Captain Blood — PDF

Information

Genre: Adventure / Arcade - 3-D
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Mouse, Keyboard
Players: 1
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Bouchon, Didier
Graphic Artist(s): Bouchon, Didier, Rho, Michel
Game design: Ulrich, Philippe
Musician(s): Jarre, Jean-Michel, Ulrich, Philippe
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1989
Publisher: Pocketsoft
Distributor: Infogrames
Developer: Métal Hurlant
Licensed from: -
Software: English, French, German
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
Serial: 00001
ST Type: ST, STe, 0.5MB
Version: [Re-release]
Number of Disks: 1, Double Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.6/10 · Votes: 54 · Downloads: 2,543 · Hits: 10,513

Screenshots (22)

Cover Art (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

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

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)

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.

Book / Magazine Reviews (11)

ST Action · June, 1988 · Rating: 84%

ST / Amiga Format · August, 1988 · Rating: 91%

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · March, 1988 · Rating: 7/10

ACE · April, 1988 · Rating: 887/1000

Atari ST User · April, 1988 · Rating: 10/10

The Games Machine · June, 1988 · Rating: 74%

Atari ST User · June, 1988 · Rating: 10/10

ST Action · April, 1989 · Rating: 84%

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · September, 1989 · Rating: 69%

The Games Machine · August, 1990 · Rating: 76%

ST Format · July, 1991 · Rating: 91%

Comments (2)

jr — 1 Jun 2014
Be wary that on an emulator the copy protection is active in this version: so the 'hand' will start shaking and the game become essentially unplayable. Try a cracked version from one of the menu discs.
Kris — 7 Nov 2009
Conversing with aliens was the highlight of course. Frustrating mostly, but also very funny. Even the most thug-like alien would crack up when the subject of sex was brought up. While this game created a very strong mood with its eerie graphics, its lasting contribution may well have been the realistic sounding speech sentences spoken by different aliens. I can still hear the Izwals laughing at me.