Follow this link for info about the review system. 1 = Terrible, 5 = Awesome!

Awesome music in this game!

Graphics: 5 Sound: 5 Replay Value: 4 Notes: 1- or 2-player game Screen Shots

If for no other reason, get Thunder Castle just to listen to the music and sound effects. That alone is reason enough to spill a small pile of cash for this game. It's awesome! And the splash screens for the different kinds of meanies are really cool, too. In phase one, you slay a mighty dragon, which is nicely rendered. After graduating through the green, yellow, and red dragons, you move to the staff-wielding wizards, which come after you two at a time. This is followed by them beady-eyed, pitchfork totin' demons, three at a time.. This is a tough game, since the maze is continually changing, and there are different mazes on top of that. The main reason I set the replay value at 4 was ... the music! It is simply awesome! Best Score: 11300

Only one version of the box has been found for Thunder Castle.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	4469	None		No origin or copyright date; game title on bottom flap—title is upright when box lays face-up; part number was originally assigned at Mattel for this one

Only one version of the manual has been found for Thunder Castle.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	4469-0920	None	U.S.A.	Part number was assigned by Mattel—note the classic -0920 suffix, used for manuals destined for the U.S. market; accordian-style folding

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Thunder Castle.

A total of two Thunder Castle label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
Image not available.	INTV Corporation	N/A	None		Large label, square corners; game title in large bold font
	INTV Corporation	N/A	None		Large label, square corners; game title in thin bold font

	Downright crazy for a Mattel title screen!
	Good enough.
	One of the many nice touches in this game—lead-in screen for each level.
	In the dragon phase, you must cope with...shrubbery!
	Somewhat evil-looking wizard. But that lil' mouse on the staff is so cute!
	Edgar Allen Poe, eat your heart out! Now, where'd I put that cask...?
	Go to hell!
	Is this the tenth circle?

Hidden Message Easter Egg

Credit: David Britten (also, IntelliVotion and powereyez pointed this out)

In the Game: Reach the second level: Wizards
Easter Egg: Connie Goldman, the person who produced the wonderful graphics for this game, left her name and initials in the wizard's staff:

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Hidden Message Easter Egg

Credit: IntelliVotion submitted this (IIRC)

In the Game: Reach the third level: Demons
Easter Egg: Connie Goldman squirreled here initials away in the piles of skulls:

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