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Castelian (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1991
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Castelian ports the 8 bit version of the British Storm platform puzzle to Triffix NES with its hero Julius climbing 3D rotating towers to save a princess. The representation offers isometric climbing and trap avoidance in an original English formula. Honest for atypical NES platform fans, curiosity of the European 8 bit catalog.

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Category
Puzzle 1 player 3+
Description
Climbing puzzler that spins a tower to reach the top. Published by Triffix, released in 1991 in the USA. Spatial logic and precise jumps. Conversion of a home-computer hit. PAL release.

Castelian review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,05 MB 📅01/09/1991
Published by Triffix

Castelian (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $28 Q6 complete
 $82 Q10 new
 $327 !
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Other versions
Castelian
Europe
01/01/1991
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Collector interest

The American NTSC NES edition of Castelian, Triffix's port of the home-computer hit Nebulus with its tower rotating during the climb. Released by a low-profile third party in 1991, near the end of the US NES commercial cycle, the title stayed obscure and never reached a broad audience. The US cart turns up without much trouble; collector interest comes mainly from the distinctive visual concept and curiosity for late home-computer ports on console, not from marked NTSC scarcity.

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