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Max and the Haunted Castle

Max and the Haunted Castle is a point-and-click game for kids, starring the friendly dog Max who lives in a small village. One day, he hears dire news: Willy, a friendly ghost living in a haunted castle, is…

31 December 2000

Max and the Haunted Castle is an adventure developed by Contor Interaktiv GmbH, released 31 December 2000 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Max and the Haunted Castle is

Max and the Haunted Castle is an adventure game developed by Contor Interaktiv GmbH and released in 2000. It was published by Tivola Electronic Publishing. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Max and the Haunted Castle is a point-and-click game for kids, starring the friendly dog Max who lives in a small village. One day, he hears dire news: Willy, a friendly ghost living in a haunted castle, is stuck in a room and is too hungry to escape via his ghostly powers. The only way to free Willy is to find enough of his favorite food, i.e. holey yellow socks. Max sets out to the castle to free the unfortunate ghost.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Max and the Haunted Castle launched on 31 December 2000, within three weeks of Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2 and Quake III: Team Arena.

Released around the same time: Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2, Quake III: Team Arena.

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When did Max and the Haunted Castle come out?
Max and the Haunted Castle was released on 31 December 2000 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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