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Just a taste: Return to Dark Castle demo available
Well, we wrote about the upcoming Return to Dark Castle release recently. After years of waiting since the initial announcement, there were definitely some doubts about it ever actually being released. I can't yet hand you a link to the full, purchase-ready version, but they've got a demo!
I can't speak for the whole TUAW team, but personally, I'm scared to try it right now. Kicking a Dark Castle habit can be arduous... I could afford a few fake sick days in school, but I can't really take the time off these days. However, some TUAW bloggers (looking at Erica) have already witnessed their children doing their own renditions of the Beyond Dark Castle sound effects after the first weekend. So, our brave readers will have to grab the demo as well, and let us know how it goes.
Thanks Beverly!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kot said 7:33AM on 3-03-2008
w00t!
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de said 8:27AM on 3-03-2008
This game rocks!; it seems like 10 years ago i played this last
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busch said 8:41AM on 3-03-2008
Being on a PC at work, I can't try this out. But, I saw the installation instructions below that Demo button.
Wow, a simple disk image with an arrow has worked much better than this! I'm surprised there wasn't a table of contents for this.
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dash16 said 11:34AM on 3-03-2008
I'm getting an error trying to launch the game:
Error: Unable to open the "DC3 UserKey" file.
-999 (unknown function)
Any ideas? Quick Google search yeilds nothing. Running 10.5.2 on a Core 2 MacBook.
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jdoe said 2:17PM on 3-03-2008
Same problem for me 10.5.2 on Macbook Pro and G4 Mini, email support link bounces at SHFF
Will said 3:07PM on 3-03-2008
Same error. They're talking about it at the forums -- some say permissions issues, some say create a new user to play it. I couldn't seem to find any actual problems with permissions, but creating a new user seemed to work. Clearly they have a few bugs to still work out.
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dark_Castle_Forum/index.php?showtopic=517
Ben said 3:20PM on 3-03-2008
This is (going to be) the best game to be released for something like 15 years. Beyond Dark Castle was and is my favourite game of all time.
With the exception of the Myst sequels, I haven't played any games at all since the mid 90's; but I'm going to be playing Return to Dark Castle for a long time to come, as soon as it's released.
I've been looking forward to this release practically every day for the last 11 years since it was originally announced... that's a very long time to wait.
Finally!!
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dash16 said 5:32PM on 3-03-2008
Thanks for the tip on trying in a new user. Now the game launches, but I'm getting an error trying to start a new game:
Error: An error occurred while trying to create a new hero file.
(unknown function)
I just did a clean install of Leopard a month ago when I upgraded my MacBook's hard drive to 320GB. This is kinda annoying.
I suppose I'll check the game's forums for more info.
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Esteban said 2:17PM on 3-04-2008
This is my favorite game of all time! please let me know when the final version is available!!!!!!
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iDRez said 10:35AM on 3-19-2008
It's released! At 29.95 it's a bit steep but I bought it and love it... though it's HARD.
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