Gemstone Warrior

Gemstone Warrior
Developer(s)Paradigm Creators
Publisher(s)Strategic Simulations
Designer(s)Peter William Lount
Trouba (Paul) Gossen
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Macintosh
Release1984: Apple II
1985: Atari 8-bit, C64
1986: Mac
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Gemstone Warrior is a video game written by Canadian developer Paradigm Creators for the Apple II and published by Strategic Simulations in 1984. It is a 2D action-adventure game where the player controls an armored figure searching for treasure and the pieces of the stolen Gemstone. Gemstone Warrior was SSI's first game to sell over 50,000 copies in North America.

The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, and Macintosh. It was followed by a 1986 sequel, Gemstone Healer, also created by Paradigm.