Castle of Terror
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Castle of Terror is an interactive fiction game with graphics released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Melbourne House in 1984.
Gameplay
The player is given a quest by an old man at the local tavern to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the local Count (a vampire), who resides in the nearby castle. Throughout the game, the player gathers items, which can then be manipulated to solve various puzzles. The text based interface, coupled with a visual display of the player's location, is similar in style to the Commodore 64 version of The Hobbit.
Reception
The game received notoriety amongst gamers as being impossible to fully complete, namely due to there being no known way to kill the count or achieve a full score of 290 out of 290. Grahame Willis, author of the game, has since revealed that it is not possible to kill the count and that messages suggesting so were placed in the game intentionally to frustrate players.[1]
At the time of its release, it received mixed reviews. Your Commodore praised the game, describing its graphics as "very good" and its playability as "user friendly".[2] Your Computer criticized the game, marking it as "fuzzy" to play.[3] It got a 67% rating from Zzap!64.[4] [5]
References
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External links
- Castle of Terror at Gamebase 64
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- C64 version at the Internet Archive
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- 1984 video games
- Beam Software games
- Commodore 64 games
- Adventure games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Video games developed in Australia
- 1980s horror video games
- Video games about vampires
- Single-player video games