The Adventures of Captain Comic (DOS)

The Adventures of Captain Comic
Developer: Michael A. Denio Platform: DOS Released internationally: May 1, 1988 (revision 1); November 28, 1988 (revision 2); February 20, 1989 (revision 3); October 20, 1989 (revision 4); July 10, 1991 (revision 5) This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences. This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page This game has a prerelease article

The Adventures of Captain Comic is an EGA sidescroller.

You can play the game in a browser at the Internet Archive.

Unused Map Tiles

BASE.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
					Stained wall tiles are present but unused in Revisions 1 and 2. They are used in later revisions.
CASTLE.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
CAVE.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
COMP.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
FOREST.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
					Revisions 1 and 2 had unused battlements with curved castle walls behind them. Later revisions changed the background to foliage and used one of the tiles. Revision 3 had tiles for a moon that remained unused. Revisions 4 and 5 changed the moon tiles into flowers and grass and used them.
LAKE.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
SHED.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
					Revision 3 changed the unused white brick wall into a colored block and used it.
SPACE.TT2
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Comments
					In Revisions 3 and later, the unused tile 38 depicting sparse stars is a duplicate of the used 00 and 47.

Revisional Differences

The file COMIC.DOC describes five revisions of the game.

Revision 1 ( 5/01/88)

• Original Software Release.

Revision 2 (11/28/88)

• Added definable keyboard option.
• Keyboard definitions can be saved (KEYS.DEF) for future play.
• High score file (COMIC.HGH) by can be deleted to "clear" highscores.
• Several minor bug fixes.

Revision 3 ( 2/20/89)

• Revised player control. Jumping in cramped areas is now more consistent with the "feel" of jumping in open areas.
• Major bug fixes. This version contains no known bugs.

Revision 4 (10/20/89)

• Limited revisions. Added joystick feature to get feedback on the "feel" of the joystick control for use in future games.
  • Joystick option not yet available on PC XT class machines.

Revision 5 (7/10/91)

• Limited revisions again. Fixed the joystick to work with all PCs. I also modified the scoring system to remove 'bonus' points awarded when the player falls. This made beginner's score unnaturally high.

Fullscreen graphics

SYS000.EGA
Revision 1	Revisions 2–4	Revision 5
	Revision 2 slightly shifted the text against the background starfield.	Revision 5 substantially reworked the lettering.

SYS001.EGA
Revision 1	Revisions 2–5
	Revision 2 slightly shifted the text against the background starfield.

SYS002.EGA
Revision 1	Revisions 2–5
	Revision 2 slightly shifted the text against the background starfield.

SYS003.EGA
Revisions 1–5
The interface graphic remained unchanged through all revisions, down to the copyright date.

SYS004.EGA
Revision 1	Revision 2	Revisions 3–5
	Revision 2 removed the shadow from text, and reordered and rearranged the items.	Revision 3 diminished the magnitude of a background star to make "Killer Bee" easier to read.

SYS005.EGA
Revision 1	Revisions 2–4	Revision 5
Revision 1 didn't have a high score screen.		Revision 5 replaced the background with character graphics.