Capture the Flag (video game)

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Capture the Flag is a 3D first-person perspective,

multiplayer
games from a first-person perspective within a 3D rendered environment.

Gameplay

The Invader (green) is cornered by the Defender (blue)

Capture the Flag is essentially a two player version of

split-screen
, allowing each of the two players to view the maze from their own perspective. In the single-player version, the computer takes the role of the defender.

Each player is represented within the maze as a simple, rectangular-shaped, blue or green avatar. If the Invader finds the flag, or the Defender catches the Invader, a new maze is generated and the chase starts again. Another progression from Wayout is that instead of a finite number of mazes, Capture the Flag can create an infinite number of randomly generated mazes.

Capture the Flag also uses the mapmaker feature from

automap
can be switched off to heighten the tension.

Controls

Players can choose to control their character using a

automap in the lower half of the screen, whereas Walking Movement allows them to use the 3D view and use the control to move forward and turn left or right.[3]

For the two player option, players must use both the joystick and the keyboard.

Music

Capture the Flag uses layered

dynamic music which changes depending on the proximity of the two players.[4] It was composed by George Sanger and was one of the first games he worked on.[5]

Reception

Electronic Fun magazine gave a very positive review in its February 1984 issue, scoring the game 4 out of 4, and said that Capture the Flag was a huge improvement on Wayout. The reviewer wrote, "it's very rare to see a good game design wholly redone by the same designer, rarer still to see him improve on his original in every single respect."[6]

In their May 1984 issue review, Electronic Games magazine emphasised the fun aspect of playing against a human opponent, rather than a computer one, and how the music in the game added to the experience: "the music which gets louder with the close proximity of the opposing player begins to get more frenetic, and so the gamer slams into even more walls."[7]

References

  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ "Capture the Flag". Moby Games.
  3. ^ "Capture the Flag - Instructions".
  4. ^ "Electronic Games · May, 1984". Capture the Flag. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  5. ^ "The Fat Man - FAQs (archive.org)". Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  6. ^ "Electronic Fun · February, 1984". Capture the Flag. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Electronic Games · May, 1984". Capture the Flag. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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