125 Comments to Old Castle

1. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:30 pm

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   when you get in this room get stool, notice that you can move picture of belle and there is a rose on the wall, put paper you got from lions mouth on table and then look at it with magn. glass, notice shakespeare is highlighted, clock can also change time

2. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:34 pm

   ok this is how my mind works, prolly why I can’t get through these games, Show

   when I saw the word shakespeare it made me think of the skull I had as an item and then I thought play by shakespeare with skull, Hamlet. lol

   my thought process scares me. don’t know how I would use that if it’s right.

3. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:38 pm

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   make sure to take the paper back after you read it

4. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:43 pm

   I’m stuck. As usual.

5. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:51 pm

   Nikki, you made it any farther? Or anybody else?

6. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:54 pm

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   make sure you get your bucket full of wine back after you beat the monster

7. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 4:59 pm

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   go back to room with clock and put bucket on hook in fireplace, put stool in fireplace it will break into logs, use candle to light fire. can’t figure out how to get and keep flour

8. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 5:03 pm

   Does anyone know how to get flour? Anybody still playing this game?

9. Jessie says:

   September 24, 2008 at 5:07 pm

   Okay. I’ve got to go for the day. I will be back tomorrow to defeat this game. Maybe someone will have gotten farther than me by then.

10. PosiBolt says:

    September 24, 2008 at 5:10 pm

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    Place the letter on the table and cut it with the knife. Arrange the pieces together so that each row matches somehow… you can then drag the pen onto the paper to do something, but I haven’t been able to arrange it properly yet.

11. thor94 says:

    September 24, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    HELP!!!!!!!
    I can’t open the door.
    I turn the plaque but the numbers are once up and other once bottom.
    And more there are twice the number “2”.
    I put the lever once same position that number but a 4, the door stay close

12. Melika says:

    September 24, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    ummm..Show

    i cut up the peice of of paper and i tried to put it in the order of when they lived what they did and where they did it…but no success…

    . *sigh*

13. Melika says:

    September 24, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    THOR94…Show

    here’s the deal: the only number you want to focus on is the 1 and the position that the 1 is in…
    make sure all levers are up
    set the brick to one
    spin the wheel…if the 1 on the wheel is up or down then that is what you do with the first lever…
    set the brick to two
    spin the wheel…if the 1 on the wheel is up or down that is what you do with the second lever…
    do the same for three and four…just make sure that the only number you pay attention to on the wheel is 1…

    Does that help?

14. SuzieGirl64 says:

    September 24, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Geez I’m out!! NO WAY would I have worked that out for myself!! There’s a walkthrough and instructions for working out the very complicated nail puzzle and final password here:

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    The posts aren’t numbered on this site so:
    There’s a post by someone called “Escaper” with a walkthrough it’s a bit wrong at the end and the correction is made by “redroobar” a few posts on.

    To work out your code for nail puzzle look for the very long post by ShadowRUe. He/she gives every combination as each game is different

    Password explanation posted by mikezaun.com further down

15. Melika says:

    September 24, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    I made it out and i just want to let everybody know that it took me almost 7 smurfin’ hours!!! SEVEN SMURFIN’ HOURS!!!!

    SEVEN

    i hope you get that…and it was RIDICULOUSLY SMURFIN’ HARD…not hard, not very hard but…well, you get the picture

    and to add a spoiler…
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    I FELL IN A SMURFIN HOLE!!!!

16. Reka says:

    September 24, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    Gah, I accidentally restarted because I wanted to google something.

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    On the scroll from the lion’s mouth, the Latin at the top means something like “The following day is the student of the previous day”. Dunno if that helps any.

17. Reka says:

    September 25, 2008 at 12:33 am

    Figured out something: Show

    The paper you get from the goblin (in the jousting game) is a clue for those peg-things in the storeroom. Each row is a sequence of numbers, and you have to find the last number in the sequence. (Convert the letters in the third row to their corresponding position in the alphabet, then treat the same as the other rows.)

