The Castle

The Castle

Aka: ザ・キャッスル
Console: MSX
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): ASCII
Publisher(s): ASCII Corporation
Release Date: 1985-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Type: Action
The Castle screenshot

The game has a fairly standard plot of rescuing a princess from a castle, though the game itself was considered very large for the time. It also contains a map system similar to that of later Metroid and Castlevania games.

The Castle was followed by the game Castle Excellent.

Game Player of The Castle on MSX
Controls - How to Play The Castle on MSX

Generally, you can review the controls (keyboard) setting during each game in the screen before it starts. Use the arrow keys and “Z”, “X”, “A”, “S”, “Q”, “E” buttons to play, or customize yourself with your gamepad or keyboard.

KeyboardControls
← → ↑ ↓Directions for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN
Enter ↵START
ShiftSELECT
ZA
XB
AX
SY
QL
ER