Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle
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Strong Bad plays the game that inspired Videlectrix to create Thy Dungeonman.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Limozeen
Places: Computer Room
Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022
Running Time: 30:28
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Transcript
{A live-action case filled with 5 inch floppies sits on a desk next to an old computer. The disk in the front has a handwritten label reading "Disk 4 of 12". Strong Bad's gloves reach into the shot, open the case and begin rifling through the contents.}
STRONG BAD: {singing} When I check my email,
{Strong Bad holds up a disk labeled "Old Game".}
STRONG BAD: —there are some old games.
{Strong Bad inserts the disk into a disk drive and then types on a keyboard with boxing gloves on.}
STRONG BAD: Now I'm gonna play them for you.
{The monitor comes to life, showing a screen reading "Strong Bad's Disk 4 of 12". A disk reading noise plays.}
STRONG BAD: Peoples, I finally did it! I found the incredibly frustrating text-adventure game that I believe inspired Videlectrix to make Thy Dungeonman!
STRONG BAD: The game is Vampire's Castle Adventure, or sometimes just Vampire's Castle {pronounces vampire as "vwampuoire"}. It was released around 1984 it looks like. And oh man, IT'S THE GREATEST GAME!
STRONG BAD: Now technically this game was never on one of my floppy disks in a Strong Bad Email, but we'll count this as being from sbemail 94: video games. Because I'm pretty sure that Thy Dungeonman wouldn't exist without this game. And so say all of us, please insert disk four of twelve.
STRONG BAD: And to spice up the text-only styles a bit, The Cheat has agreed to make custom illustrations for each screen.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat Noises}
STRONG BAD: Thanks, The Cheat!
STRONG BAD: Welcome to the Vampire's Castle Adventure! Do you need the instructions? Yes, yes for sure, in a game like this.
STRONG BAD: {reading} VAMPIRE'S CASTLE has a concealed goal. You learn what the goal is by exploring your surroundings. {stops reading} Uh oh, red flag. That sound suspiciously like: "this game is going to arbitrarily difficult, instead of having actually challenging puzzles."
STRONG BAD: Blah blah blah blah blah, let's skip down to... {reading} By the way, the computer only looks at the first 3 letters of each word. Good Luck! {stops reading}
STRONG BAD: Alright, let's do it! Do it, do it. Let us do it
STRONG BAD: You're in the entrance hall. You see timepiece, sign. Obvious exits are: east, west. What do you do? Uh, {typing} get timepiece.
STRONG BAD: You got the timepiece. {typing} look timepiece. {laughing} I don't know how to do that. Oh man, they are just, right out of the gate wonderfully frustrating.
STRONG BAD: Uh, {typing, incredulously} read timepiece. The time is now 8: 3, that's a great time. Uh, let's look at that sign, {typing} look sign.
STRONG BAD: Uh, read the sign. The vampire wakes at midnight. Alright.
STRONG BAD: Okay so we got a few hours here. Uh, look again. What are we doing here? Sign, can I get the sign? {typing} get sign.
STRONG BAD: You can't get it. Get ye sign? Hmm? You can't get it, still. Well then let's head to the east.
STRONG BAD: You are in the library. You see parchment scroll, yes! Bookcase. Eh, get the scroll. You got the parchment scroll. Read scroll. The scroll reads: not all exits are obvious. Ooh, that sounds hint-y.
STRONG BAD: Uhh, let's see, let's look bookcase. You see nothing special. Really? Um, get book. Get bbok.
THE CHEAT CHICKEN: Bbok.
STRONG BAD: Get book. You can't get it. Hit book. With what?
STRONG BAD: Ooh, I like this. Uh, fists, I guess.
STRONG BAD: Nothing happened, boring.
STRONG BAD: Um push, push the book. Oh wait we can do this, the computer only looks at the first three letters so we can pus boo
STRONG BAD: Aha! You have revealed a doorway! You are in the library, you see bookcase, obvious exits are east, west, and down. Awesome!
STRONG BAD: Alright let's go down into the secret passage.
STRONG BAD: Uhh, down. You are in the hidden corridor. You see COIL OF ROPE! YES! GET COIL! I dunno how to do that.
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Fun Facts
Explanations
- Thy Dungeonman is a game by Videlectrix. It was an Easter egg in Strong Bad Email 94, video games.
Inside References
- As noted by Strong Bad, a scroll, ye flask, and parapets would become important elements in Thy Dungeonman. According to the commentary for the email video games, Matt Chapman didn't know what parapets were when he was younger, and was convinced the parapets in this game were more important than they actually were.
- The Oar on the Floor is by Edgar Allan Poe Sportsinterviews.
- The welcome mat on the rusty door reads "HELSCOME".
- When Strong Bad is in the Vampire's Tomb, he mentions Trevor the vampire.
- The ending scene with Limozeen references their song "Because, It's Midnite".
Real World References
- Ratt is a glam metal band formed in 1977; Stephen Pearcy is their lead vocalist. "Round and Round" is the band's biggest hit.
- The Vampire, as drawn by The Cheat, resembles Cesar Romero as the Joker in the 1966 Batman TV series.
- Edgar Allan Sportsinterviews is a reference to the American macabre poet Edgar Allen Poe.
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External Links
- watch "Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle" on YouTube
- Play the original game on the Internet Archive
- Vampire's Castle on MobyGames
