Difference between revisions of "The Castle"
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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''''' (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, and the only SG-1000 | + | ''The Castle'' was the last SG-1000 game to be released commercially by Sega on cartidge, and the only SG-1000 to adopt packaging more akin to [[SG-1000 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 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. | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 9 January 2011
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 cartidge, and the only SG-1000 to adopt packaging more akin to SG-1000 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.
Physical Scans
SG-1000 Version
JP front cover
JP back cover
JP cart
