Buccaneers

Buccaneers

Arcade - USA - Title screen.

Developer Duintronic Publisher Duintronic Published 1989-??-?? Platforms Arcade Genres Action, Beat 'em up Themes Action, Pirates Multiplayer Alternating versus Distribution Commercial

Buccaneers is a pirate-themed beat 'em up developed and published by Duintronic for the arcade in 1989. This was the company's first and last game. It was never ported to any other platform.

In the game, you play as a buccaneer who beats up pirates.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	No.

I found this game randomly while exploring MAME. I played around with it for a little while, but, after fighting with the controls, I quickly gave up on it. And have no desire to ever play this game again.

Review

2	1	5	2	1

Best Version: Arcade

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• Although they're quite dated, the graphics are well-drawn.

Bad

• The game is monotonous and the enemies are dull.
• The background graphics make it look like you should be able to move up and down, but you're stuck to a single Y axis.
• Jumping is very difficult to control.
• The music is dull, and the sound effects are obnoxious.
• The ending is the same as the title screen. How boring.
• The bosses can be defeated almost entirely by mashing the kick button.

Ugly

• Play control is so slow and sluggish that the game is practically unplayable.
• With only 4 stages, and stage 4 being a mere boss fight, the game is extremely short. It can be finished in about 5 minutes.

Media

Screenshots

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  Title screen.

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  Introduction.

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  Stage 1.

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  Cut Scene.

Videos

Longplay.

Play Online

Arcade

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are a couple women in the game, one is even a boos, but none of them are important.
Bechdel test?	Fail	No women speak.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	There are only a couple generic enemies that are persons of color.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Links

   

• arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=13394 - Arcade Museum.