| Genre: | Platform Game |
| Publisher: | Blue Ribbon |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC464, Atari 400/800/600XL/800XL/130XE & BBC Model B |
| Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 24th September 1984 |
| Original Release Price: | Unknown |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Black |
| Author(s): | Mike Williams |
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Electron User Group
1st March 2010
It winds up looking inviting but with gameplay that simply cannot hold its own against its rival platform games. Read Review
Home Computing Weekly
20th August 1985
A first class game sold at the price of a budget game, but don't forget, this game was originally available from MRM software. Read Review
Home Computing Weekly
27th August 1985
I am surprised that this quality game is being marketed at such a low price. Read Review
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Introduction
A glittering reward awaits the intrepid atop the heavily defended towering turrets of this forbidding fortress. On your quest for gold you will be assailed by a menacing menaderie of meanies, namely crabs, snakes, lobsters, spiders, bugs and beetles. Watch out for those malicious malades (the deadly Flying Ducks) as you dodge dalling rocks, scale ladders and negotiate moving platforms. Collect various different fruits for bonus points on your way. Bonus man for every two bags of gold collected.
Hi-score table, increasing difficulty, fantastic animation and highly realistic sound, constitute this truly stunning and imaginative game from Blue Ribbon.
Game Controls
Z - Left, X - Right, * - Up, ? - Down, RETURN - Jump
COPY/DELETE - Freeze/Unfreeze, S/Q - Sound/Quiet
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| Download | What It Contains |
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 | A digital version of Castle Assault suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Castle Assault suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) |
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