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Castle Elsinore

Author:Charles A. Crayne
Genre:Adaptation>Literary
Released:1983
License:Shareware
Review:

A treasure hunt set against, of all things, Hamlet. Not all that Shakespearean, really - the major characters from the play are present, but their function is limited to blocking doorways until you give them the right item. Knowledge of the play makes a few of the puzzles easier, but mostly it's just a treasure hunt set in and around a Danish castle. Frequent randomized combat and several mazes, although even in the mazes most connections between rooms are logical. Some fairly obscure puzzles and an extremely obscure riddle in the endgame. Lots of purely decorative rooms.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

Downloads:
elsinore.zip (85.08 KB)
MS-DOS executable
elsinore.sol (4.48 KB)
solution


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