Captain Comics NES Walkthrough

 

Recently picked up Captain Comic CIB from my local thrift store.  This article will keep track of my progression throughout this NES hidden gem.  

*********** STORY ***********

The three greatest treasures of Osmic have been stolen: the CROWN OF THE AGES, the MYSTICAL GEMS OF LASCORBANOS and the THOUSAND COINS OF TENURE. As Captain Comic you must venture to the treacherous world of Tambi to reclaim the treasures in time for the Trimillenial celebrations.  On, inside and around Tambi you will encounter a myriad of enemies, from killer moths to petrified space pollen, all hell-bent on causing your destruction. Armed with only your trusty Blastola assault weapon and Mark-VII environment suit with shield protector, you must scour Tambi for the 3 treasures and get out before the denizens of Tambi claim your bones as treasures of their own!

*********** ITEMS ***********

• SHIELD: Restores health. If your shield meter is full, gain extra life. 
• BLASTOLA COLA: Level up your fireball rate of speed. 
• DOOR KEY: Allows you to open doors and thus access different locations.
• CORKSCREW: Allows you to shoot your fireballs in a wave pattern. 
• BOOTS: Allows you to jump slightly higher. Key item. 
• TELEPORT WAND: Allows you to teleport to other parts of the screen. Key item.
• LANTERN: Allows you to see in dark areas. Key Item.
• GEMS, GOLD and CROWN: The three treasures you need to find to finish the game.

*********** HINTS ***********

• Take your time to dispatch the enemies; rushing through the game it no effective. 
• Push fire button as often as possible, even when there are currently no visible enemies.
• You gain an extra life by collecting 
• treasure, 
• collecting a shield with full health
• every 50,000 points.
• When you're out of lives, stay in the current screen and grind 50K to get that extra man. 

**NIGHTTIME ON TAMBI**

You start on the surface of Tambi at night.  The door you see at the beginning is the castle door and it is locked.  You won't need to enter here until the end of the game, so proceed to the right.

Keep moving right and eventually you'll get to a door with a key above it. Grab the key and then enter the door.

**DAYTIME SURFACE OF TAMBI**

Go left until you reach the rocket ship door.  Enter Rocket ship. 

**TAMBI'S MOON**

Go right. and find the MYSTICAL GEMS OF LASCORBANOS, right out in the open!  

Continue right until you find a door.  Enter door to enter Tambi's moon. 

**IN THE MOON**

Head left, trying to stay towards the top of the screen.

Notice the unaccessible door below you.  Don't worry about it, just keep moving left.

Head all the way to the left, past 2 more doors, until you come across the CORKSCREW.

Right after getting the CORKSCREW, notice 2 doors above you.  You can't reach them yet, so head back to the right.  You'll want to enter the first door you come across but it is blocked off on the bottom of the screen, so you have to go right until you can get down to the bottom level and then head back left to the door.

After entering this door, go straight to the right (make sure not to fall through the cracks in the floor) and enter the next door.

You'll emerge through a door located towards the top of the screen. Carefully work your way to the right.  You'll get to a spot where you have to make a jump into a narrow opening.  The best way to make the jump is as follows: get on the middle platform, lined up with the opening.  Get a running start and jump so you hit your head on the last brick right above you.  This will keep you level with the opening on the other side and your momentum will carry you through the aperture.

After successfully spanning the gap, move to the right and to the bottom of the screen where you will see a pair of boots and a door.  These are the POWER BOOTS, which increase your jumping height.  Grab them and head through the door.

You will come out through the top door on the screen where you got the CORKSCREW.  Drop down to the middle platform and enter that door.

**BACK TO DAYLIGHT SURFACE OF TAMBI **

You are now back on the daytime surface of Tambi.  Head left until you get to a door, then enter it.  This will lead you to an underground cavern.

**UNDERGROUND CAVERNS OF TAMBI**

In the cavern, head right until you find a Shield Pack.  If you look closely to the left of the Shield Pack, you will see an outline of a door. Don't enter it yet.  You will use it later.  Keep moving right until you spot another hidden door (this one is in the middle of the screen on yellow bricks with a torch to

the right of it).  Enter this door.

Head left.  You will have to make some death-defying jumps but it will be worth it, as you'll come upon the TELEPORT WAND.  Use the WAND by pressing select.  You will warp a few paces ahead of where you are standing.  You can use the WAND to try and avoid enemies, but it will come in really handy later.

