The Eternal Castle feels like a CGA flashback to another world

The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]

The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.

The Eternal Castle claims to be a remastering of a lost 1987 DOS game – a cinematic platformer in the vein of Another World or Flashback, but with a harsh CGA palette. That lost 80s game probably never existed, but from the little I’ve played (and the many deaths I’ve suffered already) it feels archaic in a multitude of intentional ways, and I’m eager to dig deeper into it. Launching Saturday, January 5th and developed by a small team without a name (but credited in full on their official page here) it feels like a dream of the games I grew up with. Give the trailer a look below.

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