Magic Castle at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Release Date	1983
Original Publisher	Gilsoft International (UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Adventure Game: Text-Only
Max. Players	1
Authored with	The Quill Adventure System
Original Price	£5.95
Groups	Gold Collection
Other Platforms	BBC Micro (unofficial)
Average mag. score	71.33% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	66.7% (3 votes)

Re-releases

#1 - Riko Data (Sweden)

Authors/Contributors

	Graeme Yeandle (UK)		- ?
	Terry Greer (UK)		- Inlay/Poster Art
	Steve Harbron		- Inlay/Poster Art

Credits

Steve Harbron is the inlay artist for the first Gilsoft edition. Terry Greer is the artist for the second Gilsoft edition.

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
MagicCastle(different).tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- (different)
MagicCastle(different)_2.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- (different)
MagicCastleV1.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- v1
MagicCastleV2.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English	- v2
MagicCastle.z80.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
MagicCastle.scr	6,912	Original	Loading screen
MagicCastle.gif	2,521	Original	Running screen
MagicCastle_Front.jpg	370,355	Original	Inlay - Front
MagicCastle_Front_2.jpg	188,762	Original	Inlay - Front
MagicCastle_Front_3.jpg	178,186	Original	Inlay - Front
MagicCastle_Tape.jpg	69,545	Original	Media scan
MagicCastle_Tape_2.jpg	94,808	Original	Media scan
MagicCastle_Tape_3.jpg	51,141	Original	Media scan
MagicCastle(EN).txt	465	Original	Instructions	English
magiccastle.rzx	0	Original	RZX playback file		- Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback)

Magazine Reviews

Big K	issue #5-1984/Aug	page 44	- Review: 2/3
Crash	issue v.1 #4-1984/May	page 52	- Review: 76%
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.2 #26-1983/Jun/30 special "week#5"	page 37	- Review
Sinclair User	issue #28-1984/Jul	page 127	- Review

Magazine References

	Micro Adventurer	issue #10-1984/Aug	page 20	- Feature - Gilsoft Gold Collection
	Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #8-1984/Feb/23 special "week#4"	page 16	- Feature - Anyone for Denis? (various reviews)

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