Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

Released1996
Based on the feature film of the same name. The game casts players in the role of renegade treasure hunters. The player is able to choose between two characters: Morgan Adams, a female character who wields a rapier; or William Shaw, a buccaneer who is armed with a sword. The game features single player and two player action mode. During single player mode, the player's character must battle through 10 levels, encountering various foes such as pirates, redcoats and harbor masters. The game features two different gameplay styles to choose from: Swordplay and Brawling. In addition to all the swordplay, level two requires players to flee from prison guards in a quarry cart, and level five puts player atop a runaway horse-drawn carriage. As the player progresses through the game several items such as knives, bombs, bottles, torches, hammers, pistols, and other weapons are collectable.
55Wit Score

Details

DeveloperSoftware Creations
PublisherAcclaim Entertainment, LJN, Tec Toy, Playtronic
ReleasedMarch 1, 1996
StatusReleased
GenresPlatformAdventure
ThemesAction
PlatformsSUP Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemSEG Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
ModesSingle playerCo-operative

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Community Score
Mixed Reception55/100

About This Game

In 1619, the pirate cutter Sea Devil captures the Spanish cargo ship Santa Susanna — but never makes it home. Caught in a storm, the Sea Devil wrecks on the uncharted Cutthroat Island, with only one survivor: Fingers Adams. Dying, he splits the treasure map into three pieces and leaves each to a legitimate heir. Nearly seventy years later in 1688, Morgan Adams — already wanted by authorities and holding one map piece — launches a quest across hostile waters to recover the remaining pieces and reach the buried treasure, fighting both the law and ruthless rivals every step of the way.