Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. "Treasure Island" was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine "Young Folks" from 1881 through 1882 under the title
Lost Treasure (board game) beginning of each game, assigning treasure locations at random. It emits a variety of chip music sounds to signal events during game play. The device has two sets of indicators and three sets of buttons: The first player to earn $1,000,000 in "Lost Treasure" is the winner. Money is earned by selling treasure in one of the 8 ports on the board. The Dive Control randomly assigns treasure locations when it is powered on. Treasure cannot be located on land, but it can be located in a port. Gameplay proceeds by guessing the location of a gold or silver treasure