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1987 · Data East · Beat 'em up · Platformer
Captain Silver
Captain Silver is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Data East in 1987. In the game, the player control a young sailor named Jim Aykroyd who goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way. Home versions were released for the Master System by Sega and for the NES by Tokuma Shoten.
- Released
- 1987
- Platforms
- ArcadeMaster SystemNESSega Master System/Mark III
- Genres
- Beat 'em upPlatformer
- Developers
- Data East
- Publishers
- Data East
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionFantasyHistorical
- Country
- Japan
- Languages
- English, Japanese
About
Captain Silver (キャプテンシルバー, Kyaputen Shirubā) is a side-scrolling hack and slash platform game released as an arcade video game by Data East in 1987. Home versions were published for the Master System by Sega and for the Famicom by Tokuma Shoten.
Keywords
- cat
- lycanthropy
- fan translation - english
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The controls consists of an eight-way joystick for walking, crouching and climbing ladders and two action buttons for attacking and jumping. The player is armed primarily with a sword slashing horizontally while standing and crouching and vertically while climbing a ladder.
Picking up flying fairies grants the player magic power, shooting projectiles with the sword. The player can increase the magic power by up to six levels, resulting in stronger projectiles.
Story
A young sailor and former first mate named Jim Aykroyd (Jack Avery in US) goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way.
It is loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island in which a young sailor named Jim Hawkins confronts the pirate Long John Silver on a tropical island over his treasure.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Captain Silver on their September 1, 1987 issue as being the fourteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
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Collections4 collections
Platform libraries
- Nintendo Entertainment System gamesLicensed games
- Master System gamesGames
Genres
- Beat 'em upsHack and slash › 2D
Publishers
- Sega gamesDeveloped or published by Sega
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