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- The New Castle - Dos/Windows *
Contains newcast.exe
The New Castle v26 - Dos/Windows Installer
Windows Installer (Windows 7 and later) - The New Castle - Mac (Intel) *Contains newcast_mac
The New Castle v26 Mac (Intel)
Mac OS X Application - The New Castle - Dos/Windows - InstallerContains newcast.exe
The New Castle v26 Dos/Windows - Installer
Windows Installer (Windows 7 and later) (Encoded in Macintosh Bin/Hex format.) - The New Castle - Dos/Windows - Installer (InstallShield Version) *Contains newcast.exe
The New Castle V26 - Dos/Windows - InstallShield Version
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About the Story
The New Castle was first written by: Barry Wilks on a VAX/VMS Computer System at the University of Western Ontario, back sometime around 1983.
I was there as a student/staff there at the time! Anyone from Western/UWO at that time should remember me!
According to the information I have available, the original program was written in VMS Fortran but the project was never completed. I have taken great pains to see that this program was duplicated in every detail, including the kludges. I have completed the original adventure game, in the only manner that seemed possible and spent several months trying all possible combinations. This is one reason I believe the project was left incomplete, as there were a lot of unexplained parts, be that as it may, it is represented here for your enjoyment.
Please note the links on this page are now broken.
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Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating:    Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
Dan Gahlinger is to be congratulated on his memory in recreating this long lost old VAX mainframe program. It has a lot of potential as a large, old style puzzle fest if the game is properly tested and more items available to EXAMINE.
It is unfortunately very buggy. Examining an item often gives the description of a different item you may not have found yet. EXAMINE PLANK gives you the description of a plastic card for instance, and the white candle carries the description of a bar of soap.
THROW BOTTLE caused the game to crash with a run time error. There are also numerous typos throughout the descriptions.
The best part of the game is the maze, which is described as unmappable but contains hundreds of witty sayings and gnomisms from down the ages; everything from old Jewish Jokes to Woody Allen observations.
The version is displayed as 3.5 developmental and hopefully can be redone by the author.
An update as of 21/11/24 - the links to this game provided by the updater are now broken.
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Game Details
Current Version: 26
License: Freeware
Development System: Custom
Forgiveness Rating: Cruel
Baf's Guide ID: 358
IFID: ZCODE-512-------
TUID: 4fi1v6xkypdequ7c
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The following polls include votes for The New Castle:Games that include a maze you would describe as 'hey, actually fun' by Jeremy Freese
Everybody always dissing mazes in IF. What are the games that prove them wrong?
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