Corsarios

From the very first screen, you know this game has an interesting story. You see an image of a young pirate, sword in one hand and his woman in the other, fighting other pirates. CORSARIOS is about a young pirate on his quest to escape and save his woman.
Divided into two phases, the game tells the story in two ways. The first phase has the player in the middle of a horde of pirates fighting to survive. With just punches and kicks he must conserve his 700 points of life against an endless barrage of pirates who come from all directions and attack with weapons like bombs.
Mashing those punches and kick buttons and turning in the direction of your very mobile enemies while evading attacks is the only way to survive. If he survives, he meets a boat that gets him out of the ship. In the next phase, some slashing action ensues. Just like the last phase, he must kill all pirates.
Only this time, there are two issues. First, the pirates are incredibly strong, and second, if he dies, his beloved gets tossed overboard to feed the sharks. It’s very precarious as he has only a sword and 5 points of life to make it. In both cases, he must make it to the end with all the enemies slain.
CORSARIOS is just pure action, and the graphics that support it are just average enough to distinguish the bad guys and understand the setting, but not enough to appreciate it beyond that. It’s fairly pixelated and lacks some detail. Nevertheless, this 1989 DOS game packs enough action to keep players trying one more time.
Corsarios is also available on Amiga and Amstrad CPC.

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