In 1998, a small team of Japanese developers spent eight months on the so-called game Magic Castle, Which they sent to seven major publishers, including Sony, as a pitch. He never went anywhere, but thanks to the efforts of the imitators and one of the original team, we can now play it and enjoy it anyway.
One of the team members, Piro, Recently got source code for the project –Built on Net Yarrows– and decided to tie its loose ends and make it public. The game feels as cool as hell not only for its isometric style, but also for many modern touches like custom UI and dynamic music.
This video is from VHS. Of, which the team recreated earlier.98 with their pitch, which Sony liked, but then blew up even asking the developers to leave Magic Castle And do something else, which they weren’t too keen on.
For more on the background of the game, Net Yarrows Europe Interview with two original developers Where they talk about stuff like how they got close to creating a game with another “company that produces the famous Japanese RPG”, but then That Fell along.
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You can download the game Here.
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