Developer(s) Brøderbund Software Genre(s) Action Publisher Brøderbund Software | Release date(s) 1985 Initial release date 1985 | |
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Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear is a 1985 action video game by Brøderbund Software. It was released on the Apple II, in English and French.
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Production
The game was designed to be "loaded with humor". The hero, Captain Goodnight, is a cross between "Biggles, James Bond and Hannay".
Roland Gustafsson provided the protection schemes for this game.
Gameplay
The player must traverse land in jets, jeeps, tanks, trams, boats, submarines, and on foot to battle robots and advance toward enemy territory.
Plot
F.O.G. HQ has been given an ultimatum: either give 200 billion dollars to the Federation of Evil, or the free world will be destroyed. It is up to Captain Roscoe “Buzz” Goodnight to destroy the doomsday device before it can be activated. SquakeNet wrote "The graphics in the game are above the standards of those times and the A1 is very competitive", while also commenting on the action and humour.
Critical reception
Video game reviewer Reggie C. deemed it "One of my favorite games from the Apple era", adding that it has "less than an hours worth of action" and is "crazy hard". InThe80s said the game "showed the foregrounds to Ausin Powers", while Unwinnable Weekly deemed it "pulpy but incredibly difficult". Vintage Game Consoles said the game "impressed with its rich cinematic, multistage gameplay". Home of the Underdogs said it was "One of the most underrated Apple II games ever made", describing it as "funny", "addictive", "frustrating", "clever", and "realistic". The Australian Apple Review wrote that the game "is very nearly the ultimate that can be achieved with current technology on computer". Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog deemed it a "brilliantly parodic tribute to James Bond".
The game was listed at #16 in Billboard's list of Top Computer Software for the week ending September 4, 1985.