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The Castle

System(s): SG-1000

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Licensor: ASCII

Original system(s): JP Home computers

Developer(s) of original games: ASCII

Peripherals supported: 8kB RAM Adapter (TW)

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1986-09	¥5,0005,000^[1]	G-1046
TW	198x

Non-Sega versions
FM-7 MSX PC-6001 mkII PC-8801 PC-9801 M X1

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The Castle (ザ・キャッスル) is a video game developed by ASCII and released for the SG-1000/SC-3000 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 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.

History

Because The Castle was released shortly after the launch of the Sega Mark III, its packaging differs from previous SG-1000/SC-3000 cartridges, essentially using the same packaging format as Sega's Gold Cartridge series for the Mark III, but labelled as a "Sega Cartridge" instead (due to the ROM size being only 32KB with 8KB of RAM, below the 1-Megabit requirement for Gold Cartridge releases). The packaging promotes the game as being compatible with all Sega platforms (セガ全製品に共用) available at the time (the SG-1000 series, SC-3000 and Sega Mark III), with the Mark III itself shown at the back of the box. The cartridge itself is white, the same color as early Mark III cartridges. The packaging artwork, drawn by shojo manga artist Maerchen Maker, was reused from the original MSX version.

The Castle was followed by an MSX sequel titled Castle Excellent later in the year, which also saw a release for the Famicom/NES. The MSX version was also brought independently to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.

Magazine articles

Main article: The Castle/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

SG-1000, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

SG-1000, TW

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	092f29d6
MD5	d047c10d6b27cf34ccb66340a089523a
SHA-1	2681786bffccf58b59410c331865d30a4d027087

32kB

Cartridge (JP)

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CRC32	2e366ccf
MD5	a85ec287bb4151875446c245750fb8c0
SHA-1	5a81d5103487695cabd811aabd9e71f48b9e7996

48kB

Cartridge (TW)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to The Castle

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 | publisher=[[Sega]]
-| developer=[[ASCII]]
+| developer=[[Sega]]
+| licensor=[[ASCII]]
 | system=[[SG-1000]]
-| romsize=32kB (+8kB backup RAM)
 | sounddriver=
-| peripherals=
+| peripherals=[[8kB RAM Adapter]] (TW)
 | players=1
-| genre=Action
+| genre=Action{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200928023407/https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html}}
+| originaldevelopers=[[ASCII]]
+| originalsystem=JP Home computers
 | releases=
 {{releasesSG
-| sg_date_jp=1986
+| sg_date_jp=1986-09
-| sg_rrp_jp=5,000
+| sg_rrp_jp=5,000{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200928023407/https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html}}
 | sg_code_jp=G-1046
 | sg_date_tw=198x
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+| otherformats={{NonSega|FM7|MSX|PC6001mkII|PC8801|PC9801M|X1}}
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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.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ザ・キャッスル) is a video game developed by [[ASCII]] and released for the [[SG-1000]]/[[SC-3000]] 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.
+==History==
+Because ''The Castle'' was released shortly after the launch of the [[Sega Mark III]], its packaging differs from previous SG-1000/SC-3000 cartridges, essentially using the same packaging format as Sega's Gold Cartridge series for the Mark III, but labelled as a "Sega Cartridge" instead (due to the ROM size being only 32KB with 8KB of RAM, below the 1-Megabit requirement for Gold Cartridge releases). The packaging promotes the game as being compatible with all Sega platforms (セガ全製品に共用) available at the time (the SG-1000 series, SC-3000 and Sega Mark III), with the Mark III itself shown at the back of the box. The cartridge itself is white, the same color as early Mark III cartridges. The packaging artwork, drawn by shojo manga artist Maerchen Maker, was reused from the original MSX version.
+''The Castle'' was followed by an MSX sequel titled ''Castle Excellent'' later in the year, which also saw a release for the Famicom/NES. The MSX version was also brought independently to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.
-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.
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
-''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==
 {{Scanbox
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 | front=TheCastle SG1000 JP Box Front.jpg
 | back=TheCastle SG1000 JP Box Back.jpg
-| spinemissing=yes
+| spine=The Castle SG-1000 JP Spine.jpg
+| spine2=The Castle SG-1000 JP Spine2.jpg
+| top=The Castle SG-1000 JP Top.jpg
+| bottom=The Castle SG-1000 JP Bottom.jpg
 | cart=TheCastle SG1000 JP Cart.jpg
+| cartback=The Castle SG-1000 JP Cartback.jpg
+| carttop=The Castle SG-1000 JP Carttop.jpg
 | manual=CastleSGJPManual.pdf
 }}{{Scanbox
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 | front=
 }}
+==Technical information==
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
+{{rom|SG|sha1=2681786BFFCCF58B59410C331865D30A4D027087|md5=D047C10D6B27CF34CCB66340A089523A|crc32=092F29D6|size=32kB|date= |source=Cartridge (JP)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
+{{rom|SG|sha1=5A81D5103487695CABD811AABD9E71F48B9E7996|md5=A85EC287BB4151875446C245750FB8C0|crc32=2E366CCF|size=48kB|date= |source=Cartridge (TW)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
+}}
 ==References==
 {{NECRetro|italics=yes}}
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+<references/>
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Castle, The}}
+{{TheCastleOmni}}
+{{TheTitle}}