Episode 138: Dark Castle

[James]

James and John talk about Dark Castle. eBay Finds are a B&H Apple 2, peculiar Apple light, and rare Lisa pin. News includes an Apple tablet that never was, an interview with an Apple I owner, OS 8 petition, and classic Nitrozac paintings.

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Macintosh Garden: Dark Castle

[Gary W]

Slight spoiler below as to what happens if you topple the Black Knight. You have been warned.

Thanks for the podcast on Dark Castle. That game was the reason I got into vintage Macs! I bought my first Mac, an SE/30, from the company I worked for for $50 just to play Dark Castle because I was hooked on it and they were going to get rid of the SE/30. This would have been in the early 90's I guess. We used to go up to the "presentation center" where the Macs were at lunchtime and play games.

At any rate, I heard there is an Easter Egg in it but have not had the chance to try it. If you set the date to 12/25 and start Dark Castle, the intro image of the Great Hall is different. I have not tested this since I am working on the SE/30 now and it is disassembled, and for some reason household projects are taking precedence. Let us know if this is true!

Possible Spoiler ahead:

Also, I have completed the easy level, but have no photographic proof. I was excited to topple the Black Knight only to find the game just started over at the next harder level. I was disappointed after all that work, that was it. No huge fanfare or anything. Now, maybe if he is defeated at the end of the hard level something special happens, I don't know, I can't throw rocks that fast in order to find out. :-)

Some more info:
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Castle

Dark Castle Forum:
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dark_Castle_Forum/index.php?

Just found this Dark Castle Blog:
http://darkcastlenews.blogspot.com/


Blue Skies,
Gary