Talk:Castlequest

Screenshot
The screenshot does not look accurate to me. It seems to be from a completely different game. - Eagletalk 03:05, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It looks like Castlequest to me. 128.230.13.89 06:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Castlequest maybe, but not Castle Excellent. - Eagletalk 10:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The article says that the Japanese version is called Castle Excellent; unfortunately, I've only played the North American version, so I wouldn't know... 128.230.13.89 03:21, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, this is a collection of all rooms in the Castle Excellent. If you can find a room that matches the image in the article, let me know. Otherwise, I believe that associating Castlequest with Castle Excellent is a mistake or urban legend. Notice the similarity with the original Castle. - Eagle'''(talk) 03:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

The image in the article is the room where the NES Castlequest starts. It's located two rooms above the bottom left corner of that game's castle. In the map that you posted, it looks like the starting room for Castle Excellent is also two rooms above the bottom left corner, but it's definitely not identical to the one in the article. I did some searching (thanks to Google) and I found the following:
 * An emulator that allows you to play "Castle Excellent" for the NES/Famicom, which happens to be the same as Castlequest except that you start with 3 lives, not 50.
 * A reference to Castle Excellent for the Famicom being identical to Castlequest for the NES except that you start with 3 lives instead of 50.
 * Several references to Castle Excellent for the MSX which match the image that you posted.

Using all this information, I would take the following guess: Castle Excellent for the MSX and Castle Excellent for the Famicom are actually two different games, and Castlequest is the North American version of the Famicom game. Unfortunately, I own none of these 3 games (although I did play Castlequest about 15 years ago), so I can't check this directly... 128.230.13.89 04:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)



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Consider Splitting Article Into Two
With the talk of the disparate differences between the two versions, it may make more sense to either generate two separate sections for each game or even possibly write a separate article regarding Castle Excellent if it is that much different from Castlequest.

MuZemike (talk) 21:43, 9 June 2008 (UTC)