Captive (1990)
Genres:Role-playing (RPG)
Themes:Science fiction, Survival
Game modes:Single player
Story:The quest for freedom!
When you can't remember who you are, where you are, and even what year it is, then you know trouble cannot be to far away...
Held Captive for two hundred years in an orbiting space prison for a crime you didn't commit, you are desperate to escape from your electronic jail.
Armed only with a briefcase computer found in the corner of your cell, you start sending out SOS calls to the battling world outside.
Eventually you find a motley crew of four droids ready to help bring about your escape.
...so begins your quest to freedom!Show more
Another classic I played on the good old amiga. it is your typical dungeon crawler but with a sci-fi setting. I did play this after first playing the 2nd one as back then getting games was a pain when living in the middle of nowhere and sometimes you'll find games like this in car boot sale. Which I did a few years after it was released, and Thank the gaming gods the folk who sold it kept the manual as without it you are locked out of the game. Not much difference between the DOS and Amiga version both are great.
One of the all time classic masterpieces on Amiga from my childhood. Such a great game. Kept me coming back for more. The game was soooo addictive and huge! Amazing to think how much was crammed into the game for the size of it.
Please can this be purchasable once more!!
One of the best games with unique dungeon story and game play. It combines tactics until you destroy the base and then you must be fast enough to escape. Lots of weapons ans upgrades for your bot crew
I have seen this first on an Amiga, as I saw the 2 floppy disk PC Version it was an instant buy.
Unfortunately it didn't run well on my pc, and after playing for days there was a blocked riddle, couldn't play further, maybe a damaged floppy disc.
All in all nice space dungeon crawler.
Played this to death on my Atari STE back in the day. One of the best dungeon crawlers out there. Definitely a day one purchase for me if this gets brought back.
I never finished it. I have to finish it some day. Would be nice to play it on GOG. a very large game for its era with lots of exploration. The premise is you are a prisoner and you must use four remote controlled robots to break you out of jail. But you have no idea what planet you are on...
I absolutely loved that a sci-fi dungeon master, I had it on pc, it was HUGE I never thought it could be so big, the bases gets larger and larger every time, you gotta plan your escape well after you blow up the base and after you finish it... it starts in a NEW MAP?!?! saying mission 0002? I never made it past the fifth base of mission 0002 I wonder how many more there were or if there was an actual END to it.
I've only had the opportunity to play a demo of Captive on the Atari ST and while it only gave a taste of what the full game offered it did show a game trying to take dungeon crawlers forward in new ways.
The most fascinating aspect is the sheer number of levels available due to procedural generation which could add a huge element of long term playability. These kinds of features have become more common across genres now but seeing an early trendsetter back on GOG would be another win.
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