NES-Longplay-Captain Comic - The Adventure HD (U)
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The Adventures of Captain Comic (or just Captain Comic) is a 1988 DOS platform game which is known for being one of the first side-scrolling games made for IBM PC. It was developed entirely by Michael Denio. The PC version of the game was distributed as shareware. Later a version for the NES was published by Color Dreams as an unlicensed title. An unofficial conversion for the SAM Coupé also exists. It was also cloned as "The Adventures of Pioneer Kseniauk" in 1990 by a team of Ukrainian programmers.
Gameplay of Captain Comic
In the game, the player takes control of Captain Comic, who is on a mission to the planet Tambi to recover three treasures stolen from the planet Omsoc. Its author, Michael Denio, writes in the introduction to the game's manual:
The Adventures of Captain Comic started out as an experiment to test the viability of two theories, the first as to whether a real arcade type game can be done on a standard IBM PC with an EGA card, and secondly, given the first can be done, if it is possible to make any money doing it. Well, I've come to a conclusion on the second point, but I'll let you judge the first point for yourself.
Neither the original nor its sequel were commercial successes.
The theme song for Captain Comic was traditionally a rendition of the United States Marine Corps Hymn. The song was changed in Version 5 (the final revision of the game, released in 1991), replaced by George Frideric Handel Harpsichord Suite In D Minor, HWV 428, Air.
STORY
The player, as Comic, arrives by teleporting in front of a castle on the planet Tambi, where the quest begins. Comic must find three artifacts, namely the Mystical Gems of Lascorbanos, the Thousand Coins of Tenure, the Crown of the Ages. To find them, he must travel through many varied environments. The game ends when Comic is in possession of the three treasures.