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Macworld

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Nov 30, 2007

May 6, 2008 6:30 AM

Review: Return to Dark Castle

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RobK

168 posts since
Jun 6, 2005

1. May 6, 2008 6:47 AM

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Re: Review: Return to Dark Castle

DAMN I'd LOVE 1942 for Mac.

I spent many mornings at the iHOP @ 3 am feeding quarters into that thing!

leicaman

1,140 posts since
Dec 4, 2003

2. May 6, 2008 7:19 AM

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The $30 is a deal breaker for sure. The demo was fun, but not that fun.

BTW, Duke Nukem Forever is coming out in 2008! Finally!

They promised.

Eric

There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence. - Will Rogers

Rhywun

443 posts since
Mar 1, 2006

3. May 6, 2008 7:45 AM

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I tried the demo and I absolutely loathed the game. It's unreasonably difficult - the controls seem sluggish and/or excessively picky and I didn't have the patience to get used to them after dying 10 or 20 times in the first room. I play a LOT of old-school platformers (Midnight Mansion, Bud Redhead, "Cave Story", etc.) and this one just isn't in the same league. I suppose it might have sentimental value to somebody, but not me as I didn't own a Mac until 2006.

billh

2 posts since
May 6, 2008

4. May 6, 2008 7:58 AM

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Back in the day, I literally did walk miles in the snow to play Dark Castle on a friends Mac Plus. It's great to see it again! Now what about a decent Crystal Quest remake??

hayesk

697 posts since
Aug 7, 2004

5. May 6, 2008 8:22 AM

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I'm waiting for a remake of Scruffy vs. The Invaders from Mars. That and 3 in Three.

k88dad

71 posts since
Mar 22, 2005

6. May 6, 2008 8:57 AM

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Mmm, I miss my old 512ke "fat mac". And I've played Midnight Mansion. And Midnight Mansion, you're no Dark Castle.

Actually, Midnight Mansion, you're more of a Montezuma's Revenge.

Mmm, I miss my old Atari 5200...

jldinsdale

74 posts since
Aug 29, 2004

7. May 6, 2008 9:20 AM

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DAH DAH DUH DAAAAHHHHH!!! DUH DUH DAAAAAHHHH!
DAH DUH DIT DAAAAHHHHH!! DAH DAH DAH DAH DAAAHHHH!

Sorry, the old A-Team theme song kicked in there. I pity the fool!

Peter Cohen

4,147 posts since
Feb 5, 2003

8. May 6, 2008 9:39 AM

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Watch it, JL. You're just askin' for a rickrollin'.

scfischer

66 posts since
Apr 29, 2004

9. May 6, 2008 10:30 AM

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Oh, the hours I used to spend on my family's Mac Plus playing this. To this day, the sound effects still echo in my head. Actually, I still have that Mac Plus packed away in my attic and it still works; and somewhere, I have the Dark and Beyond Dark Castle discs. I have been following the Z-Sculpt soon-to-be-released version ever since it was announced and kept my fingers crossed. I'm glad to see it has finally hit the light of day.

railrider

13 posts since
Dec 7, 2007

10. May 6, 2008 10:36 AM

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3 in Three and The Fool's Errand were great puzzle games. They just don't seem to make anything like that anymore. Whatever happened to the guy that programmed those (I believe his name was Cliff Johnson)?

Peter Cohen

4,147 posts since
Feb 5, 2003

11. May 6, 2008 11:04 AM

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railrider wrote:
3 in Three and The Fool's Errand were great puzzle games. They just don't seem to make anything like that anymore. Whatever happened to the guy that programmed those (I believe his name was Cliff Johnson)?

Some day, Cliff Johnson will ship his long-promised followup, The Fool and his Money.

bastion

1,157 posts since
Oct 14, 2004

12. May 6, 2008 2:49 PM

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Peter Cohen wrote:

Some day, Cliff Johnson will ship his long-promised followup, The Fool and his Money.

The current target date is some time in September. Four years after I ordered my copy.

erise

1 posts since
Dec 9, 2002

13. May 7, 2008 4:50 PM

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As a fan of the original Dark Castle games, I really enjoy Return to Dark Castle. Unfortunately, however, I haven't wanted to play it anymore after I found out about the awful copy protection scheme. The game requires online validation every 30 days, or else it won't let you play. So if you haven't played it in a while and don't have an internet connection, you can't play it. This bugs me so much... especially since the game has been cracked anyway, so the only people that this hurts are those (like me) that purchased the game legally.

I just read that Spore (at least on the PC) will have a similar copy protection scheme, but it will require validation every TEN days! If the Mac version has this as well, I (sadly) will not be buying Spore.

Wizardling

33 posts since
Apr 6, 2006

14. May 9, 2008 7:18 PM

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Well, I guess seven years wasn't long enough to test

Every time I launch DC3 I have CoreServicesUIAgent crash and DC3 just bounces endlessly and never opens.

This sucks and is rather amazing on a Aluminium Rev 1 24" 2.8GHz iMac running 10.5.2.

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