Dark Castle
Shares rank 34 of 78 video games by recommenders
People find its gameplay still fun from 1986 and enjoy it in emulators. Critics report that keyboard or mouse input fails on the browser version.
People find its gameplay still fun from 1986 and enjoy it in emulators. Critics report that keyboard or mouse input fails on the browser version.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to play today
“its gameplay holds up remarkably well for something from 1986”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Dark Castle” “I had fun playing in the emulator on my Windows PC”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Dark Castle” “we both relentlessly played Dark Castle on”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Dark Castle” Classic Mac game of its era
“its gameplay holds up remarkably well for something from 1986”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Dark Castle” “all amazing classic games that were Mac-first if not Mac-only”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips”
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The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Dark CastleThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“And by the original game designer, no less!”
“User input doesn't seem to work. Other classics on the site do work but not Dark Castle”
“I had fun playing in the emulator on my Windows PC”
“The right way to play this game is on CD-i”
“its gameplay holds up remarkably well for something from 1986”
“the feedback form doesn't work in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge”
“we both relentlessly played Dark Castle on”
“Many hours were wasted on that game.”
“all amazing classic games that were Mac-first if not Mac-only”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.