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Castle Rathbone

Text Adventure that appeared as a type-in program in issue 17 of Your Spectrum magazine. It also appeared on that month's cover-mounted Digi-Tape, already typed up and ready to play. The plot is that you have…

30 September 1985

Castle Rathbone is a video game, released 30 September 1985 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Castle Rathbone is

Castle Rathbone was released in 1985. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Text Adventure that appeared as a type-in program in issue 17 of Your Spectrum magazine. It also appeared on that month's cover-mounted Digi-Tape, already typed up and ready to play. The plot is that you have to help three members of the Your Spectrum team escape from the confines of Castle Rathbone, the mythical place where Your Spectrum magazine is created. There are four escape routes, one for each of the team members and one for you, and you can't use an escape route meant for one member for another. Commands are entered in the usual text adventure style, by entering them in via keyboard.
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What it launched against

Castle Rathbone launched on 30 September 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Gauntlet and Starquake.

Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake.

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When did Castle Rathbone come out?
Castle Rathbone was released on 30 September 1985 for ZX Spectrum.