    I believe the sequences change in each game. On my paper, they were all reverse Fibonacci sequences, i.e. the difference between the first two numbers gives the third, then the difference between the second and third numbers gives the fourth, and so on. I’m pretty sure that this is not always the case, because in the game that I accidentally restarted, my third row said “DOODOO”, which is not a Fibonacci sequence no matter how you look at it – it’s just a simple repeating pattern, next letter = D. (I don’t remember what the first two rows were on that paper, sorry.)

    Once you’ve found the three numbers (they should all be single digits), press those three pegs down (1=left, 9=right) and hit the lever on the wall. The box should open, revealing a graduated series of bottles. It seems that you can only pick up one bottle at a time, but that’s as far as I can figure out.

18. Jessie says:

    September 25, 2008 at 7:58 am

    OMFREAKING GOD….I can’t believe I finally finished this game. I can’t believe someone actually figured out how to do everything to get through it. I am so glad I came back and finished this. Congrats to everyone who did. Now….someone thought it was funny to make 2 more. lol I will tackle those later after work today.

19. Pinco says:

    September 25, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Copy/paste from escapegames24:
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    Escaper said…

    Here’s a walkthrough for getting into the dungeon:

    From the start, turn left
    Grab the knife on the side of the gravestone
    Go forward
    Grab the stone at the base of the left wall
    Go back twice to the starting screen
    Use the stone on the sign twice and then grab the pole
    Turn left
    Grab the handle at the base of the well, put it on the wheel and use the knife to get some rope
    Use the rope on the pole you got earlier to fashion a torch
    Go back, then left, then forward to get to the entrance
    To the left of the door is a brick that will display the numbers 1-4
    Make it show the number 1
    Spin the board until the number 1 on it is facing either up or down – sideways means spin again.
    Once the number 1 is either on top or on bottom, make the leftmost lever have the same position – up or down.
    Then push the brick to display 2 and repeat for the next lever over.
    Repeat for 3 and 4.
    Once 4 is done, go forward into the dungeon.

    Now the walkthrough for the first section of the dungeon:

    The first order of business is lighting the torch
    Use the stone on the torch and QUICKLY use the knife on it as fast as possible
    The stone will no doubt fall off before it lights. This is normal
    Continue striking the stone and soon you will have a lit torch
    Go forward into the dungeon
    You will see a wall with letters on it. Turn left
    As you advance, look at the bottom left of the door – there is a green key, grab it
    Turn left and go forward. There is a lever at the back of the dead end – grab it
    Turn right and go around the corner to the left
    At the end of the hallway is the zodiac door
    Look closely at the symbol for libra – it’s missing a line
    Below is my very poor ASCII art libra symbol:
    -^-
    Use the knife on it to add the bottom line
    Go back to the wall with the letters on it
    Spell out L-I-B-R-A and turn right
    Pull the lever to raise the gate

    Walkthrough for the second section:

    Go forward to the dead end with the hole and numbers on the wall
    Grab the bucket
    Back up all the way to where you took a left turn to go to the zodiac door, but this time turn right
    There is a door here, only it’s guarded by a very angry ghost
    Try to use the green key on the door and he will appear
    QUICKLY put the bucket on his head to put him out of his misery
    Inside the storeroom, grab some gold from the treasure chest
    Use the knife on the candlestick to get a piece of candle
    Grab the candlestick holder
    Go back to the wall with the numbers on it and the hole in the ground
    Turn right to see a very painful hallway
    Use the candlestick holder on the bottom left spike to stop them
    Go into the game room
    Use the gold on the table to activate the game
    Go back to the storeroom and take the bucket off of the ghost’s head
    Go back to the game room and place the bucket underneath the goblin
    Unplug the barrel to fill the bucket with wine
    Exit the room and place the candle on the spike next to the door
    Light the candle with your torch
    Go back into the room and play the game until your knight is face to face with the goblin
    Put out your torch in the bucket with the wine
    Leave the room
    Grab the candle you lit earlier
    Re-enter the room and you’ll notice the goblin retreated
    Now finish the game
    Grab the skull, the ring off the skeleton’s hand, and the piece of paper off of the fallen goblin

