Castlequest

Nintendo Entertainment System · 1990 · JP

Also known as: Castle Quest

Publisher: Hudson Soft · Developer: Hudson Soft · Genre: Strategy

Castle Quest is a strategy game loosely based on chess by Hudson Soft. It is an interesting mix of heroic fantasy and classical chess - the player must use his pieces, a move at the time, to capture the opponent's king while protecting his own. However, Castle Quest features a lot more pieces than traditional chess such as Wizards, Ninjas, Orcs, Mummies and even Dragons. Each piece comes with a set of attributes such as Health, Magic, Defense and Attack and these lie at the center of the gameplay - unlike chess, when one piece attempts to take another they have to fight to determine who takes the square. Each fight is round based and driven by the roll of a dice (symbolized by playing cards going from 1 to 10). Some pieces can also use magic spells or special attacks - some pieces use healing powers whereas others throw fireballs or even resurrect lost pieces.

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CRC32	MD5	Size	Region	Source
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`04F6A99C`	`927C28956BA9…`	262,160	jp	no-intro
`BF4F4BA6`	`E4B8B9035BF8…`	262,144	jp	no-intro
`736C4A25`	`AF65AACA01FD…`	65,552	us	no-intro
`12906664`	`984B76345481…`	65,536	us	no-intro
`86528099`	`B1B5BD83FEBF…`	65,552	jp	no-intro

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