Atari ST - ST Format - 1990
Captive
1 / 4- Genre
- Adventure - RPG (3-D)
- Year
- 1990
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- ST Format
- Controls
- Mouse
- Distributor
- Future Publishing
- Players
- 1
- Developer
- RATT
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- -
- Programmer(s)
- Crowther, Antony
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Crowther, Antony
- Software
- English
- Game design
- Crowther, Antony
- Box/Instructions
- English
- Musician(s)
- [n/a]
- License
- Game Demo or Preview - Commercial
- Sound FX
- Crowther, Chris
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- [preview]
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 1 / Double Sided
- Dump format
- MSA
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (2)
INSTRUCTIONS (1)
TIPS (1)
TRIVIA (5)
Origins
Working title for the game was Project X. Ace magazine ran a competition in cooperation with Mindscape for their readers to name the game in issue 35.
Development
Although the game box and the manual claims this game to be fully STe enhanced we didn't fid any enhancements at all.
The Ultimate Captive Guide investigated the following: An attempt was made to make the Atari version in stereo, but a problem appeared and the programmer had to force the audio to be mono for release of version 1.0, hoping to solve it for the next release. The existing binary of Captive 1.0 can be manipulated to successfully turn on stereo sounds, but the sound samples are then played twice faster than they should. It is assumed that this is the problem the programmer had to fix.
In Captive 1.2, the code that was meant to support stereo sounds has been completely removed.
Source: Ultimate Captive guide at captive.atari.org
In Captive 1.2, the code that was meant to support stereo sounds has been completely removed.
Source: Ultimate Captive guide at captive.atari.org
Sound
Features digitized sound fx at 7.5KHz
Charts
Top UK charts position: 2 (2/1991)
Months on charts: 4 between 1/1991 - 6/1991
Months on charts: 4 between 1/1991 - 6/1991
Releases
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Amiga (9/1990), Atari ST (10/1990)
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (11)
ST Format · November, 1990Rating: 93%
ST Action · January, 1991Rating: 94%
ST Format · February, 1991Rating: 93%
Atari ST User · February, 1991Rating: 96%
ST Format · May, 1991Rating: 93%
ST Format · September, 1991Rating: 93%
ST Review · May, 1992Rating: 4/5
ST Review · June, 1992Rating: 88%
ST Action · August, 1992Rating: 93%
ST Format · January, 1993Rating: 93%
ST Format · October, 1994Rating: 93%