Captured (video game)
Encyclopedia
Captured is a platform game
for the Commodore 64
from 1986, developed by the Swedish Greve Graphics
and published by American Action
. The main game was programmed by Bengt Caroli. The music and sound engine was programmed by Lars Hård. Lars also composed all original music and made all sound effects. The graphics were by Nils Hård.
. He jumps by the player pressing the fire button. To fire a laserpower, which annihilates all enemies on-screen, the player must position Soldier One straight forward, pull the joystick down, and press fire. To jump upwards, Soldier One must be placed straight and the fire button pressed.
. The game was so popular that people applied nicknames: in England it was "Leaping Man", in Italy "L'Uomo Che Salta" (again the Jumping Man). An Australian rock band called The RedOysters covered the main theme.
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
from 1986, developed by the Swedish Greve Graphics
Greve Graphics
Greve Graphics was the first video game developer in Scandinavia. The company was founded in 1982, by Lars Hård , Bengt Caroli and Nils Hård . The publisher was American Action.-Games:...
and published by American Action
American Action (company)
American Action was a Swedish company that, during the 1980s, published many computergames for the homecomputer Commodore 64. Among the games was Zorro , Law of the West , Soldier One , Captured , The SuperCan , Blood'n Guts , 1943 - One Year After , Sky...
. The main game was programmed by Bengt Caroli. The music and sound engine was programmed by Lars Hård. Lars also composed all original music and made all sound effects. The graphics were by Nils Hård.
Plot
Soldier One wakes up with a throbbing bump on the back of his head, finding himself in a mysterious base full of dangerous boobytraps and beasts. He notices dried blood on his right hand which appears not to be his own. He finds a note in his pocket which says "find the security code to the door to escape but beware of the beasts!"Objective
The task of Soldier One is to escape from this large building. He finds pieces of the security code in a room called "The Chamber of Death". He must protect himself from the manies but grub the digits.Controls
The screen displays the soldier walking from left to right and from down to the upper levels. Soldier One is directed with a joystickJoystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
. He jumps by the player pressing the fire button. To fire a laserpower, which annihilates all enemies on-screen, the player must position Soldier One straight forward, pull the joystick down, and press fire. To jump upwards, Soldier One must be placed straight and the fire button pressed.
Response
The game was quite famous in Europe in the downing era of the Commodore 64; there was also a version also for the Commodore 128Commodore 128
The Commodore 128 home/personal computer was the last 8-bit machine commercially released by Commodore Business Machines...
. The game was so popular that people applied nicknames: in England it was "Leaping Man", in Italy "L'Uomo Che Salta" (again the Jumping Man). An Australian rock band called The RedOysters covered the main theme.