Atari ST - Pocketsoft - 1989
Captain Blood
- Genre
- Adventure / Arcade - 3-D
- Year
- 1989
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Pocketsoft
- Controls
- Mouse / Keyboard
- Distributor
- Infogrames
- Players
- 1
- Developer
- Métal Hurlant
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- —
- Programmer(s)
- Bouchon, Didier
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Bouchon, Didier / Rho, Michel
- Software
- English / French / German
- Game design
- Ulrich, Philippe
- Box/Instructions
- English / French / German
- Musician(s)
- Jarre, Jean-Michel / Ulrich, Philippe
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- [unknown]
- Serial
- 00001
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- [Re-release]
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Double Sided
- Dump format
- Pasti
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)
OTHER VERSIONS WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE (3)
VIDEOS (1)
TIPS (2)
Detailed information
Captain Blood Interpreter, Fractal Engine, Speech, Aliens and scripts at Kroah's Game Reverse Engineering Page
TRIVIA (4)
Sound
Features digitized title soundtrack at 19.2KHz
Features partially digitized sound fx at 5.6KHz
Music based on 1984 song Ethnicolor by Jean-Michel Jarre
Features partially digitized sound fx at 5.6KHz
Music based on 1984 song Ethnicolor by Jean-Michel Jarre
Graphics
Features up to 29 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)
Charts
Top UK charts position: 2 (8/1988), 8 (2/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 8 between 7/1988 - 2/1991
Months on charts: 8 between 7/1988 - 2/1991
Releases
First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Amstrad CPC (6/1988), ZX Spectrum (4/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1988), PC (6/1988), Amiga (1/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (2/1988), PC (6/1988), Amiga (1/1989)
Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (11)
ST / Amiga Format · August, 1988Rating: 91%
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · March, 1988Rating: 7/10
ACE · April, 1988Rating: 887/1000
Atari ST User · April, 1988Rating: 10/10
The Games Machine · June, 1988Rating: 74%
Atari ST User · June, 1988Rating: 10/10
ST Action · June, 1988Rating: 84 %
ST Action · April, 1989Rating: 84%
Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · September, 1989Rating: 69%
The Games Machine · August, 1990Rating: 76%
ST Format · July, 1991Rating: 91%