    Third walkthrough:

    Go back to the zodiac door
    Use the knife on the ring multiple times until the gem is pryed loose
    Use the empty ring on the + symbol on the door to unlock it
    Inside the throne room, use the knife on the woman’s picture
    Turn right and hang the woman’s picture on the nail in the wall
    Take the key and gem inside the knight’s helmet
    On the opposite wall, put the two gems in the eyes of the lion
    After the earthquake, take the note from the lion’s mouth and both swords from the two suits of armor
    Make your way back to the other end of the dungeon
    At the gaping crevice, use the swords across the gap and place the signs on the swords to create a bridge
    On the other side of the gap, turn right to find the other locked door
    Unlock it with the key from the throne room
    Take the chair and throw it in the fireplace
    Light the fire with your candle
    Go back to the game room and get your bucket
    Back in the fireplace room, hang the bucket over the fire
    Set the clock to 7:15
    Place the lion’s note on the table
    Use the knife on it to shred it up

    Fourth walkthrough:

    Use the magnifying lens to zoom in on the note
    Arrange the note in this manner:
    PYTHAGORAS was a MATHEMETICIAN from GREECE (580 – 500 BC)
    CAESAR was the EMPORER from ROME (100 – 44 BC)
    SHAKESPEARE was a PLAYWRIGHT from ENGLAND (1564 – 1616)
    LOMONOSOV was a SCIENTIST from RUSSIA (1711 – 1765)
    SCHOPENHAUER was a PHILOSOPHER from GERMANY (1788 – 1860)
    Now go to the storeroom
    Unlock the box by lowering three nails

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    (IF ANYONE KNOWS THE SECRET TO THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW – I USED BRUTE FORCE AND IT SEEMS RANDOM)

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    Take bottle #4
    Place the bottle on the left side of the scale
    Use the scoop behind the sack of salt and use it to scoop some salt onto the right side of the scale
    You will get warned by the skull that you have 3 tries – this is normal
    Take the salt off the scale
    Go back to the fireplace room
    Put the salt in the bucket of hot wine
    Take the feather and dip it in the bucket
    Use the glue on the paper on the desk to glue it all together
    Take the completed note to the throne room
    Give the note to the picture on the right to lower the throne
    Take the crown in the alcove and the coin on the ground

    Great thanks to Momruoy for this walkthrough;)

    Any1 figured out the secret i put under the spoiler?

20. Pinco says:

    September 25, 2008 at 9:19 am

    Jessie, how to finish it?
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    Can’t find the coin and don’t know what 2 do w/ the crown!

21. Pinco says:

    September 25, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Ok, nvm… I’ve already spent too much time playing it… can’t find the last code, but won’t even try… thx every1…

22. Iv0ry972 says:

    September 25, 2008 at 9:55 am

    Please tell me how to put the coin in the wall behind the throne ?

23. Reka says:

    September 25, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Iv0ry972, that’s not where the coin goes. Show

    Look at the design on the coin – where have you seen something like it already? That’s right, on the wall above the well, with the four groups of four numbers around it.

    The code is supposedly given by this wall, along with the design on the wall behind where the Shakespeare picture used to be. I have NO IDEA how one is supposed to arrive at this fact, and I also don’t know how people come up with “psu” for the code – the numbers I can logically come up with give r, not s.

    Pinco, see my comment #117 above.

    I’ve come to the conclusion that this game is just obtuse. There’s absolutely no reason any sane person would come up with the steps that work. (Old Castle 2 is even worse in this respect. I haven’t attempted #3.) So it’s hard, yeah, but not in a good way.

24. m.doyle says:

    February 28, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    i found the answer to the nails but i m finding the wall one anoying any help please,i put the coin on … ???

25. moj says:

    March 5, 2009 at 7:28 pm

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    libra is thew 7th house in 12 so its 712

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