I'm been stocking up on games in preparation for Fall. I'm in the midst of playing Silent Service still, and am dying to jump into Starflight 2 a.s.a.p. But I've been looking for Castles at a reasonable price for a really long time and when I saw it in an auction recently I had to go for it.
It was coded on the Amiga by Silicon Synapse, which later changed its name to Chaos and ultimately to Blizzard. I had to get some of that!
The basic idea is you are given castle pieces that you are to map out and build. Gates, walls, square and round towers, etc. I think it's sort of a resource management game mixed with some sort of background storyline. Sounds interesting and fairly unique.
Whenever I'd seen it show up in the past (which was rare) the price was always set at such a level that I felt the owner didn't really want to sell it. After many months this new auction appeared, and well below typical prices - and it had a "Make an Offer" button, which is sometimes a chance to knock your shipping charge in half.
In addition it was part of a lot! Not only was Castles in the mix, but so was Space Quest 2 and 4! Three boxed games for less than the price of one! Granted I wasn't really looking for Space Quests but I'm not going to say no to what felt like free.
And, of course, the game disks work flawlessly. This is the type of game that came with no copy protection, and you were forced to make copies and play off the copies. As a result the original disks are mint.
Going to start digging into this one quick! Looks and sounds awesome.
Check out how the original receipt was still in the box.