Castle Adventure

Castle Adventure

Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Themes:Action
Game modes:Single player
Story:Castle Adventure is an adventure game designed by Kevin Bales and originally released in 1984. It was also illegally included in Keypunch's Swords and Sorcery under the title Golden Wombat.[1] It is compiled from Microsoft BASIC; however the source has never been released.
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April 25, 2025
This was one of the first graphical games I ever played. I remember playing it on an IBM PC Jr. and it was awesome. It was creative and also taught you about inventory management as you could only carry 6 items. This would be a dream to play again.
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