Cutthroat Island
A port of Cutthroat Island for the Game Boy.
Cutthroat Island is an adventure developed by Software Creations, released 1 January 1996 on Game Boy.
What Cutthroat Island is
Cutthroat Island is an adventure game developed by Software Creations and released in 1996. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1619, a pirate cutter, the Sea Devil, captured a Spanish cargo ship called Santa Susanna. Before reaching its destination the Sea Devil was caught in a storm and wrecked on the uncharted Cutthroat Island. Only one member of the crew managed to get off of the island alive, Fingers Adams. Before dying he made a map and tore it into three pieces which he gave to his legitimate heirs. In year 1688, as the pirate Morgan Adams who currently has one piece of the map, the player has begun a quest for the other pieces of the map in hopes of eventually finding the treasure. Already a wanted woman, Morgan will need to fight the law as well as those who hold the pieces of the map.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Cutthroat Island series
Cutthroat Island is the second of 3 entries we hold in the Cutthroat Island series. The next entry was Cutthroat Island in 1996.
What it launched against
Cutthroat Island launched on 1 January 1996, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Loaded.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Loaded.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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