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Radical Castle

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Radical Castle
Opening title screenshot
Publisher(s)None
Designer(s)Christopher Kent Wigginton[1]
EngineWorld Builder
Platform(s)Macintosh
Release1986
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single player

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]

Players assume the role of the '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 chooses to go forward a prompt is given encouraging the player to purchase 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-esque humor.[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 games 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Radical Castle". The Macintosh Garden. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Shapiro, Neil L. (April 1987). "Custom Built". MacUser. 3 (4). Ziff-Davis Publishing: 109.
  3. ^ Moss, Richard (2018). "Game Development for The Rest of Us". The Secret History of Mac Gaming. Unbound. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78352-487-7.
  4. ^ "Radical Castle". MacScene. August 16, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  5. ^ DeMaria, Rusel (November 1987). "Shareware and Public Domain Game Awards". Macworld. Vol. 4, no. 11. PCW Communications, Inc. p. 165.
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