The player is given a quest by an old man at the local tavern to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the local Count (a vampire), who resides in the nearby castle. Throughout the game, the player gathers items, which can then be manipulated to solve various puzzles. The text based interface, coupled with a visual display of the player's location, is similar in style to the Commodore 64 version of The Hobbit.
Receptionedit
The game received notoriety amongst gamers as being impossible to fully complete, namely due to there being no known way to kill the count or achieve a full score of 290 out of 290. Grahame Willis, author of the game, has since revealed that it is not possible to kill the count and that messages suggesting so were placed in the game intentionally to frustrate players.[1]
At the time of its release, it received mixed reviews. Your Commodore praised the game, describing its graphics as "very good" and its playability as "user friendly".[2]Your Computer criticized the game, marking it as "fuzzy" to play.[3] It got a 67% rating from Zzap!64.[4][5]
castle, terror, this, article, lead, section, short, adequately, summarize, points, please, consider, expanding, lead, provide, accessible, overview, important, aspects, article, 2023, interactive, fiction, game, with, graphics, released, commodore, spectrum, . This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article May 2023 Castle of Terror is an interactive fiction game with graphics released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Melbourne House in 1984 Castle of TerrorC64 cover artDeveloper s Beam SoftwarePublisher s Melbourne HousePlatform s Commodore 64 ZX SpectrumRelease1984Genre s Graphic adventureMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksGameplay editThe player is given a quest by an old man at the local tavern to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the local Count a vampire who resides in the nearby castle Throughout the game the player gathers items which can then be manipulated to solve various puzzles The text based interface coupled with a visual display of the player s location is similar in style to the Commodore 64 version of The Hobbit Reception editThe game received notoriety amongst gamers as being impossible to fully complete namely due to there being no known way to kill the count or achieve a full score of 290 out of 290 Grahame Willis author of the game has since revealed that it is not possible to kill the count and that messages suggesting so were placed in the game intentionally to frustrate players 1 At the time of its release it received mixed reviews Your Commodore praised the game describing its graphics as very good and its playability as user friendly 2 Your Computer criticized the game marking it as fuzzy to play 3 It got a 67 rating from Zzap 64 4 5 References edit CASA Grahame Willis D I W April 1985 Software Review Castle of Terror Your Commodore No 7 Lee Paddon February 1985 Software Shortlist Castle of Terror Your Computer No 2 Castle of Terror Review part 1 Zzap 64 1 72 May 1985 Retrieved 19 February 2019 Castle of Terror Review part 2 Zzap 64 1 73 May 1985 Retrieved 19 February 2019 External links editCastle of Terror at Gamebase 64 Castle of Terror at SpectrumComputing co uk C64 version at the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castle of Terror amp oldid 1158070299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
