SEGA Master System

Captain Silver

Captain Silver's elaborate musical arrangement really embodies the feel of a swashbuckling adventure. On the downside, there's no score to gauge your progress, and no password to save your progress. You'll contend with occasional cheap hits as well, such as touching a small bird (ouch!) or falling into a fountain (whoopsy daisy!). But these are pretty minor complaints when you consider how immensely playable and madly addictive Captain Silver can be.

In conclusion, Captain Silver is an integral piece of any Sega Master System fan's collection. Of course, remember, I'm speaking only of the PAL version here, the NTSC version is completely worthless and should only be purchased to either have the most complete and thus sick collection in the world or simply to see how bad it can be when a company has to save money by stripping down an otherwise fun title. Do what I did, purchase the PAL version for the gameplay, but purchase the NTSC version for the box art and manual. Switch them, and throw out the remains, because they're worthless.

Un gioco che non è proprio una conversione, ma che sa sicuramente divertire ed impegnare molto il giocatore. Nonostante non sia graficamente eccezionale è comunque un gioco consigliato.

The graphics are pretty impressive, though. Your character is brightly colored, as are the ridiculous bears in Hawaiian tourist outfits who attack/run into you. I actually like how walking quickly in your character's direction deemed someone an opponent in these old games. The enemies are basically what you'd expect for a game like this; natives and the like. The music is good, in the sense that it isn't annoying. You also collect gold throughout each level which can be used to redeem power ups and such. Like I said before, not a bad game, but not good enough to keep you interested 'til the end. Personally, I'll stick to Guybrush and the three headed monkey to do my swashbuckling.

Sure, the full two-megabit version of Captain Silver isn't the greatest game ever, but the additional enemies and levels add alot to the game, turning a mediocre, overly-easy game into a moderately difficult, yet enjoyable experience. If you liked the US version of Captain Silver, you owe it to yourself to give the European version a try.

Die Grafik ist ganz nett, ja man kann sie sogar abwechslungsreich nennen. Der Sound ist fast hörenswert und erinnert an ein altes Seemannslied, fragt sich nur welches. Leute, die dieses Spielgenre mögen, sollten sich die Cartridge anschauen, ansonsten enthalte ich mich einer weiteren Meinung.

In conclusion, let the NTSC version of Captain Silver serve as a reminder to all future video game programmers who are porting original titles of what not to do, and let it stand further as yet another possible reason why the Master System did so terribly over here. Sure, it's not like the original version of this game was the greatest thing ever, but it certainly was a lot of fun. It's just the simple fact that Tonka felt so restricted in their funds that they had to take a nice title and make it worthless. That's just an assumption, but it has to be the reason. Why would anyone have wanted to buy this? Why did my neighbors? Well, it was on sale, I seem to remember it was in a bargain bin for five dollars at the time. I wonder why. Steer clear of this one and head straight to a European auction site or someone you know overseas. If you find the other, switch boxes, because at least that aspect of the NTSC version is presentable.