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Nightmare Castle

Nightmare Castle is an extended technical demonstration and a surreal adventure game, built as a platform to test reduction and refinement of RPG Maker's VFX to PC-88 or early PC-98 standards. As such, the…

24 November 2013

Nightmare Castle is an adventure developed by Noyemi K, released 24 November 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Nightmare Castle is

Nightmare Castle is an adventure game developed by Noyemi K and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on RPG Maker VX Ace.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nightmare Castle is an extended technical demonstration and a surreal adventure game, built as a platform to test reduction and refinement of RPG Maker's VFX to PC-88 or early PC-98 standards. As such, the game uses 3-bit graphics at a resolution of 640x400. A re-imagining of Amiha's Nightmare Castle, the game uses an 8-color palette and minimalist audio with Yume Nikki-style gameplay.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Nightmare Castle launched on 24 November 2013, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition and XCOM: Enemy Within.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, XCOM: Enemy Within.

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When did Nightmare Castle come out?
Nightmare Castle was released on 24 November 2013 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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