I thought I'd make two of these three classic games available here for people who's old Apples no longer work, only have a PC to use and want a nostalgic trip back to when fuel and beer were cheap, darts were dangerous and everyone was smiling.
The Trilogy
Black Knights, Dragons, Jailors, Bats, Gargoyles, Eyeballs and more, oh my!
Dark Castle
The original 1986 classic game in glorious black and white.
Beyond Dark Castle
Released in 1987, you are taken back once again to the castle.
Return to Dark Castle
Over 20 years later, return to the castle once more, now in colour!
Click download for the files you need to play. The ZIP contains MiniVMac with a Mac Plus ROM file. The Mac image contains System 6, Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle. It DOES NOT contain Return to Dark Castle.
A true blast from the past: Dark Castle, by Delta Tao, is a true pioneer in Macintosh gaming. One of the first memorable Mac games for the 9-inch Mac systems, its black-and-white original stole many hours away from this IT engineer in the late 1980's. Was it the multi-level action? The animations? The embedded humor? Let's find out...
Return to Dark Castle
Return To Dark Castle is a 2008 platform game for the Macintosh. It is the third game in the Dark Castle series, following the original Dark Castle (1986) and its sequel Beyond Dark Castle (1987), and the first to be developed by Z Sculpt. Development on the game, begun in 1996, was notoriously protracted, and the game was often labeled as vaporware. Return To Dark Castle was originally scheduled to be released in Winter 2000, but was not released until March 14, 2008.
Beyond Dark Castle is the continuation of Dark Castle. The objective of this follow up is to find the five magic spheres of Merlin and place them on the plinths in the first room. That should enable you to open the portcullis and face the Black Knight. You will traverse the various rooms of this labyrinthian castle and will have a whole heap of nasty encounters…