Captive
The quest for freedom! When you can't remember who you are, where you are, and even what year it is, then you know trouble cannot be to far away... Held Captive for two hundred years in an orbiting space…
Captive is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Mindscape, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Captive is
Captive is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Mindscape and released in 1990. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Trill, the main character, is judged guilty (indicted for a crime he did not commit) and ordered in a space cryogenic prison for 250 years. 248 years later, he awakes, but without the memory of who he is, where he is and why he was imprisoned. In the corner of his cell, which had doubled as a store-room, the prisoner finds a "briefcase computer" which gives him control over a group of four droids on a space ship. Now he must use these droids to find and free himself.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Captive launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Captive — frequently asked questions
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