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screenshot shows interface elements, overall style, gameplay and playfield aspects, and the level of visual elaborateness (including multiple animated enemies, ropes that can be climbed by the player or by certain enemies, and ledges that the player can walk upon) that was implemented in 1986 via B&W graphics. The graphical interface is the main point of usage of the Dark Castle game and therefore it affects how the game is used and experienced by the user.
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No freely licensed versions of the Dark Castle game are known to exist. A screenshot from a freely-licensed game with a similar storyline and gameplay (assuming such a game existed) would not be faithful and accurate when providing informative details and contributing to critical commentary regarding
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This screenshot is of lower resolution than the original (about 35% of the game's original 512 x 342 display resolution) and comprises a very small portion of the entire Dark Castle game. It is used in this article which is specifically about the Dark Castle game from which the screenshot was taken
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This screenshot provides readers with illustrative and informative details regarding typical gameplay of the Dark Castle game along with details regarding elements of the graphical portion of the game and also assists users in interpreting critical commentary about the game. Among other things, the
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A single low resolution screenshot should not replace the market for the Dark Castle game itself or for high resolution screenshots of the game. It should not be possible to generate illegitimate copies of the Dark Castle game from only the single screenshot.
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game. Of particular note are the multiple animated enemies, ropes that can be climbed by the player or by certain enemies, and ledges that the player can walk upon. The player character is standing in front of the tower near the left edge of the playfield.
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The following pages on the English Knowledge use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
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The copyright holder of the Dark Castle game, most likely the developer(s) or publisher.
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A screenshot of the "Fireball 1" area in the Mac version of the
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and this article contains only one screenshot from the game.
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http://www.metaltheater.com/Articles/DarkCastle/dc2.gif
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