Captain Silver

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Captain Silver
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Distributor: Tonka (US), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Data East
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Data East
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1988-07-02 ¥5,5005,500 G-1356 US 1989-09 5117 EU 1988 MK-7008-50 UK 1989-02 £24.9524.95 MK-7008-50 SE 19xx AU 1988 MK-7008-50 BR 19xx KR 19xx GB-2356
Non-Sega versions Arcade Nintendo Entertainment System

Captain Silver (キャプテンシルバー) is an arcade action game developed by Data East in 1987, which was ported to the Sega Master System by Sega the following year.

Story

A young sailor and former first mate named Jim goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way.

Gameplay

Shop

The game is a platformer played as the swashbuckler Jim. He moves with and and crouches with . He can move while crouched with and . He jumps with . He climbs ropes and ladders with and .

Jim is armed with a cutlass, which he uses to attack enemies with . His sword can be upgraded, up to three times, by finding pixies in the rounds. The first upgrade enhances his sword to shoot stars when he swings it, the second upgrade increases it to a conical spread of three stars per swing, and the third upgrade increases it to a conical spread of five stars per swing. The ranged attack can be aimed with the D-Pad. Jim can swing his sword while jumping, crouching, or climbing.

Rounds contain shops where Jim can exchange gold for power-ups. Gold is acquired by picking up items. Rounds are timed, and the player is given 100 gold for every second remaining on the timer when the round is finished. The player can also earn extra lives by collecting the letters in "CAPTAIN SILVER."

Jim loses a life if he takes a hit from an enemy, falls down a bottomless pit or into water, or runs out of time. He restarts the round from a predetermined checkpoint if he has extra lives remaining, keeping acquired letters but losing sword upgrades. The game ends if the player runs out of lives. The player can continue the game up to three times by pressing + at the Game Over screen.

Items

	Power-Up Pixie
	Upgrades Jim's cutlass, up to 3 times.
	Key
	Holding a key allows Jim to enter a shop when he encounters one in a round.
	Boot
	Temporarily gives Jim a larger jump.
	Clock Freeze
	Temporarily freezes the timer.
	Protection Potion
	Temporarily renders Jim impervious to enemy attacks (but does not protect against bottomless pits).
	Gold Coin
	Awards 300 gold.
	Small Gold Coin
	Awards 300 gold.
	Large Gold Coin
	Awards 500 gold.
	Ring
	Awards 2,000 gold.
	Crown
	Awards 3,000 gold.
	Treasure Chest
	Contains items or sometimes an entrance to the shop. Open by attacking with +.
	CAPTAIN SILVER
	Dropped by defeated foes. Collect every letter to earn an extra life. The letters A and I appear twice. Space characters do not count toward a letter but give 100 gold. Letters are worth 300 gold.

Stages

	The Town of Barren
	Map: 1️⃣
	The Pirate Ship
	Map: 1️⃣
	The Island
	Map: 1️⃣
	This round was removed from the US release.
	The Cave
	Map: 1️⃣
	This round was removed from the US release.
	The Jungle
	Map: 1️⃣
	Captain Silver's Treasure Island
	Map: 1️⃣

Versions

While the Japanese and European versions of the game consist of six rounds, the US version has been cut down to only four. It is also missing various enemies and bosses, and the ending has been replaced with some scrolling text. The reason for these cuts was likely to fit the game on a 1-Megabit cartridge instead of a 2-Megabit, in order to reduce costs, similar to the Master System version of Enduro Racer.

Magazine articles

Main article: Captain Silver/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 71 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 43 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 47 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 47 Console XS (UK) PAL 82 Computer & Video Games (UK) 47 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 45 The Games Machine (UK) 49 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 47 S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 70 Sega Power (UK) PAL 50 Sega Pro (UK) 86 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 82 Software Gids (NL) 76

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Captain Silver

Master System, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, US
Cover
Manual

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU (Sega®)
Cover
File:Captain Silver Euro Manual.pdf Manual

Master System, SE (Dennis Bergström)
Manual

Master System, AU
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, KR

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 a4852757 MD5 ccb76c009e52e32e2dcc528481f0e039 SHA-1 88402392e93b220632a61e0c07731a7ed087cbef	256kB		Cartridge (JP/EU)
?	CRC32 b81f6fa5 MD5 1dfaadbfe7d8019e73bd980fd4b819ea SHA-1 7c2b23f4a806c89a533f27e190499243e7311c47	128kB		Cartridge (US)
?	CRC32 2532a7cd MD5 5354634ec062d48a14beae9dd3061000 SHA-1 e128c74fd5f0f1ad2f34d408feedff2bfe1adc71	128kB		EPROM cartridge				Page