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Color Dark Castle
Posted by: zackl on 2025-09-20 13:23:27
I love buying old software too, however it’s for the packaging now.

Unfortunately most disks are now beyond reading or repair so if you get lucky upload to Macintosh garden for your legacy.

P.s I managed to score Mac populous for the box, love it

Syndicate! I loved that game - I have a boxed copy too but looks different? Would you mind showing a photo of the front of yours? I am always curious about all of the variants of mac software . . .

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Posted by: Plasticoat on 2025-09-20 23:56:10
Will do, am away but as soon as I’m able I’ll post the box, yours is different from mine, maybe a US box?
Posted by: olePigeon on 2025-09-21 11:54:11
I'd love to get a copy of Warlock.
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2025-10-02 00:45:54
Yes! Snagged Color Dark Castle off eBay. Maybe I paid too much, but I've been looking for this one for a long time. I have the manual for the game, but no disks. Which is fine cuz almost all of Delta Tao's games shipped with just the manual and disks shrinkwrapped.

I'm curious about the 2 B&W disks. If they're just copies, someone went out of their way with those labels. I'm kinda hoping they're update disks. Either way, I can't wait. 🙂
What if I tell you that I've got a japanese boxed version of CDC ? 🙂
Unfortunately, it did not come with the B&W floppies. 🙁

Do you want some scans ?
Posted by: olePigeon on 2025-10-02 10:12:03
@zefrenchtoon Wow, that's pretty cool. Is the game itself in Japanese?

I'm sure it'd be great to put the scans up on Macintosh Garden.
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2025-10-02 11:19:37
@zefrenchtoon Wow, that's pretty cool. Is the game itself in Japanese?

I'm sure it'd be great to put the scans up on Macintosh Garden.
It seems that the dialog boxes are translated in Japanese from what I can see in the manual. I did not yet tested it on my Mac.
The box itself is quite strange for me, it’s like a VHS tape box. So the scan will be quite easy as it is simply an insert in the plastic box.

Will scan and share asap. 🙂
Posted by: olePigeon on 2025-10-02 11:21:56
Sweet!
Posted by: Plasticoat on 2025-10-02 11:33:29
View attachment IMG_9922.jpeg
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2025-10-02 11:38:52
Sweet!
Here is a quick preview. My children are sleeping close to my scanner so I can’t do more.
Posted by: olePigeon on 2025-10-02 11:49:27
I think a lot of Japanese games are packaged that way, especially Sharp and MSX games.

I really like that alternate artwork on the front cover. Would love a scan when you get around to it just to recreate it pixel-for-pixel.
Posted by: adespoton on 2025-10-02 13:27:03
Hmm... first one published by Senko and the second by Delta Tao. This led me down a rabbit hole to generate this:

YearGame / Release (platform)Publisher (region / notes)Initial date published (by that publisher)
1986Dark Castle (Mac)Silicon Beach Software (WW / original Macintosh)1986 (original Mac release)
1987Dark Castle (ports: Amiga, C64, Atari ST, DOS, etc.)Three-Sixty Pacific (international ports)1987 (ports)
1987Beyond Dark Castle (Mac)Silicon Beach Software (WW / original Macintosh)1987
1988Dark Castle (Genesis / SEGA)Electronic Arts (Genesis publication)1988
1992Dark Castle (various later ports/releases)Various small/european publishers (ports reissues)1992 (example re-releases noted in sources)
1994Color Dark Castle (Mac, 32-bit color remake)Delta Tao Software (U.S. Mac publisher)1994 (Mac)
1994Color Dark Castle (Mac)SENKO Corporation (Japan) — credited “Senko Corporation” on box1995 (Japanese release; Japanese box credits indicate Senko)
2006Dark Castle (mobile/J2ME/BREW conversions)Various mobile publishers (regional)2006 (mobile releases)
2008Return to Dark Castle (Mac)SuperHappyFunFun / Delta Tao (Mac) — SuperHappyFunFun published retail/packaging in some listings; Delta Tao digitalMarch 14, 2008 (Mac App Store / release)
2019Return to Dark Castle (Windows port)SuperHappyFunFun / other distributors (Windows)2019 (Windows port release)

Did I miss anything? I bought the original Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle directly from Silicon Beach Software (they mailed me the disks), and didn't realize they were available in other flavours / for other platforms for years....
Posted by: olePigeon on 2025-10-02 13:35:35
@adespoton Delta Tao updated and published the original Dark Castle as well when they got the rights to do Color Dark Castle.
Posted by: LaPorta on 2025-10-02 15:56:01
There was a 2019 windows port?
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2025-10-02 23:22:20
I would love to get originals Dark Castle and BDC ...
(Also, SpacewardHo ... but this is another story)
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