The Castles of Dr. Creep

The fundamentals of this game are solid, but every single level seems designed to spitefully waste as much of your time as possible by making you do the same thing over and over again. The most common design pattern, by far, are rooms where you have to run around in circles doing the same task multiple times to proceed. Every castle has at least one of these, and every castle except a couple has a version where you can only do the task once when you enter the room, after which you have to leave, walk through a bunch of rooms (many of which you have to re-solve the puzzles in), and then come back to do the thing again. The most vivid example of one of these tedious loops is in the level Parthenia, which starts you on two very long platforms, one with 13 switches on it and one with 14. You need to hit a switch on one, which then lets you walk around and hit a switch on the other, which then lets you walk around and hit the second switch on the other, and so on. Completing this sequence takes 25 minutes of real time. The levels Rittenhouse and Teasdale also seem to be broken in the current version of the game, due to hitbox issues making it impossible to make it through a couple of rooms without dying. I really don't think this game should ever be played by anyone.

Bought this for pure nostalgia, but realized it holds up very well against modern puzzle games. If you have $2 it's worth every penny.

You've got to be kidding me. This is an obscure game I played for hours on the Commodore 64 in the 80's. Here it is in all its glory! The game is basically a creepy puzzle platformer and this version is probably being run on a C64 emulator because it's perfect, SID sounds and everything. You can play with a controller or with a keyboard or with both, high scores, saves, unlimited lives if you want, pretty much everything. It's also cheap, buy it now.

I can't even tell you how many hours I spent playing this game as an elementary school student. Clever puzzles, and even co-op! One of the best games I've every played for under $2.00.

I have mixed feelings about this game. I have not had much fun with it, but because it is not my style. I have never liked metroidvania or puzzle games, they despair me, I am more of platform games and direct action. And this game is a maze. But if you are a gamer who likes retro and difficult and puzzle games, this is for you. So I recommend it. The aesthetic reminds me of my old and outdated Intellivision. 7/10

Ein perfektes Retrospiel. Ich habe mich gefragt ob in jedem PC ein C64 steckt. 100%ige Umsetzung vom C64, sogar die leicht harkelige Steuerung. Einfach nur perfekt.

知る人ぞ知るEd Hobbsの開発したゲーム プリンスオブペルシャの元ネタの一つ 任天堂やセガが来るまでは北米の覇者(悪評はありますが)だったコモドール64のソフト。 なんでハンガリー舞曲第5番なのかはたぶん城名から因んでる？ こうして古いゲームがsteamで遊べるのはうれしいけど 単品よりかはatari50みたいに抱き合わせでほしいもんです。

Καλά: • καλό tutorial (για την εποχή του) που σου μαθαίνει τους χειρισμούς του παιχνιδιού • απλοϊκός χειρισμός με απλά γραφικά που «δουλεύουν» • καλή co-op εμπειρία με έξυπνα συνεργατικά παζλ • καλή εξομείωση και άμεσος χειρισμός από πληκτρολόγιο ή joypad και για τους δυο παίχτες Κακά: • κακή και κάποιες φορές αργή απόκριση των εντολών του χειριστηρίου • κακή επιλογή χρωμάτων («μουντά» χρώματα) μάλλον λόγω περιορισμού hardware • ενοχλητικός μηχανισμός που σε επαναφέρει στην αρχή του κάστρου όταν πεθαίνεις, ενώ παίζεις με δύο άτομα Βαθμολογία: 6/10

Semplicemente fenomenale da giocare in due,grafica semplice anche per l'epoca ma comunque di atmosfera. Giocabilita' alle stelle. Sarebbe bello se qualcuno creasse altri castelli!

Easy game mechanics combined with complex labyrinth, awesome game to play in 2+ players. Old but still good.