Captain MaCaw

Funny short Dizzy clone with planned sequel (which looks like Nodes of Yesod). A must have for any ZX Spectrum fan!

Superb little game! It's a modern day Dizzy! If you are *ahem*, an older gentleman like myself, you will love this throwback game. Same price as the tape would have cost 30 or so years ago too! I just need to get a rubber key add on for my keyboard and I'll be happy!

Basically, if you like Dizzy, you'll like this. I you don't know what this is, you are probably younger that me! Macaw is a platform adventure game clearly based on the spectrum. That's certainly the look the writer has gone for! I love it. The puzzles are fun, the graphics remind me of my old computers and the music is definitely worth a mention. Best retro game I’ve played in years and I’ve played them all!

Captain MaCaw is a retro style platformer that brought back a lot of nostalgia for me. Now, I'm not good at these types of games, because I'm a big giant dumb dumb, but the gameplay and string of events that lead you from point A to point B is incredibly clever and engaging. I was not expecting the game to have as much depth as it does, and whenever I would get stuck on a part, I was able to reach out to the developer who promptly helped with any information I needed. Very well done, very cleverly made, and overall a lot of fun.

If you were a fan of the classic cartoon adventure games of old, where you would explore cartoon kingdoms, solving puzzles, collecting objects and chatting to the locals, then this game will take you right back. More than that though, this game is a real honing of the craft. The puzzles all have a logical thread to them. You'll rarely be stuck wandering around for long as the right object or the right situation will crop up and you'll quickly put two and two together. It's a decent length and there's several different settings which you'll gradually unlock the further you play. You really can't go wrong with the price here. If you ever enjoyed a Dizzy or Magic Knight game on your humble Spec, you'd struggle not to get a kick out of this.

Though my review might sound overly negative, please don't take it that way - I liked Captain MaCaw a lot, and would heartily recommend it to any and all fans of arcade adventures. That said, Captain MaCaw looks bad. Not because it's trying to channel the 8-bit home computer look, but because a lot of it feels just haphazardly thrown together. Most of the time the art looks like it came straight out of the ZX Spectrum era, but other times it's more like one of those "200 Great Games on one CD" 90s shareware titles with crudely drawn VGA graphics. Most of the in-game text is very poorly kerned, and looks like it's been roughly scaled up in MS Paint, sometimes with antialiasing, sometimes without. Some locations have a CRT filter over them, but most don't. When the screen sin-waves in the underwater areas, the hud frame waves with it. The music sounds authentically ZX Spectrum-y, with upbeat but forgettable tunes that only get a bit repetitive toward the end. The sound effects are so few...

A lovely wee game in the style of Dizzy from back in the good ole 1980s.

Really good ZX Spectrum style adventure game.

A Fantastic game. This feels like a real love letter to the glory days of the ZX Spectrum, if you ever played games like Dizzy or Finders Keepers you will instantly feel at home here. Great adventure game puzzles, a sizeable map to explore and a cracking soundtrack add up to a wonderful experience that is well worth your time and money.

Great classic style platform adventure, really enjoyed it, much bigger than I was expecting. The map is well laid out, the puzzles are fair, nothing too cryptic, finished it without a hint. I love the unlimited lives rule, can relax and concentrate on the puzzles more, and the teleport was a nice touch to save on walking. Recommended!