Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality

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Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality

Developer(s)	Michael Denio
Publisher(s)	ComputerEasy
Release date(s)	1990
Genre(s)	side-scrollers
Mode(s)	Single Player
Platform(s)	MS-DOS

Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality is the 1990 sequel to the classic DOS platform game, The Adventures of Captain Comic. The game was created by the same author as the original, Michael Denio, and published by ComputerEasy.

The game was never as well-known as its predecessor, despite containing numerous improvements and new features:

Save/continue-game feature
Hundreds of objects to discover
Multiple hidden rooms and bonus objects
Four-way scrolling playfield
Many new tools for Comic to use
Non-player characters to interact with
A much more involved storyline
The ability to swim, fly, ride a mine car and a sled
The game is also reportedly three times the size of the original

Unlike the original (which was given away for free), the game was sold commercially, which explains its lesser popularity. However, more recently it has been made available for free.

[edit] Story

The game opens with this screen of text:

EPISODE II: FRACTURED REALITY

Returning from a victorious mission on the planet Tambi,

Captain Comic set forth for the planet Omsoc, to return

three priceless treasures plundered by Tambian thugs.

Suddenly, Comic receives a weak distress call from an

uncharted planet. A research base on the planet has been

attacked by unknown forces and the science team needs

help. Delaying his triumphant return to Omsoc, the Captain

sets course for the troubled planet.

On entering orbit, Comic sets his transporter to beam him

near the base, and armed with only his courage, he enters

the teleport chamber...

In the game, Comic must find a machine which allows him to travel to six different realities, in which he must collect the six crystals to save the planet, and its inhabitants from evil aliens known as the Skrejgib.