist uncle, Dr. Jones. After being told that his uncle has been abducted, Mike begins a perilous quest in order to rescue him and figure out the mysterious plot behind his disappearance.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).