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Ever wondered what superheroes do when they retire? Jon Sloan has the answer...
PUT IN YOUR FALSE TEETH
Captain Dud would possibly be a better name for this sub-standard platformer. The usual cliched plot involves arch-fiend Austen Von Flyswatter, who has stolen the world's largest diamond collection. You play doddering superhero Captain Dynamo, called out of retirement to foil Von Flyswatter's evil scheme and retrieve the diamonds. The hoard has been scattered over several booby-trapped levels on the bad-guy's castle which you traverse in an attempt to recover the loot. On the face of it the scene has been set for a potentially enjoyable romp. It's a pity that the game doesn't live up to such expectations.
The central character's sprite is fairly well drawn and animated. I particularly like the way he leaps into the air, à la Superman. The background and platforms gel well with each other and have a good cartoony feel to them. A useful touch is the regular placement of transporters around the game area which, once activated, are the points to which Dynamo is returned if he loses one of his three lives.

It's at this point that the praise has to stop. Despite the reasonable animation, there is simply not enough happening on screen to make it visually interesting and too few enemy sprites (only three at any one time) for the game to be challenging in the joystick department. Basically, the gameplay becomes too repetitive after a ver short while.

As a budget release this could be one for that wet Wednesday afternoon if you've got absolutely nothing to do. However, perhaps because I've seen this type of game done so much better, I found it rather tired and dated.