Join Stephen Biesty on the ultimate medieval learning software adventure!

Castle Explorer Description :

A medieval learning software adventure featuring the acclaimed illustrations of Stephen Biesty. What was it like to live, work, eat, sleep, fight, and play in the mighty feudal fortresses that loomed over the landscape of 14th-century Europe? Find out by completing a dangerous secret mission inside the stone walls of Baron Mortimer's castle.

Meet live-action characters and explore brilliantly rendered environments as you strive to complete your quest - and escape the dungeon.

Treason is afoot in Baron Mortimer's castle. The king has entrusted you, a lowly page, with a dangerous mission: enter the castle in disguise and foil the baron's plot to seize the royal crown for himself.

In your search for clues, you'll encounter the castle's inhabitants, from the servants who tend to the baron's every need to the alchemist who mixes strange potions in his quest for forbidden knowledge. You'll move from the dank, dark recesses to the dungeon to the high watchtowers where soldiers scan the horizon for signs of danger. You'll listen to troubadours, see jousts, overlook banquets in the great hall, and learn about siege, disease, and knightly combat.

Construct a 59-piece scale model of a castle under siege.

But be mindful. While you spy on the baron, someone may be spying on you. Think carefully before you answer any questions that the castle characters ask you. You'll also need to piece together a long-forgotten map to find the hidden tunnel through which the treacherous baron plans to escape if there's a siege.

Will you make your way back to the King's Court - or will your fate be the dungeon?

Experience the drama and danger of life in a 14th-century castle!

You've been entrusted with a dangerous mission.

Explore environments featuring the acclaimed illustrations of Stephen Biesty and meet live-action characters as you strive to complete your quest - and escape the dungeon.


Educational Benefits learned from Castle Explorer

• Find out how medieval people lived
• Analyze different historical viewpoints
• Learn how history shaped the present
• Understand historical themes
• Find out about medieval society from eyewitness accounts.
• Develop historical terminology.

Best Features Castle Explorer The Best Price

Scroll the close-up panoramas
Hear evocative sound effects that conjure up 14th century life, and click to dissolve stonework or life sections of room to examine the scenes beneath.

Browse illuminated books
Books provide knowledge of unearth details of 14th century life.

Zoom in and Explore
Stephen Biesty's intricately detailed cross-section panoramas of castle and countryside.

Gather information
There are 20 printable experiments in all. And all you need is stuff around the house!

Detailed Drawings
Through Biesty's detailed drawings, you'll enter brilliantly rendered rooms, where you'll interact with live-action characters as you gather information

Hidden Gold
Search for the hidden gold coins of the realm and add them to your spy collection. You'll need them to bribe your way out of danger.

Punch-out castle and jousting diorama inside!

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Castle Explorer cd Software requirements

• Microsoft windows 95/98/Me or XP
• 486DX/33MHz
• 12MB of RAM
• 640x480 pixels, 256 colors
• Double speed Computer cd disc drive
• 6MB available hard drive space
• 8-bit Computer Sound Card mandatory
• Loudspeakers or headphones

Macintosh Castle Explorer cd Software requirements

• System 7.0+
• 68LC040 25MHz
• 16MB of RAM (24MB required for System 8.0)
• 640x480 pixels, 256 colors
• Double speed Computer cd disc drive
• 5MB available hard drive space
• 16-bit audio
• Loudspeakers or headphones