Castle Explorer
{{Infobox video game
| genre = Educational
| developer = DK Multimedia
| publisher = DK Multimedia
| image = File:Castle_Explorer_Windows,_Mac_Cover_Art.jpg
}}{{short description|1996 video game}}
{{italic title}}
Castle Explorer is an educational video game by DK Multimedia, released in 1996 for Windows and Macintosh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/castle-explorer|title=Castle Explorer for Windows (1996)}} It allows players to discover the inner workings of a castle structure within a medieval context.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21531&tab=review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115201330/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21531&tab=review|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-11-15|title=Castle Explorer – Review – allgame|date=2014-11-15|access-date=2019-09-05}} It is based upon the Incredible Cross-Sections: Castle book by illustrator Stephen Biesty and author Richard Platt.
The player is a page who is given the task of being a spy to enter the castle and gather information for the king.
The Vancouver Sun described it as "compelling, fascinating and informative".{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/496196173/|title=The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on December 11, 1996 · 46|website=Newspapers.com|date=11 December 1996 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}} GeekOut UK thought it "wove RP and intrigue into the educational content".{{Cite web|url=https://geekoutuk.com/2015/05/12/dk-multimedia/|title=DK Multimedia|last=terraphi|date=2015-05-12|website=GeekOut UK|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}} Feibel said it was "Elaborate, exciting, informative. Mandatory!".{{Cite web|url=http://feibel.de/index.php?id=7&catId=25&prodId=2688&cHash=a6c4985251|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611065814/http://feibel.de/index.php?id=7&catId=25&prodId=2688&cHash=a6c4985251|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-11|title=Datenbank – Das Geheimnis der Burg|date=2011-06-11|access-date=2019-09-05}} Sun Sentinel said the educational content was let down by poor gameplay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-04-06-9703310327-story.html|title=FEUDAL CD IS A BLAST FROM PAST|last=MULTIMEDIA|first=REVIEWS OF|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=6 April 1997 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-05}} Meanwhile, a book that explored the series felt it was a good mix of the two.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgtTCUI4Q24C&q=%22Castle+Explorer%22+%22DK+Multimedia%22&pg=PA245|title=Modern Methods of Teaching Computer Science|last=Sharma|first=Shaloo|date=2002|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176253260|language=en}}