Castle Wolfenstein
The most interactive game ever! The wildest, most addictive adventure game to date—a genuine merger of fantasy and real-time arcade elements! — Package Blurb
This game was written by Silas S. Marner and released in 1981 by Muse Software for the Apple ][, two years later for the Atari 800 and the Commodore 64, and yet another year later for the PC. 1984 a sequel Beyond Castle Wolfenstein was released. Castle Wolfenstein had some pretty interesting features:
The guys from id software were so impressed by this old game (it was already old at the time) that they licensed or bought the rights for the name for Wolfenstein 3D. Originally, many of the features of the two Wolfenstein games were coded into Wolfenstein 3D, but later removed because they were too complicated in a 3D game.
Welcome to CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN, mate! The Nazis brought you here to get information out of you before they kill you. That's what this place is for—if you listen you can hear the screams. They've already worked me over and I'll never get out alive, but maybe you can with this gun. It's standard issue—each clip holds 10 bullets, and it's fully loaded.
Be careful, mate, because every room in the castle is guarded. The regular guards can't leave their posts without orders, but watch out for the SS stormtroopers. They're the ones in the bulletproof vests and they're like bloody hounds. Once they've picked up your trail they won't stop chasing you until you kill them and you almost need a grenade to do that.
CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN is full of supplies too. I know one chap who found a whole German uniform and almost sneaked out past the guards. He might have made it if he hadn't shot some poor sod and got the SS on his trail. If you can't unlock a supply chest, try shooting it open. Now I wouldn't go shooting at chests full of explosives…
One more thing. The battle plans for operation Rheingold are hidden somewhere in the castle. I'm sure you know what it would mean to the Allied high command if we could get our hands on those…
They're coming for me! Good luck!
AAIIIIIEEEEEEE……
Find out Hitler's secret plans, save the world and escape from the Castle Wolfenstein! Or at least you can try to do it. You will face evil and hard resistance, regular guards but as well SS stormtroopers who won't stop chasing you until you get them killed or they caught you (which is the most probable situation)! Absolutely amazing game! And also the first talking computer game ever—or better—not just talking but talking even German which is one of the hardest languages to learn!
One thing that makes Castle Wolfenstein very replayable is the fact that the castle is randomly generated each time you play. If you are killed or captured, you can either attempt the same castle again, or play a new random one, which could very well be more impossible than the last. SS guards also tend to surprise you, thus adding to the adrenaline rush of escaping. There is really nothing I can think of that's bad about the game. Castle Wolfenstein is a true pioneer in the now-crowded field of action games, and is a revolutionary game that remains, almost 20 years after its release, eminently playable (with slowdown program, of course). Two thumbs up, wayyy up!
