Captain Novolin

".....Captain Novolin is lucky that I can't give -30."

I was looking around for reviews for random games and I looked at Captain Novolin. When I noticed that only one person had written one I knew that it wasn't enough. If only one person reviews this game on this site then there is a chance that a person will say, ''Well only one person said it was bad, so maybe I will give it a try.'' Hopefully this second review will prevent ANYone from ever playing this game.

Controls 1/10

Captain Novolin has one move, he jumps. So basically for as long as I played the game, the only thing he could do was jump over enemies. To put that into perspective, the enemies are donuts and soft drinks, Novolin is not much of a Captain. You would think that seeings as other then moving, jumping is the only button command that does anything, that the folks at Rayasystems could have made that one command work well, but they didn't. The buttons..button is lazy and almost has a lag time when you press it.

Graphics 1/10

Hahahah. Captain Novolin might actually look bad if someone told you it was an NES game. The drawings that are used for the enemies (sugary foods) and the captain himself are just bad. That's really all I can say.

Gameplay 1/10

I could sum up how bad the gameplay is by telling you that for the first 20 minutes of the game, you are taught the proper way to inject insulin. Now 20 minutes may not seem long, but 20 minutes playing Captain Novolin is like 20 hours playing a regular game. After the insulin lesson the game actually goes downhill, mostly because it's not as funny. You dodge the foods to make your way to various Diabetics to give them their insulin. Need I say more.

Replay Value ????

I honestly don't know. However if you are 1 of the 2 people on the planet that has the patience to beat this game, then maybe you would want to beat it again....maybe.

Final Thoughts

Captain Novolin is terrible, and I can actually give you an intelligent reason why. This game is aimed towards people who have Diabetes, that's really why it is doomed for failure. That automatically eliminates the majority of the population from ever wanting to play this game. The only people left over are people that DO have diabetes, and I'd imagine that the percentage of people that want to be educated about how to deal with Diabetes by a Super Nintendo game is VERY low. Also, I'd like to say that I only own this game because I collect Terrible games, that's the only reason. What?..What?? Why are you looking at me like that??

Reviewer's Score: 1/10, Originally Posted: 09/27/02, Updated 09/27/02