Castle Master is an adventure developed by Incentive Software, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Castle Master is
Castle Master is an adventure game developed by Incentive Software and released in 1990. It was published by Domark Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum. It runs on Freescape.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Initially the player chooses between playing as the prince or princess. The character not chosen is then taken away by a dragon to Castle Eternity. (The location of keys and some other items differ slightly between the two characters.) The game requires the player, through a first person view, to explore Castle Eternity. There are riddles on many of the castle walls, which give gameplay hints. There are also keys and pentacles hidden in various locations for the player to collect. Many rooms contain spirits which attack the player and reduce his or her health. The player's health (represented by a barbell where weights indicate the amount) is also the player's strength which is important…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Castle Master launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Quick answers
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