Maldita Castilla — 2012

An arcade adventure of chivalry and horror

Plot It's said that a young witch was crying for her fallen love when an old demon heard her sorrow. Seduced by the beast promises, she turned her tears into a magic key. And so, with that key, demons were released all over our Kingdom of Castilla. The King Alfonso VI of León has gathered his loyal knights in a mission to finish the nightmare. Guide the valiant Don Ramiro through the cursed lands of Tolomera and fight demons and undead creatures for God and Castilla!

Details A game by: Locomalito

Music & sound: Gryzor87

Promo art: Marek Barej, Jacobo García



Release date: December 12nd, 2012

Genre: Action platformer

Development time: 20 months

December 12nd, 2012Action platformer20 months

About Maldita Castilla (Cursed/damn Castile) is an action platformer full of actual myths from Spain and some regions of the medieval Europe. The player must run, jump and throw weapons along 6 chapters, divided into sections filled with dangers and bosses. It takes the visual style of 80s arcades, with no more than raw pixel art and a dark palette displayed through a dirty old monitor. Gryzor87 has composed an epic and aventuresque soundtrack with the true arcade sound of the YM2203 chip.

Features Look and feel of an arcade game from 1985-1987.

Places and creatures based on actual myths from Spain.

The real FM sound of the YM2203 chip.

6 levels, 14 bosses and more than 40 unique enemies.

4 different endings that depend on merits and secrets.

Around 50 minutes of game length (once fully mastered).

14 screenshots

Influences Medieval paintings, codex and places from the old Spain, specially from the Kingdom of Castile. The Amadis of Gaul , the best chivalry book ever. Arcade games from the mid 80s like Ghost n Goblins , Black Tiger , Tiger Road , Shinobi , Rygar , Karnov , Rastan , Trojan and others.