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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!

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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 Americans got no novella

34:38 Magazine Reviews

37:04 Price at time of release

37:33 eBay Price

38:44 Jay Miner Memorial Library Acquired!

41:52 Jail Break Arcade Port to Amiga

43:27 Moon Cresta Arcade Port to Amiga

44:42 Return to Blacktooth Game in Development

46:52 Ami Game Jam Results Announced

49:50 A1200 Maxi Delayed

52:29 International Computer Club Recap

53:51 Have you ever been a captain?

55:54 Coming up Next Week!

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