Great video! I never was aware of this artistic marvel, because i never liked the name, so i never looked deeply into this game. But thank you for making a separate episode specific for this game! I think this is one of your best videos. I like your "special effects".
Still have great respect for this game after all these years, a timeless masterpiece of digital 80s art in my opinion. Did a lot of interesting things that haven’t been repeated really. The phonics of the glyph driven language of course, not even implemented in any of the ports from ST. But even the crash of the Oorx in the fractal landscape does something to throw the monitor sync off, like you (Blood) really lose the remote connection to it. You can see it happening in the video, it also causes modern scan converters like the OSSC to drop sync for a second when it occurs.
When this got previewed in ST Format, i spent two weeks on holiday as a teenager longing to get back to my new 520 STFM. To this day it is in my top 5 games of all time; the music got me into Jarre, the art style was so unusual and well done, and the game concept...well. It is a game to be treasured for it's unique, creative and unconventional style, to this day (short of Commander Blood), nothing has been made like it since. I have had so many ideas for a possible Admiral Blood sequel over the years. Fantastic 🇬🇧
Captain Blood was among a number of games I used to love playing when visiting my Aunt and Uncle and playing on their Atari stfm. Captain Blood, Defender of the Crown, Starwars, Barbarian, Terrorpods and Startrek Rebel Universe.
I remember this game on the c64, I thought is was impressive at the time but could not understand what I had to do. I would wonder the universe for hours. Old times when we pirate games and had no manuals. This was a game that needed a manual (surely in the box) or internet which we didn't have in 1988
Cracking game! Cracking video review! I had this back in the day on the Atari520STFM just re-ordeted the big box for my restored Atari. Thanks for reminding me. 👍
Reminds me a little of Rescue on Fractalus. But given a whole new dimension. I had it for tye Amiga back then but didn't get far. Sounds like the ST version is the best. Professional quality review BTW, nicely done and thank you much!
Great video, I like your style and approach, more on personal connection to the games rather than a technical dissection of it. It is refreshing! I played Captain Blood on my 520 STFM from the Precious Metal compilation. I was like you completely immersed,and mesmerised by the language system, I haven't seen anything like it ever since then I think. It did not feel like a dialog through a tree of multiple choice of answers, which many games still use even today. It really felt like like you were talking to sentient beings. I never understood why people find this game weird or hard to understand, when most play much more complicated games like Dungeon Master or Populous and find it completely normal. Captain Blood was easier to grasp for me than these games... Maybe that says something about me, I don't know 😅
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your own personal experience! I agree with your remark that Blood has nothing difficult to grasp... But (at least to me) neither has Dungeon Master ;)
It’s interesting how this game uses fractals so much to draw identifiable things like planets, mountains, and explosions, I’m used to them being used for more abstract things. Also having music by Jean Michel Jarre is neato
Funny... I heard the music on a demoscene program but didn't realize it was from a game! This game does look really cool and I like hearing your personal connection to it. Very well done video
And now we have "Scorn". Seriously, Captain Blood should me remade for VR. The closest feel to Captain Blood in VR is : A Rogue Escape VR. I think you forgot to mention that the music is composed by Jean-Michel Jarre. Just listen to this on RUclips "Ethnicolor (Remastered)" at 7:00 by Jean-Michel Jarr,e this is the original music that was digitized for the game. And the voice sample in the music is from an affrican tribe, there is a video on youtube that show how he sampled it.
It was my favorite game on CPC. Then came No Man's Sky and I couldn't help but think the devs must have been fans of Captain Blood. The original version of NMS has very similar gameplay mechanics.
I never really made it very far in Captain Blood back when I first played it on Amiga in the early '90s. It was fascinating, but too complex for the tween me.
The arrows have nothing to do with overheating AFAIK. They indicate you are detected by the planet's defence systems, which can be avoided by staying low and slow. And your version seems to have an issue with your hardware/TOS configuration bc that hand should not be shaking that much that early (which is a known issue on emulators).
I'm interested in the game, nice that you covered it. But those shaky shots of a keyboard and constant shaky zooming to some mess of pixels is not very good to show the actual subject here.. too much "effects" for my liking.
Fantastic video. I never understood this game as a kid but played it anyway. You did it justice, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dropping the disk in just for some Jarre music was also a thing.
Sure thing 👍
Hi , loved this game , spent hours and hours on my Atari st fm with this game , also the theme song was great, J M JARRE ..
Great game yes! Thanks for your interest
Captain Blood was my favorite game on my Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Still is
Great video! I never was aware of this artistic marvel, because i never liked the name, so i never looked deeply into this game. But thank you for making a separate episode specific for this game! I think this is one of your best videos. I like your "special effects".
Thanks a lot George, I really did my best. And I'd be happy if it offered you the opportunity to discover a cool game!
I'd love to see a modern developer try to create something similar to this that retains the retro aesthetic.
Sounds like a Devolver kind of thing
This is some quality video documentation of original hardware. Great tip on using an android app to eliminate flicker 10/10
Still have great respect for this game after all these years, a timeless masterpiece of digital 80s art in my opinion. Did a lot of interesting things that haven’t been repeated really. The phonics of the glyph driven language of course, not even implemented in any of the ports from ST. But even the crash of the Oorx in the fractal landscape does something to throw the monitor sync off, like you (Blood) really lose the remote connection to it. You can see it happening in the video, it also causes modern scan converters like the OSSC to drop sync for a second when it occurs.
