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A version for the Mega Drive/Genesis was released by Electronic Arts in 1991. Many believed this version did not do the game justice, citing sloppy controls, altered graphics, and cut sounds. It was panned by critics and gamers alike.
A DOS version of the original Dark Castle was also released, which was closer to the original game. Because of the lower resolution, color was used to make up for it, also, because the PC did not have a mouse at the time, aiming was done through the keyboard. There is some controversy over the colors, due to the nature of the coloring.
Versions for the Apple II, Commodore 64 and Amiga were released in 1989 by Three-Sixty Pacific. This port was programmed by Lane Roathe, and was almost identical to the Macintosh version except for having lower resolution, color graphics and some controls.
A version for mobile was released in 2006. It is developed by Super Happy Fun Fun, which includes one of the two original developers, Mark Stephen Pierce; it was published by Bandai. It contains slightly remade level designs, borrowing from both Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle, it also has updated color graphics.
There was also a version released for CD-i.
As of 2009, there was a port in the works for the iPhone OS.
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