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The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later ''Metroid'' and ''Castlevania'' games. | The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later ''Metroid'' and ''Castlevania'' games. | ||
| − | ''The Castle'' was followed by the MSX/NES game ''Castle Excellent'' later in the year. The MSX version was also brought | + | ''The Castle'' was followed by the MSX/NES game ''Castle Excellent'' later in the year. The MSX version was also brought independently to the SG-1000 in Taiwan. |
==Physical Scans== | ==Physical Scans== | ||
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| System(s): SG-1000 | |||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||
| Developer: ASCII | |||||
| Genre: Action | |||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||
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The Castle (ザ・キャッスル) is video game developed by ASCII and released for the SG-1000 in 1986. It is a port of an MSX game of the same name, and is largely identical due to the similar hardware between the two machines. Due to the decline of the SG-1000 and emergence of the Sega Master System, the game was not released in Europe or Australia like many other SG-1000 games.
The Castle was the last SG-1000 game to be released commercially by Sega on a cart, and the only SG-1000 to adopt packaging more akin to Sega Mark III games. The Black Onyx would be the very last SG-1000 game to be released by Sega, but this would be on card.
The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later Metroid and Castlevania games.
The Castle was followed by the MSX/NES game Castle Excellent later in the year. The MSX version was also brought independently to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.
Physical Scans
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 Cart  Manual |
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