Castle Adventure

a.k.a. The Golden Wombat

published by author / Keypunch Software in 1984, running on MS-DOS

type: adventure
genre: Fantasy
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

other: Shareware
languages: eng

3/5

bootleg(s): Golden Wombat

Personal review

This is an enjoyable game I played on a PCjr as a child. One of the neat things about it was the extra items and treasures to collect. There are multiple solutions Only 5 items are required for the simplest solution to escaping the castle. Killing the monsters is not strictly required and many of the objects do not relate to escaping, their just for the high score. It is quite simular to Atari Adventure, but more complex in all aspects plus the added text parser. Three parser commands are all that's required for the simplest escape. Finding all the items will require considerable more typing. There is also an item in the game that tells how to escape, easy. Its nice that beating the game is easy, for less skilled players yet getting a high score is more challenging. Obviously, this was the intent of the author.

(Zerothis) - # 2010-02-26 04:49:55

Official description

You are trapped in a deserted Castle and you must escape. It is rumored that the castle is full of treasures. Can you find them all?

castle.doc - # 2009-08-07 16:30:28 - official description

Description

This is a text plus graphical adventure in text-only mode. Movement is performed with the arrow keys and combat is in real-time. But text descriptions appear at the bottom on the screen and the player can use a text parser for more detailed interaction with objects and characters or to use a more complex solution that the arrow keys can provide. While the goal is to escape the 83 room castle using 12 objects found therein. 8 enemies and two locked doors will hinder progress. Players may opt to find some or all of the 13 treasures to achieve a higher score. 1550 is the highest score possible.

This game was developed and published as Shareware by Kevin Bales. He used the term Freeware and asked for a suggested $10 if someone enjoyed or used the game. Keypunch Software illegally included this game in their Swords and Sorcery collection as Golden Wombat. The game is written in Microsoft BASIC and compiled.

(Zerothis) - # 2010-02-26 02:58:24