Dark Castle is a 1986 computer game for the Macintosh published by Silicon Beach Software. It was designed and illustrated by Mark Stephen Pierce and programmed by Jonathan Gay. Dark Castle is a platform game where a young hero named Prince Duncan tries to make his way to the evil Black Knight, dodging objects as well as solving occasional puzzles. The game was praised for its use of sampled sounds to great effect, gameplay, and high res graphics. A sequel titled Beyond Dark Castle was released in 1987. In 1994, a Color remake, titled Color Dark Castle was released. A second sequel, Return To Dark Castle, was announced in 2000, and, as of 2008, has been released by Z Sculpt Entertainment, and SuperHappyFunFun.