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
Treasure Island 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. A graphical adventure game, the player takes the part of Jim Hawkins travelling around the island dispatching pirates with cutlasses before getting the treasure and being chased back to the ship by Long John Silver. Another "Treasure Island" adventure game based upon the novel was released in 1985, published by Windham Classics. LucasArts adventure "Monkey Island" is partly based on "Treasure Island", lending many of its plotpoints and characters and using many humorous references to the book. Disney has released various video games based on the animated film "Treasure Planet", including "".