History VideoGame / CaptainComic

* EveryTenThousandPoints: The first game gives an extra life every 50,000 points.

It was [[PortingDisaster ported]] to the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem the following year, and released by Creator/WisdomTree (who were known back then as Color Dreams) on unlicensed cartridges. While the scrolling was made smoother and music was added, the controls were slippery and the enemies moved way too fast. The original game was (one of) the first scrolling platformers on the PC (as it predates Creator/ApogeeSoftware and Creator/IdSoftware) and is considered very good for its age; whereas the NES had plenty of platform games, and the port is considered one of the worst.

It was [[PortingDisaster ported]] to the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem the following year, and released by Color Dreams on unlicensed cartridges. While the scrolling was made smoother and music was added, the controls were slippery and the enemies moved way too fast. The original game was (one of) the first scrolling platformers on the PC (as it predates Creator/ApogeeSoftware and Creator/IdSoftware) and is considered very good for its age; whereas the NES had plenty of platform games, and the port is considered one of the worst.

* MineralMacguffin: In the first game, one of the three MacGuffins is gemstones. In the second game, all six of the MacGuffins are gemstones.

%%ZCE * CaveBehindTheFalls

%%ZCE * DownTheDrain
%%ZCE * DreamLand: Dream reality.

* FakeDifficulty:
** It's easy to waste jetpack fuel when switching to your wand. Likewise, when you die and get sent back, you're not reimbursed any spent fuel.
** Also in the second game, if you miss something in the story, you can't see it again.

%%ZCE * LethalLavaLand
%%ZCE * TheMaze
%%ZCE * MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Magic reality.
%%ZCE * MinecartMadness
%%ZCE * MineralMacguffin

%%ZCE * TimeMachine

* CheckPointStarvation: This game has no {{Save Point}}s. Subverted with {{Check Point}}s, which are every time Comic goes off the left- or right-hand edge of the screen onto another section of the level, or through a door.

* UnwinnableByMistake: Ration your jetpack fuel wisely. When it's gone, it's gone, and you can't finish the game (you are set to 25 units if you start a new life with less). However, you only need the jetpack in two spots, and there's plenty spare fuel around. In fact, there is a green fuel pack hidden in the Time level that gives you unlimited fuel. (The red packs give you 25 units each, up to a maximum of 99 units.)

* DenialOfDiagonalAttack: Comic can't crouch, which causes a lot of trouble trying to shoot enemies that stay to the ground until you collect the Corkscrew item, which makes shots move in a slight wave pattern.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The soundtrack of the NES version consists of badly mixed classical music.

* UnwinnableByMistake: Ration your jetpack fuel wisely. When it's gone, it's gone, and you can't finish the game. However, you only need the jetpack in two spots, and there's plenty spare fuel around.

%%ZCE * BagOfSpilling

%%ZCE * EveryTenThousandPoints

%%ZCE * NintendoHard

* FakeDifficulty: It's easy to waste jetpack fuel when switching to your wand. Likewise, when you die and get sent back, you're not reimbursed any spent fuel.

It was [[PortingDisaster ported]] to the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem the following year, and released by Color Dreams on unlicensed cartridges. While the scrolling was made smoother and music was added, the controls were slippery and the enemies move way too fast. Also, this is (one of) the first scrolling platformers on the PC (as it predates Apogee and Creator/IdSoftware) and is considered very good for its age; whereas the NES had plenty of platform games, and the port is considered one of the worst.

A sequel, ''Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality'', was released in 1990. It introduced larger levels, more variety in enemies, a {{grid inventory}}, and new items like a {{jetpack}} and a {{magic wand}} that transforms items. It also introduced a [[MeaninglessLives very useful]] save function. Its plot involves Captain Comic responding to a distress call and beaming down to the surface of an unknown planet. There he meets the arrogant [[MeaningfulName Skrejgib]] aliens, who want him to [[FetchQuest retrieve]] [[CosmicKeystone six crystals]] stolen by the planet's natives. Captain Comic finds the natives' underground hiding place, and learns the crystals have caused reality to fracture into {{alternate universe}}s. He must go to each different world and collect each crystal to set things right.

* BagOfSpilling

* CaveBehindTheFalls

* DownTheDrain
* DreamLand: Dream reality.
* EveryTenThousandPoints

* LethalLavaLand
* The Maze
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Magic reality.
* MinecartMadness
* MineralMacguffin
* NintendoHard

* SpaceZone: The moon.

* TimeMachine

It was [[PortingDisaster ported]] to the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem the following year, and released by Color Dreams on unlicensed cartridges. While the scrolling was made smoother and music was added, the controls were slippery and the enemies move way too fast. Also, this is (one of) the first scrolling platformers on the PC (as it predates Apogee and IdSoftware) and is considered very good for its age; whereas the NES had plenty of platform games, and the port is considered one of the worst.

* CheckPointStarvation: This game has no {{Check Point}}s or {{Save Point}}s.

It was [[PortingDisaster ported]] to the NintendoEntertainmentSystem the following year, and released by Color Dreams on unlicensed cartridges. While the scrolling was made smoother and music was added, the controls were slippery and the enemies move way too fast. Also, this is (one of) the first scrolling platformers on the PC (as it predates Apogee and IdSoftware) and is considered very good for its age; whereas the NES had plenty of platform games, and the port is considered one of the worst.