During a stopover in Casablanca, when the captain goes ashore, the ship is attacked by the pirate Bloodthroat, who kidnaps the player's daughter Katherine and demands a ransom in gold within thirty days.

The player must raise the sum by trading along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of the Barbary States and fighting other pirates.

Bloodthroat's hideout is on an unknown island, and the player will have to find clues to its location in order to eventually pay the ransom or face him in battle.

The actual price can be haggled, but if the player pushes too hard, the local merchant may get impatient and refuse to make a deal.

Your Commodore reviewer praised the large, colorful graphics, but complained that the game was slow to play and a bit difficult to control.