Captain Blood (1988)

Captain Blood was released in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum 48K/128K. The game was published by the French company Exxos and developed by a team including Didier Bouchon, Philippe Ulrich, Chris Edwards, Stephane Picq, Gavin Wade, Mick Hanrahan, and Barry Leitch.

This graphic adventure supports a single player and utilizes an icon and menu-driven control system. The technical implementation features AY sound capabilities. Players can navigate the game using cursor controls, Kempston joysticks, or an Interface 2 controller.

The cassette version was priced at £9.95, while the disk edition retailed for £14.95. The game was also made available for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, and Thomson MO/TO platforms.

The title achieved an average magazine score of 73.72%. It received a rating of 863/1000 from ACE, while other publications including Crash, Sinclair User, The Games Machine, and Your Sinclair awarded scores ranging between 68% and 76%.

In Russia, the game gained recognition through features in the Spectrofon magazine, which included expert analysis and a short story based on the game. Numerous TR-DOS versions were released by groups such as Moment Records, KSA, and Varp, alongside cracked cassette editions by Saposoftware.