Radical Castle
1986 video game
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Radical Castle is a point-and-click adventure game released for Macintosh in 1986, developed in World Builder and distributed as shareware by Christopher Kent Wigginton.[2]
| Radical Castle | |
|---|---|
Opening title screenshot | |
| Publisher | None |
| Designer | Christopher Kent Wigginton[1] |
| Engine | World Builder |
| Platform | Macintosh |
| Release | 1986 |
| Genre | Adventure game |
| Mode | Single player |
The player assumes the role of a 'Squire', who after mistaking the princess for a serving wench, is given a choice by the King between death and a quest to recover an oracle stolen by a wizard. At one point of the game, an area identical to the opening screen of Enchanted Scepters is shown. If the player continues, a prompt is given encouraging the purchase of Enchanted Scepters from Silicon Beach Software.
The game was distributed on magazine shareware collection disks, Macintosh user group mail-outs, and pre-Internet online services. Gaming historian Richard Moss described it as a standout amongst early World Builder games, popular with players due to its Monty Python humour.[3]
At the height of its popularity, the game made the top 100 downloads on GEnie.[1] It can be played on a modern computer using Mini vMac. Macscene.net featured it as their "Retro game of the week" in August 2010. The review praised the visuals, sound effects and storyline.[4] MacUser cited Radical Castle as an example of World Builder's "ability to allow authors to design commercial-quality adventure games."[2] In 1987, Macworld selected Radical Castle as a runner-up to Deep Angst as the best World Builder game.[5]
