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Return to Dark Castle demo returns
Mac gamers can finally play a new demo for Return to Dark Castle, the game that keeps crying wolf about delaying its release date. The delays have gone on for so long that Mac gamers might see this as their personal Duke Nukem Forever. Teases picked up again a month ago, and the game's website uses caps and italics to stress that it'll release "very, VERY soon."Even if the game never ships, the just-released demo is worth a quick play. It feels almost identical to its Mac gaming canon ancestors, with the same sharp controls. The old sound effects we remember from 1986 and 1987 are back. And while we would have lightly updated some of the basics -- like rats that disappear after being hit with a rock -- the unchanged action holds up surprisingly well.Look, Return to Dark Castle, stop being such a tease. Even after all these years, your demo makes us miss you again. Come back very VERY soon.
Indie Mac title Return to Dark Castle still hasn't returned
Indie Mac developer Delta Tao, whose website had languished without update for nine months, broke their silence this week to announce three small price drops for Spaceward Ho!, Clan Lord, and Eric's Ultimate Solitaire.But the real news still isn't on their official site. Rumor has it that Return to Dark Castle, in development for seven years, is finally done. For now, the game remains in limbo, awaiting negotiations between Delta Tao and current Dark Castle rights-holder Super Happy Fun Fun. (That's the game company owned by Ren & Stimpy, right?) How long will the licensing talks last? Hopefully not as long as development did.
