Plundered Hearts games. "Plundered Hearts" was the last release for the Atari 8-bit family. The game has 54 locations. Tech spec lists 57 rooms. "Spine-tingling peril, romance and adventure on the high seas!" Game reviewers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser complimented the game in their "The Role of Computers" column in "Dragon" #128 (1987), citing its "gripping prose, challenging predicaments, and scenes of derring-do". "Compute!" praised "Plundered Hearts" writing and said that the game was suitable for both men and women. "ANALOG Computing" approved of the game's "intrigue, adventure and, yes, romance" but regretted that "most of Infocom's regular audience (presumably male)
Plundered Hearts watch the men duel over her; she must help Jamison overcome the evil plans of Lafond so they have a chance to live happily ever after. Infocom had a reputation for not only creating involving stories, but also for feelies, which were extra items included with each game. The "Plundered Hearts" package held: As early as 1984 Infocom employees joked about the possibility of a romance text adventure, although "The Boston Globe" observed that "somehow the moves don't seem appropriate to a computer keyboard". By 1987, the year of "Plundered Hearts"'s release, Infocom no longer rated its games on difficulty