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'''''The Castle''''' (ザ・キャッスル) is video game developed by [[ASCII]] and released for the [[SG-1000]] in 1986. It is a port of an MSX game of the same name, and is largely identical due to the similar hardware between the two machines. Due to the decline of the SG-1000 and emergence of the [[Sega Master System]], the game was not released in Europe or Australia like many other SG-1000 games.
 
'''''The Castle''''' (ザ・キャッスル) is video game developed by [[ASCII]] and released for the [[SG-1000]] in 1986. It is a port of an MSX game of the same name, and is largely identical due to the similar hardware between the two machines. Due to the decline of the SG-1000 and emergence of the [[Sega Master System]], the game was not released in Europe or Australia like many other SG-1000 games.
  
''The Castle'' was the last SG-1000 game to be released commercially, and the only SG-1000 game to be released after the [[SG-1000 Mark III]]. This means it sports different packaging more akin to Mark III games.
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''The Castle'' was the last SG-1000 game to be released commercially by Sega on cartidge, and the only SG-1000 to adopt packaging more akin to [[SG-1000 Mark III]] games. ''[[The Black Onyx]]'' would be the very last SG-1000 game to be released by Sega, but this would be on card.
  
 
The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later ''Metroid'' and ''Castlevania'' games.
 
The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later ''Metroid'' and ''Castlevania'' games.

Revision as of 13:07, 9 January 2011

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The Castle
System(s): SG-1000
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1

The Castle (ザ・キャッスル) is video game developed by ASCII and released for the SG-1000 in 1986. It is a port of an MSX game of the same name, and is largely identical due to the similar hardware between the two machines. Due to the decline of the SG-1000 and emergence of the Sega Master System, the game was not released in Europe or Australia like many other SG-1000 games.

The Castle was the last SG-1000 game to be released commercially by Sega on cartidge, and the only SG-1000 to adopt packaging more akin to SG-1000 Mark III games. The Black Onyx would be the very last SG-1000 game to be released by Sega, but this would be on card.

The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later Metroid and Castlevania games.

The Castle was followed by the MSX/NES game Castle Excellent later in the year.

Physical Scans

SG-1000 Version