

1987 · Port · Distinctive Software · Adventure · Arcade
Accolade's Comics
Port
This port features graphical changes due to hardware limitations and some music are absent.
- Released
- 1987
- Platforms
- Apple II
- Genres
- AdventureArcade
- Developers
- Distinctive Software
- Publishers
- Accolade
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionMystery
- Languages
- English
About
Accolade's Comics (shown as Accolade Comics in the game) is an adventure game released in 1987 and published by Accolade. It was developed by the co-founders of the Canadian firm Distinctive Software, Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember. The game intersperses action games into the plot.
Keywords
- comicbook style
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The protagonist of the game is wisecracking secret agent Steve Keene. In the first scene, Keene is summoned to headquarters by his chief, who sends him on one of two missions.
Game play involves multiple adventures in two arenas: panels of a comic book page where dialogue and actions are selected for Steve that may or may not determine what will happen on the next panel (similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure book format); and traditional scrolling action boards where Steve is a moving character doing the physical task necessary (e.g. swimming, jumping, shooting) to advance through the stage.
Reception
In the June 1987 edition of Questbusters, Shay Addams admired the "dynamic artwork" with "sophisticated spot animation" that was "presented in an inventive manner". But he found the internal arcade mini-games were "way too slow to have any fun." He concluded by calling Comics "lightweight entertainment that you may want to check out just to see the innovative illustration scheme. But don't plan on completing it unless you love playing rather flimsy videogames.
In the June-July 1987 edition of Computer Gaming World, Jasper Sylvester admired the game's satirical tone and writing, but criticized the repetitive arcade sequences.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Part of
- Accolade's Comics featuring Steve Keene Thrillseeker
- Port of
- Accolade's Comics featuring Steve Keene Thrillseeker
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Collections1 collection
Platform libraries
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