Dark Castle

Description

The Black Knight has brought misery to the land, and the end way to end this is to enter his haunted house to slay him. You are the brave adventurer taking on this quest through 14 increasingly-tough zones.

The bulk of the game is side-viewed, involving single screens to pass through, which incorporate ropes, cages and trapdoor. There are enemies walking, flying and hovering through this, and many of them respawn. Unusually your weapon to take them on (rocks) can be thrown through 360 degrees, which aims to make the gameplay more realistic and methodical. The screens were linked by hub screens, which the player passes through simply by clicking on a door.

Part of the Following Group

• Dark Castle series

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User Reviews

Feeble attempt to recreate the original	Amiga	Frecklefoot (124)
Infuriating! And yet I keep coming back for more.	DOS	Trixter (8865)
Great innovative platformer	Macintosh	Frecklefoot (124)
A classic medieval 3rd person action game, equally addictive and as well as irritating	DOS	Indra was here... (13175)

The Press Says

Power Unlimited	CD-i	Sep, 1993	72 out of 100	72
Mac Gamer	Macintosh	1996	71 out of 100	71
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Mar, 1988	55 out of 100	55
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Feb, 1988	53 out of 100	53
Mean Machines	Genesis	Dec, 1991	23 out of 100	23
HonestGamers	Genesis	1998	1 out of 10	10
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jun 27, 2005	1 out of 10	10
Kingdom of Desire	Genesis	May 06, 2006	0 out of 10	0

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Trivia

One easter egg I remember from this game is that when your PC clock/calendar read 25 Dec, a Christmas tree appeared in the great hall of the castle.