Captain Blood (Amiga) Review | A Jean-Michel Jarre Dreamscape. Amigos 549

Captain Blood (Amiga) Review | A Jean-Michel Jarre Dreamscape. Amigos 549

May 8, 2026 · 57 min

About this episode

The episode reviews the surreal sci-fi game Captain Blood, highlighting its unique gameplay and soundtrack.

This week on Amigos: Everything Amiga, we dive into Captain Blood — a surreal sci-fi dreamscape packed with alien languages, a Jean-Michel Jarre soundtrack, and some of the strangest gameplay ever released on the Amiga — plus current Amiga news and more! 🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast More Amiga Game Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast 0:00 Hauntingly French? 0:14 Jean Michele Jarre Soundtrack 1:35 Development History 3:38 Aaron's BBS Download 4:00 Ports released on other systems 4:28 Lead Platform Atari ST 4:55 Boat's Initial Impressions 5:37 Backstory 8:30 He's a weird freak as opposed to being a guy 9:16 Gameplay summary 13:22 Fractal landscape discussion 17:39 Alien communication discussion 22:16 How far Aaron got 23:07 An 8 bit game with a 16 bit coat of paint 25:19 Plotting coordinates on nav computer 28:21 Boat's Final Thoughts 30:41 Amiga vs. ZX Spectrum Port Comparison 32:17 Artist turned assembly programmer?! 33:12 Alternate ST Versions 33:32 Possible sequels? 34:17…

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