Castle of Riddles

Castle of Riddles is a text adventure released by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro in 1982 and the Acorn Electron in 1984. Written by Peter Killworth, it challenges players to explore and solve puzzles using simple verb-noun commands such as Go North and Get lamp.

The game was part of a series of Acornsoft adventures written for or ported to the BBC Micro by Killworth. Unlike his other Acornsoft adventures, Castle of Riddles was not updated and reissued by Topologika, becoming unavailable after Acornsoft left the games publishing market in 1985. Some of its puzzles were later included in the Topologika version of Philosopher’s Quest.