Castle of Dr. Brain

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Description

Castle of Dr. Brain is the first in a two-part series of educational puzzle-games from Sierra. This brain-blasting game is set, how surprisingly, in Dr. Brain's castle, where the player will have to beat Dr. Brain's traps and puzzles in order to fulfill the assignment given.

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Alternate Titles

• "ドクターブレイン パズルの城" -- Japanese spelling
• "בטירתו של ד"ר מוח" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Mathemagical Mansion" -- Working title
• "Dr. Brain: Puzzle no Shiro" -- Japanese title
• "Das schloß von Dr. Brain" -- German title
• "Castillo del Dr. Brain" -- Spanish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Dr. Brain series
• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Sierra Discovery Series

User Reviews

All this puzzle-solving just to become a scientist's apprentice?	DOS	Katakis | カタキス (39615)
The first and the best in the series	DOS	Afex Tween (173)
An excellent way to spend the afternoon.	DOS	Tiamat (18)

Critic Reviews

Dragon	DOS	Apr, 1992		80
Play Time	DOS	Feb, 1992	70 out of 100	70
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1992	61 out of 100	61
PC Joker	DOS	Feb, 1992	55 out of 100	55
Amiga Joker	Amiga	May, 1992	50 out of 100	50
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	May, 1992	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
max points	1	lesmana (20) Aug 20, 2010

Trivia

Fan

The biggest fan of Dr. Brain is in the puzzle room. Click and read on the fan.

Gags

First you have to play until you go to the crossbar game. When you can see, some names. Choose them. You'll get some funny instructions.

Graphics

The DOS version of the game had two different releases, VGA and EGA / Tandy. See the screenshots.

References

• Aziza's table from Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is standing in the puzzle room.
• In the game, there is a rubber tree in the third floor hallway, and if you examine it, the second sentence of the message will read as follows: "These can be very useful should you fall off a high cliff." This must be a reference to the Sierra-style "death" in The Secret of Monkey Island.
• If you look in the mirror (in the corridor right behind the castle entrance), the comment says: "How does that go? 'Mirror, mirror on the wall...' No, that only works in Mixed-Up Fairy Tales.

Information also contributed by 6⅞ of Nine and Itay Shahar