*Lord of the Dark Castle* is a casual turn-based retro style roguelikedungeon crawler with elements of strategy. Move/attack in Your turn, and theMonsters move/attack in their turn. Each level is randomized and willintroduce new monsters as the Hero reaches deeper down into the dungeon. Thegame is played in Hardcore Mode, meaning no Save Game - death is permanent!-------- CREATOR'S VISIONS AND GOALS WITH THE GAME --------------------------- * In this game, the monsters are alive: they loot items, use EXACTLY the same armor, weapons and spells as the Hero. Monsters that have gold even go into the shops and buy gear before your Hero gets the chance! * Casual, Fast & Easy to get started. Give it a go, and see if you get a good start with Fat Loot! * This is STRATEGIC dungeon crawler - NOT a no-brain-dungeon-brawler! Casual does NOT mean easy! Normal mode is pretty difficult, and you may have to try many times before you win the game. * Hand painted 2D art in high resolution, using Dark Gothic style. * Big replay value! Every new game is a new experience. Level randomness, monster spawns and different skill choices makes up for lots of variety. * No Skill Dependencies - Experiment freely! Each skill provides an important strategic advantage on its own. * Every hit counts! Making a move that ends next to a monster will let the monster hit first! Don't let that happen. * All monsters have unique strengths. An 'ordinary thief' may even be worse than a dragon! (Yes... you will see...*evil*) In this game monsters are alive. Fewer, harder, more intelligent mobs to provide an interesting challenge. On Win64 systems (e.g. Win7, Win8), the game supports 25 integrated Steam Profile Achievements and Stats.
This page is a wiki. Please login or create an account to begin editing.Download full Dark Castle: Download (321 KB) Manual (0 KB) Download (324 KB). The MAC version used 8bit sounds, the PC veriosn uses 1bit sounds - you do the math.
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dark_castle_color.sit (1.89 MB)
MD5: 9403be1e60a2420a385f786554f4f849
For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
darkcastlecolor_3_0_4.zip (9.06 MB)
MD5: 193fd1b8fc2d75cb7e12af3150e667fe
For System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9
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Color Dark Castle is the first computer game in the Dark Castle series developed after the rights were sold from Silicon Beach Software to Delta Tao.
Color Dark Castle is essentially a remake of the original Dark Castle, in color. Though it may seem identical besides the color at first, Delta Tao reported that they had to redo the code from scratch, also they added a new difficulty, and a 'Secret Level'.
Since this is a remake, the sequel to it would be Beyond Dark Castle. Another color version of Dark Castle was announced in 2000, titled Return To Dark Castle.
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The sit file contains 2 floppy images. The images can be mounted with DiskCopy 6.3 or used to create floppies with DiskCopy 4.2.
This copy is a functioning pre-release version from 1994.
- I downloaded the OS9 version of Dark Castle and when trying to run it I get the message that it needs the screen to be set in 2 color mono. I can't figure how to do that in OS 9.2.2 Its a Clamshell Ibook if that makes a difference.
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- Download full Dark Castle: Download (321 KB) Manual (0 KB) Download (324 KB) Download (324 KB) Download - Easy Setup (1.62 MB). When compared with the MAC version the graphics are superior (they're in colour for a start;)) but the sound in the game is of an extremely poor quality. The MAC version used 8bit sounds, the PC veriosn.
See also: Return to Dark Castle
CompatibilityDark Castle Mac Download
Architecture: 68k PPC
Dark Castle Macintosh
Tested in OS 9 and 7.5. Runs in 256 colors.