Castle of Riddles

About

Castle of Riddles is a text-based adventure game released in 1982 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. Players navigate a castle by typing commands to explore rooms, collect items, and solve logic puzzles. The game uses minimal text to describe settings and challenges, requiring precise input to progress. Single-player only, the focus stays on deduction and spatial reasoning. This title is one of the earliest text adventures on British home computers. Writer Peter Killworth designed puzzles that emphasize clever wording and environmental interaction. Though the simplicity of its parser and black-and-white display may feel dated, long-time fans appreciate its brisk pacing and lack of obtuse hints. The game remains a curiosity for retro computing circles, with some online communities noting its surprisingly modern approach to puzzle variety for the time.