Super Castles

The game combines several genres of gameplay including resource management, a text-based multiple-choice storyline and a simple combat mode.

In Castles, the player constructs up to eight castles, one after the other, in various regions in western England and Wales. Each scenario starts in the castle building mode with a flat, empty map of the region. The map has such features as trees and water, but is largely devoid of manageable terrain.

Jim Trunzo reviewed Castles in White Wolf #29 (Oct./Nov., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "All in all, Castles is a unique and fascinating product that will keep gamers engrossed for hours on end. The program employs a simple point and click interface, supported by pull-down menus. Placing castle pieces requires no more than clicking on the piece and clicking again on its destination. This should be one of the hits of the summer/fall software season. It's a must buy for IBM owners."

Computer Gaming World's reviewer liked the game in 1991, stating that he was "genuinely sorry" when the game ended as he wished to see the castle in operation, and concluded that "Castles fairly begs for a sequel". In a 1993 survey of pre 20th-century strategy games the magazine gave the game two stars out of five, stating that while "graphically well-done and initially fascinating to watch [it] can quickly become somewhat tedious. Is there a game in here, or is it a software toy?" The game was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #175 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.