Dark Castle

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Dark Castle
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		703401
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		E177SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR

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Dark Castle is an action game originally developed by Silicon Beach Software for Apple Macintosh computers in 1986. It was subsequently ported to other home computers in 1987 and eventually to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. Many of the ports, including the Mega Drive version were handled by Three-Sixty Pacific.

Dark Castle is a platform game, in which players traverse through a castle to defeat the "black knight", killing enemies along the way and collecting keys.

History

Critical reception

Despite the addition of colour, the Mega Drive version is often criticsed for its horrible controls and poor production values. Conversely the Macintosh version is often considered to be a classic among Mac fans, gaining sequels such as Beyond Dark Castle and remakes such as Color Dark Castle.

Magazine articles

Main article: Dark Castle/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
30 №25
41 №2
55 №21, p150
38 №5, p91
44 №19, p62/63
23 №15, p174/175[2]
19 №14, p78
69 №26, p49
49 №2, p67[3]
52 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
 42
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
66
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Console XS (UK) PAL
52
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Cool Gamer (RU)
10
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Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
13
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Gamers (DE)
7
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Games-X (UK)
30
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[9]
Joypad (FR) PAL
41
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Joystick (FR)
55
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Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
38
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Mega (UK)
44
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Mega Force (FR) PAL
55
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Mean Machines (UK)
23
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Mean Machines Sega (UK)
23
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[16]
Player One (FR)
19
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[17]
Sega Power (UK)
69
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[18]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
49
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Sega Pro (UK) PAL
52
[19]
Supergame (BR)
87
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Tricks 16 bit (RU)
38
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Video Games (DE)
25
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[22]
Sega Mega Drive
 40
Based on
20 reviews

Dark Castle

Mega Drive, US
DarkCastle MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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DarkCastle MD US manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 0464aca4
MD5 56965eb7dde9bc22d16ffa72331c0e09
SHA-1 23e1ad9822338362113e55087d60fb9a1674bf8a
512kB 1991-09 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 49
  2. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 15.pdf, page 176
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 69 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf_p69" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 55
  5. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 128
  6. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 59
  7. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 36
  8. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 48
  9. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 33
  10. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 52
  11. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 150
  12. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
  13. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 62
  14. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 70
  15. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 176
  16. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 138
  17. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 78
  18. ↑ ', "" (; ), page 49
  19. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 45
  21. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 48
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 31
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