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Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 22 (May 1991)

Publications, Sendai. 1991. “Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 22 (May 1991).” Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue 22. Sendai Publications.

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EGM 22 (1991-05)
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https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_022_May_1991
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2026-11-06
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© Sendai Publications; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
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Notes
Pinned in stubs batch 32 for Castelian: the Review Crew's NES review (image 16), a Castelian feature with a fact file (image 80, printed p. 78), the Game Boy version in a new-products page (image 49) and Triffix's advertisement (image 106).

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Triffix's 1991 advertisement for Castelian says the names Castelian and Julius belong to Triffix Entertainment Inc. and Rollogame Ltd., and gives Triffix's address in Montreal.image 106, Triffix advertisementimage 106, Triffix advertisementMagazine
In the NES version, as the American magazines of 1991 describe it, aliens have ringed the island of Jemmerville, on the planet Centrus, with towers: seven are built, and the eighth would doom it. The player is Julius, who climbs each tower and topples it, shooting or avoiding the creatures on it, and plays a bonus round of gem collecting after each tower.image 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review CrewMagazine
Electronic Gaming Monthly's Review Crew reviewed the NES version in May 1991 (Triffix; action; eight levels; average difficulty; release April) and scored it 5, 4, 4 and 6. The comments praise the rotating tower and the game's originality but find it repetitive, with too little to it beyond the tower effect.image 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review Crewimage 16, Review CrewMagazine
The same EGM issue gave Castelian a feature whose fact file lists Triffix, the NES, a 1-megabit cartridge, a "maze chase" theme, average difficulty, one or two players, and "Available: Now"; a caption calls the tower's turn "a rarely seen rotation effect for the NES".p. 78 (image 80), fact filep. 78 (image 80), captionMagazine
A Game Boy Castelian was announced alongside the NES one: EGM listed it from Triffix in May 1991, and in Europe The Sales Curve sold it, Total! giving £25 and Mean Machines £19.99 in August 1992. Total! gave it 75 percent, and Mean Machines gave it 70% and found the same faults as in the NES version.image 49, new productsimage 49, new products, headingMagazine