Castle Quest (Japan) [JP]

Game Info

System: nes
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Genre: Strategy
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Release Year: 1990
Developer: Hudson
Publisher: Hudson
Players: 1

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Castle Quest (Japan) [JP] nes 1990 Box Art

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Description

Castle Quest is a strategy game loosely based on chess by Hudson Soft. It is an interesting mix of heroic fantasy and classical chess – the player must use his pieces, a move at the time, to capture the opponent’s king while protecting his own. However, Castle Quest features a lot more pieces than traditional chess such as Wizards, Ninjas, Orcs, Mummies and even Dragons.

Each piece comes with a set of attributes such as Health, Magic, Defense and Attack and these lie at the center of the gameplay – unlike chess, when one piece attempts to take another they have to fight to determine who takes the square. Each fight is round based and driven by the roll of a dice (symbolized by playing cards going from 1 to 10). Some pieces can also use magic spells or special attacks – some pieces use healing powers whereas others throw fireballs or even resurrect lost pieces.