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Dark Castle & Beyond Dark Castle on an emulated 1986 Macintosh Plus
You'll need a mouse and keyboard. Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are played with the keyboard and mouse together, so they can't be played on a phone or tablet touch screen.
On a computer you can play them right here, or download the files and play in Mini vMac on your PC.
Welcome to Dark Castle.
Switch on the Mac to play. It downloads about and boots in a few seconds.
Starting a game
- Click Switch On. The Mac boots into System 6 and opens the Games! window. (If it's closed, double-click the Games! disk at the top right.)
- Double-click the Dark Castle or Beyond Dark Castle folder, then double-click the game's castle icon.
- Click past the title screen and press Play.
- During a game, Alt+Q (the Mac's ⌘+Q) goes back to the game's menu. Click Quit there to return to the desktop and open the other game.
Playing
- A DWalk left / right
- W SUp / down (ropes, ladders, doors)
- SpaceJump
- EDuck
- QAction
- MouseAim, and click to throw
- Keys can be changed under Options in each game.
- Press Ctrl+F so the mouse can't wander off the screen at a critical moment. Esc gets you back.
- On a PC, Alt is the Mac's ⌘ Command key.
- Saved games and high scores last until you close or reload the page.
EASTER EGG: the Mac uses your computer's date, so on 25 December you'll see the festive graphics.