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The Adventures of Captain Comic

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Also known as
Captain Comic: The Adventure

This platformer challenges you to explore a nonlinear world, recover three treasures, and find power-ups like Blastola Cola to defeat foes.

The Adventures of Captain Comic was developed by Michael Denio and first released for MS-DOS in 1988, published by Color Dreams. This is the original platform and release year for the game.


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Platform
MS-DOS
Released
1988
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
85.63 KB
Version
comic.exe
Rating
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About The Adventures of Captain Comic

The Adventures of Captain Comic is a platform game set on the planet Tambi, where the player controls the titular galactic hero. His objective is to locate three stolen treasures that were taken from the planet Omsoc.

Exploration occurs across a large, nonlinear environment composed of varied terrains. Progress is gated by the need to find specific items and power-ups, making certain routes impassable until the correct equipment is acquired. This creates a challenging structure where the player must determine an effective sequence for revisiting areas.

Combat is handled primarily with a weapon called Blastola Cola, a consumable that lets Captain Comic throw fireballs. Collecting additional cans increases the number of fireballs that can be launched simultaneously at enemies.

The Adventures of Captain Comic Screenshots

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Opening Titles
Things Captain can collect, and Captain's enemies
Birds sometimes get very hard to handle
Bug-eyes
Indoor regions like this leave little space to maneuver
Interesting enemies welcome you in this region
Unregistered players see this screen first
First screen after title
Start of the game. Grab that shield!
Mid-air jumping, and avoiding those birds, is challenging.