Go all the way back to the right until you get back to the door.  You can use the WAND to get you past those treacherous areas with greater ease. Enter the door, which brings you back to the area with the yellow bricks. From here go right for awhile until you come across the second stolen treasure, the COINS OF TENURE!  No boss to fight or anything to give you a headache, they're just lying around in the cavern.  Scoff up the COINS and continue right until you come across a door at the bottom of a pit between 2 torches.  Entering the door brings you closer to the entrance where you entered the caverns. Just head left until you get to the door which leads back to the daytime surface of Tambi.

**BACK TO THE SURFACE AGAIN**

Back on the surface of Tambi, head right all the way to the end past several doors until you can go no further.  Enter the last door here which brings you to an area with gray bricks.

**GRAY BRICKED AREA**

Go to the right.  Your WAND will come in handy here getting you past the area with the colored bricks.  Keep moving until you come to a wall with a Shield Pack on the other side.  Stand next to the wall and press select to teleport right through it.  Move on to the right until you reach an area where you can

see a door and a Blast Level power-up located at the top of the screen, cut off from you.  There is only 1 way to get past this dead end.

Notice that in the area where you can walk there is a gap in the floor. Stand on the 3rd tile from the left of the gap and press Select.  This will warp you to the top of the screen!  Grab the Blast Level power-up and go through the door.

From here go right carefully (I recommend using the WAND) until you get to a door with a Shield Pack power-up next to it.  Grab the power-up and enter the door.  This brings you to the Tambian Master Computer area.

**THE TAMBIAN MASTER COMPUTER**

This area consists of many circuitry panels and electrical enemies whose only goal is to electrocute you.  Move carefully to the right.  You will find a Shield Pack.  Keep moving, using the WAND to get past those hard to reach areas and you will eventually come upon the LANTERN.  It is kind of hard to see.  It's at the top of the screen sitting on a blue pipe that wraps around a huge circuit board.  You will need the LANTERN for the final area.  After getting the LANTERN, continue to the right, grabbing a Shield Pack on the way, and enter the door at the end, exiting the computer area.

**THE NIGHT BELONGS TO TAMBI**

You will now find yourself back on the surface of Tambi at night time. Proceed all the way to the left through the whole level until you get to the door that was locked at the very beginning of the game.  You can now enter it.

**CASTLE TAMBI (FINAL AREA)**

You are now in the castle.  If you entered the castle before obtaining the LANTERN, it was dark, but now that you have the LANTERN you can see everything and can work your way to the last stolen treasure, the CROWN OF THE AGES.

Upon entering the castle, you can see the CROWN on the floor above you.  To get to it, head left until you come to a door with a sword above it.  Enter the door.  When you come out of the door you will see another door on the floor above you.  To get to it, head all the way to the right (grabbing a Shield Pack

along the way) until you reach a wall, then jump up to the platforms and go back to the left all the way to the door.  Make sure you don't use your WAND on the way to the door or it will warp you back to the bottom level of the screen.  Lots of careful jumping and enemy dodging will bring you to the door.

When you come out the door you will see a wall to the right.  Use the WAND to teleport through the wall and continue all the way to the right (getting the last Shield Pack power-up on the way).  Go through the door there and you will be in the CROWN room.  When you enter the room your Fire Power level drops to zero and as you approach the CROWN two ghosts grab it and take off through the

wall.  To successfully follow them through, do the following:

Walk over to the wall.  You can jump up and proceed to walk through the wall!  From the top step, drop down 5 steps then jump up and to the right. You can't see it, but you will land on some invisible steps. [Note that all this is still taking place inside the wall.]  Jump up a level and slowly walk to the right. 

An open space with a skeleton should be beneath you. Still above the area with the skeleton, walk to the area one space to the right of the open area beneath you.  You have to make a leap of faith here. Actually, if you look closely you can see 2 straight lines running parallel down through the gray brick about 3 spaces apart.  This is the invisible chasm.  Make your leap over to the other side.  Safely across, you can jump out of the wall and blast the ghosts (I guess these ghosts can be considered the main foes of the game) in the hidden room.  Grab the CROWN then sit back and enjoy the short ending screens...you've earned it!

Bask in the glow of knowing that the tri-millenial celebrations will proceed because of your heroics and that galactic peace will ensue.

Grabbed most of this walkthrough from:  https://www.neoseeker.com/captain-comic/faqs/71809-walkthrough.html