A really special game indeed. Many thanks for sharing your thoughts, great contribution!
When this got previewed in ST Format, i spent two weeks on holiday as a teenager longing to get back to my new 520 STFM. To this day it is in my top 5 games of all time; the music got me into Jarre, the art style was so unusual and well done, and the game concept...well. It is a game to be treasured for it's unique, creative and unconventional style, to this day (short of Commander Blood), nothing has been made like it since. I have had so many ideas for a possible Admiral Blood sequel over the years. Fantastic 🇬🇧
You're right, it's a quite unique game that almost created its owned genre.
Thanks for sharing!
Captain Blood was among a number of games I used to love playing when visiting my Aunt and Uncle and playing on their Atari stfm. Captain Blood, Defender of the Crown, Starwars, Barbarian, Terrorpods and Startrek Rebel Universe.
😎 I enjoy his laid back style and overall quality of his videos.
Thanks a lot!
I remember this game on the c64, I thought is was impressive at the time but could not understand what I had to do. I would wonder the universe for hours. Old times when we pirate games and had no manuals. This was a game that needed a manual (surely in the box) or internet which we didn't have in 1988
the c64 version is very good yes
What a fascinating and beautiful looking game! Great camera work too!
Many thanks! Much appreciated
Cracking game! Cracking video review! I had this back in the day on the Atari520STFM just re-ordeted the big box for my restored Atari. Thanks for reminding me. 👍
And thank you for sharing your own experience!
Love this video. Loved the game but never understood it well. I will be revisiting
Thanks for the positive words.
Reminds me a little of Rescue on Fractalus. But given a whole new dimension. I had it for tye Amiga back then but didn't get far. Sounds like the ST version is the best.
Professional quality review BTW, nicely done and thank you much!
Many thanks for your feedback, much appreciated! Indeed it seems like one of the few cases where the ST was better than the Amiga.
Great video, I like your style and approach, more on personal connection to the games rather than a technical dissection of it. It is refreshing! I played Captain Blood on my 520 STFM from the Precious Metal compilation. I was like you completely immersed,and mesmerised by the language system, I haven't seen anything like it ever since then I think. It did not feel like a dialog through a tree of multiple choice of answers, which many games still use even today. It really felt like like you were talking to sentient beings. I never understood why people find this game weird or hard to understand, when most play much more complicated games like Dungeon Master or Populous and find it completely normal. Captain Blood was easier to grasp for me than these games... Maybe that says something about me, I don't know 😅
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your own personal experience!
I agree with your remark that Blood has nothing difficult to grasp... But (at least to me) neither has Dungeon Master ;)
It’s interesting how this game uses fractals so much to draw identifiable things like planets, mountains, and explosions, I’m used to them being used for more abstract things. Also having music by Jean Michel Jarre is neato
Absolutely fabulous. Really outstanding game
Funny... I heard the music on a demoscene program but didn't realize it was from a game! This game does look really cool and I like hearing your personal connection to it. Very well done video
Thanks a lot, very appreciated!
@@RetroDream no man....Thank you!
It's Ethnicolor, Zoolook album from Jean-Michel Jarre
And now we have "Scorn".
Seriously, Captain Blood should me remade for VR.
The closest feel to Captain Blood in VR is : A Rogue Escape VR.
I think you forgot to mention that the music is composed by Jean-Michel Jarre.
Just listen to this on RUclips "Ethnicolor (Remastered)" at 7:00 by Jean-Michel Jarr,e this is the original music that was digitized for the game.
And the voice sample in the music is from an affrican tribe, there is a video on youtube that show how he sampled it.
Thanks for those precisions. I made sure to mention JM Jarre in description and show close-ups of his name on screen. Legendary soundtrack of course.
On the St Exxos games were some of my favorites. Good sounds, great visuals and they were a bit weird which I loved :)
Absolutely true :)
It was my favorite game on CPC. Then came No Man's Sky and I couldn't help but think the devs must have been fans of Captain Blood. The original version of NMS has very similar gameplay mechanics.
Very good version on CPC indeed
@@RetroDream Your collection is pretty great. In-box and in excellent condition from the looks of it. I had never seen the manual before.
Thanks a lot!
I never really made it very far in Captain Blood back when I first played it on Amiga in the early '90s. It was fascinating, but too complex for the tween me.
Very few people indeed made it very far ;)
The arrows have nothing to do with overheating AFAIK. They indicate you are detected by the planet's defence systems, which can be avoided by staying low and slow.
And your version seems to have an issue with your hardware/TOS configuration bc that hand should not be shaking that much that early (which is a known issue on emulators).
Yea it's strange. I tried different original disks on the ST but the hand-shaking bug is still there.
Very good production. Might try it on an emulator. Thanks
Thanks for your interest Adam!
so this is a tutorial, sort of like the film The Last Starfighter? This game looks highly impressive, and a bit terrifying.
It's not as scary as it looks ;)
How many 1435s did this game destroy with that damage hit flash?
Wooooooo.... Good point here ;)
Crt rulez!
ruclips.net/video/rDLUVaqCP0A/видео.html This is the original song by Jean-Michel Jarre that was digitized for the game.
Sweet! Thanks for the link
I'm interested in the game, nice that you covered it. But those shaky shots of a keyboard and constant shaky zooming to some mess of pixels is not very good to show the actual subject here.. too much "effects" for my liking.
Thanks for your interest and your feedback is noted!
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