Castle Wolfenstein
Castle Wolfenstein is a slow-paced stealth game set in World War II. The game's main objective is to traverse the levels of the castle to find the secret war plans and escape alive. Progressively higher…
Castle Wolfenstein is a shooter developed by Muse Software, released 1 September 1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Castle Wolfenstein is
Castle Wolfenstein is a shooter game developed by Muse Software and released in 1981. It was published by Main Street Publishing. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
World War II is raging across Europe, and Castle Wolfenstein has been occupied by the Nazis and converted into their HQ. You have just been captured behind enemy lines, and await interrogation and torture by the dreaded SS in the dungeons of Castle Wolfenstein. A dying cellmate bequeaths you your only hope: a gun and ten bullets. Your mission is to find the war plans for Operation Rheingold and escape from Castle Wolfenstein alive.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series
Castle Wolfenstein is the first of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. The next entry was Beyond Castle Wolfenstein in 1984.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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