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Welcome screen |
In the garden |
In a trap |
Castle is a modernized rewrite of the "Castle Adventure" game from 1984.
The original Castle Adventure
The Castle Adventure was written by Kevin Bales who released it as shareware.
Unfortunately the BASIC source code of the Castle Adventure was never released.
The game works in full screen mode without graphics.
Instead of graphics the PC character set is used to simulate graphics.
There are no colors except black and white.
The man is moved through the castle using the cursor keys.
Like in text adventure games simple two word commands are also accepted.
The gameplay as explained in the Castle Adventure
You are trapped in a deserted Castle
and you must escape. It is rumored that
the castle is full of treasures. Can
you find them all?
Use the cursor keypad to move your man
around the rooms. To pick up a visible
item, just run into it. To pick up an
item not displayed on the screen, use
the command GET. To attack monsters
just run into them, but only if you
have a weapon. The computer accepts most
two word commands. There are 83 rooms &
13 treasures. To see the High Score ,
look at the wall in the courtyard.
Castle
Although Castle is inspired by the Castle Adventure there are some differences.
Castle runs in a window and uses colored icons instead of
black and white character graphic.
Additionally to the cursor move commands
it is also possible to move the adventurer with mouse clicks.
Instead of the command interface of the original game the following command icons can be used:
 take
 drop
 look
 use
 load
 save
 exit
The monsters are more peacful than in the original:
They move only when the adventurer moves.
Besides this differences the layout of the rooms and the logic
of the game is the same as in the original.
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