User summary The Gem of Zephyrr is the first game in the trilogy Saga of Altair. Generally, the game consists of text-based interactions with interleaved graphic display scenes. The game is notable for being written in LBASIC, a language developed by Dar Systems that could be written-once and subsequently executed on Apple II, Macintosh, and IBM PC systems. The game was written by Eric A. Seiden and Kris D. Medina; LBASIC was written by Eric A. Seiden and David A. Parisse. The Gem of Zephyrr formed the basis of a 1987 self-published novel titled The Realm of Altair: The Gem of Zephyrr, by Eric A. Seiden.