Castle Quest

You want to marry the Princess Dilayna, but her father hates you! In an effort to get rid of you, the king has set you a seemingly impossible challenge. You must defeat three evil wizards living in three separate castles. If you succeed, you may marry the princess. But if you happen to die in the attempt... oh well.

Castle quest is a top-down stealth game. You must solve a series of 10 rooms in each castle in order to get to the wizards. Each room contains a bunch of walls that are lethal to the touch, some unpredictably moving guardian creatures and two keys. The second key only appears once the first key is collected, and the aim is to get to each of these keys while avoiding the guards. This will open up an exit leading to the next room, which must be reached before a time runs out. Later rooms in the castle generally have more guardians and more complicated layouts. In room 10, collecting both keys will cause a wizard to appear. You must then destroy him and escape from the room to complete the castle.

The creatures in each room can move so quickly that you may need help in passing some of the rooms. A friendly wizard has given you a magic cloak with the power to slow down time. If you use this power too frequently though, its power will diminish and if it reaches zero will cost you a life. You start the game with three lives, and you receive another three for each castle completed. Losing all of your lives loses the game, but will at least make the king happy.