#The Captain Comic Duology (1988-1990, DOS/NES)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Captain_Comic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Comic_II:_Fractured_Reality

Arguably one of the first Metroidvania/non-linear platformer games for DOS, the first game is also one of the first shareware games, released in 1988. Unfortunately, neither games made enough profit for the developer (Michael A. Denio) himself. Also, the source codes for both games are lost.

The Adventures of Captain Comic

The Adventures of Captain Comic is a platform game written by Michael Denio for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and released as shareware in 1988. It was one of the first side-scrolling games for IBM PC compatibles comparable to those on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and it presaged a trend of shareware platform games in the early 1990s...

Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality

Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality is the 1990 sequel to the 1988 MS-DOS platform game The Adventures of Captain Comic. The game was created by the same author as the original, Michael Denio, working at Color Dreams, and was published by ComputerEasy. The game adds a save/continue feature, four-way scrolling, and new movement types (e.g., swimm...