:: CASTLE MASTER ::           
                                        
Converted by TGMS in 1992,November.     
Trained and fixed by Luca/FIRE in 2020. 
                                        
INTRODUCTION                            
High in one tower of Castle Eternity,   
time seeps away for your captive twin.  
If rescue fails,you are both doomed to  
become spirit slaves of Magister the    
Castle Master,who waits to steal your   
souls! Decipher the clues,open the      
drawbridge,maintain your strength       
against each and every guardian spirit. 
Three potions,ten keys and a plague of  
hazards may be encountered as you       
trespass secret tunnels,descend into    
caverns or stumble upon treasure and    
terror. But should you fail...fear is   
forever!                                
                                        
GAMEPLAY                                
The initial choice between prince or    
princess slightly modify the location of
keys and some items. Playing with one,  
the other must be rescued. Many riddles 
populate Castle Eternity,but hints are  
everywhere,and keys and pentacles allow 
to go beyond closed doors. Ghosts will  
raise your anxiety to death,and you need
enough strength (barbell) to solve some 
of the puzzles:bash'em throwing rocks at
them,an once they're all gone kill the  
boss spirit Magister to rescue him/her. 
                                        
CONTROLS                                
Use the joystick in Port 2.             
Movement keys:                          
    Z,X turn left/right,move pointer l/r
 C=+Z,X turn left/right by 90 degrees   
    +,* forward,move pointer up         
        hold both for double distance   
      = backwards,move pointer down     
  Shift throw rock                      
      U u-turn                          
      A action (eat,drink,read,push...) 
  Space toggles between movement/pointer
                                        
Other controls keys:                    
    P,L look up/down                    
 C=+P,L look straight up/down           
      F face forward                    
      R run                             
      W walk                            
      C crawl                           
Crsr dn centre sight on/off             
      I info screen                     
                                        
Information screen keys:                
    L,S load/save position              
      K description of collected keys   
      Q quit game                       
any key to exit the info screen         
                                        
BUILT-IN CHEAT                          
Start a game,then press at the same time
the keys C H E A T to obtain unlimited  
strength.                               
                                        
WHY THIS CRACK?                         
The converted game suffers due unwanted 
interaction between keyboard and        
joystick when the latter is used,making 
it really difficult to move and point.  
This cracked version:                   
- fixes all the flaws with the controls;
- repairs the converted intro bitmap;   
- adds a second intro bitmap;           
- makes the game NTSC compatible;       
- includes 3 trainers,never done before;
- includes fixed crack intro & docs.    
                                        
AUTHOR'S SPEAKING:TGMS TALKS ABOUT THIS 
Thanks to the recent great efforts of   
Luca,the journey spanning 27-something  
years of Castle Master transitioning    
from C64 to Plus/4 is finally reaching  
its end:a fully playable version is     
born! At the end of the 80s,I was       
mesmerized by reading the introduction  
of Total Eclipse in the very first issue
of CoV (Commodore World,the famous      
Hungarian magazine of that era). The    
Freescape style opened a new direction  
not seen before. Due to the slowness of 
the gameplay,it was mainly the          
imagination of the players that was more
important-and we had a great deal of it!
from time to time I still relive the old
dreams of landing near a pyramid and    
entering it. I hear the soundtrack in my
ears and feel the vibe of ancient times-
and the see the dreams of a teenager.   
One of my personal favorite c64 tunes   
has been that of Dark Side for decades. 
From time to time I still listen to the 
original version (thanks YouTube). At   
that time I had the strong urge to      
convert one of the C64 Freescapes to    
Plus/4. And it happened to be Castle    
Master for some reason. And although I  
do not have such strong emotional       
connections to it,I keep fond memories. 
Nowadays I teach computer graphics      
practices at university-and I am stll so
proud of the original creators of these 
incredible pieces of work. Thanks,Luca, 
for giving the necessary final touches  
to this piece. May the prince be able to
find the princess in the so-far locked  
Plus/4 castle!                          
                           ,            
          Attila "TGMS" Tanacs, 09/2020 
                                        
SOME FINAL WORDS                        
The old crack intro used in this release
too,has never reached its flawless form.
Actually,this is a brand new 4th version
much more memory saving,fixing a nasty  
bug when NTSC is used,activating some   
more flashy stuff in the textscroller,  
optimized and cleaned overall. We hope  
to seal it once forever with the stamp  
FINAL on it :D                          
This little unpretending release is     
dedicated to Jason Kelk aka TMR/Cosine: 
get well asap bud, we're waiting for    
your definitive comeback,f*ck covid-19!