Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality
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| Developer(s) | Michael Denio |
| Publisher(s) | ComputerEasy |
| Release date(s) | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | side-scrollers |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality is the 1990 sequel to the classic DOS platform game, The Adventures of Captain Comic. The game was created by the same author as the original, Michael Denio, and published by ComputerEasy.
The game was never as well-known as its predecessor, despite containing numerous improvements and new features:
- Save/continue-game feature
- Hundreds of objects to discover
- Multiple hidden rooms and bonus objects
- Four-way scrolling playfield
- Many new tools for Comic to use
- Non-player characters to interact with
- A much more involved storyline
- The ability to swim, fly, ride a mine car and a sled
- The game is also reportedly three times the size of the original
Unlike the original (which was given away for free), the game was sold commercially, which explains its lesser popularity. However, more recently it has been made available for free.
[edit] Story
The game opens with this screen of text:
- EPISODE II: FRACTURED REALITY
- Returning from a victorious mission on the planet Tambi,
- Captain Comic set forth for the planet Omsoc, to return
- three priceless treasures plundered by Tambian thugs.
- Suddenly, Comic receives a weak distress call from an
- uncharted planet. A research base on the planet has been
- attacked by unknown forces and the science team needs
- help. Delaying his triumphant return to Omsoc, the Captain
- sets course for the troubled planet.
- On entering orbit, Comic sets his transporter to beam him
- near the base, and armed with only his courage, he enters
- the teleport chamber...
In the game, Comic must find a machine which allows him to travel to six different realities, in which he must collect the six crystals to save the planet, and its inhabitants from evil aliens known as the Skrejgib.
[edit] Trivia
- The word "Skrejgib" (the name of the villains in the game) is "big jerks" spelled backwards.
[edit] Downloads and External links
The game can be found on the following sites (including a walkthrough):
- Home of the Underdogs
- FilePlanet (Requires signup)
