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Dark Castle

The Amiga, Atari ST, and Apple IIgs ports features colored graphics. The differences between the three are minor color palette changes; the Apple IIgs is the closest to the original game.

31 December 1987

Dark Castle is an adventure, released 31 December 1987 on Amiga, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.

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What Dark Castle is

Dark Castle was released in 1987. It was published by Mirrorsoft. It is available on Amiga, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Amiga, Atari ST, and Apple IIgs ports features colored graphics. The differences between the three are minor color palette changes; the Apple IIgs is the closest to the original game.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dark Castle launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Dark Castle come out?
Dark Castle was released on 31 December 1987 for Amiga, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.

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