The Seven Cities of Gold (video game)

The Seven Cities of Gold
Commodore 64 cover art
Developer(s)Ozark Softscape
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Danielle Bunten Berry
Platform(s)Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Mac
Release1984: Atari, Apple II, C64
June 1985: IBM PC
1986: Amiga, Mac
Genre(s)Strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

The Seven Cities of Gold is a strategy video game created by Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) and Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1984. The player takes the role of a late 15th-century explorer for the Spanish Empire, setting sail to the New World in order to explore the map and interact with the natives in order to win gold and please the Spanish court. The name derives from the "seven cities" of Quivira and Cíbola that were said to be located somewhere in the Southwest United States. It is considered to be one of the earliest open world video games.