Unlock Dark Castle on Your iPhone/iPod Touch by in Technology / November 9th, 2007
Apple is famous for hiding easter eggs in their OSes, dating back to the original Macintosh’s hidden credits movie. But a curious teenager in England has managed to uncover a big one in the source files to the iPhone and iPod Touch… the classic Mac game “Dark Castle”, in its entirety, hacked to work with touch screens.
Activating the easter egg takes a bit of work, but if you’re keen to play this classic game, just follow the steps below:
- On your main menu screen, press the Settings button
- Choose Brightness
- Turn OFF Auto-Brightness and set the brightness to the lowest setting.
- Go back to the main menu and press the Music button
- Hit the Playlists option at the bottom of the screen five times.
- Go back to the main menu and view the Calendar.
- Skip to November 28, 2011 and view it by the day. Scroll down all the way to the bottom.
- Rotate the entire iPod in a clockwise motion for seven full rotations. Be careful not to tip it to the side or the gyroscope may not detect the motion, and you’ll have to start from step 1 all over again.
- Now, without leaving that screen, restart your iPhone/iPod by pressing and holding the standby button on the top of the unit until a slider appears that says “slide to power off”. Slide it and wait for the unit to shut down.
- Restart your unit by pressing the standby button again.
- You should now see the Dark Castle icon in your list of applications!
The easter egg is a bit finicky, so don’t be surprised if you have to try this a few times before you get it to show up. Be especially careful with #7… that’s where I had the most trouble. Also, make sure to play the game in landscape mode, as it was originally intended for old-style computers. This tip has been tested in firmware up to 1.1.1, so it may not work under the new 1.1.2.
If you can find any other hidden features in the iPod or iPhone, send them in to us at PTTBT!
November 9th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Cool! Worked perfectly for me on the first try! I loved this game back in the day! Thanks!
November 9th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Doesn’t seem to work on 1.1.2
November 9th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
That kicks ass! Just like the old days!
November 9th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
And if that really was an easter egg, how would they expect anyone to figure out all those steps?
We have a Dark Castle Forum for those who want to re-live Dark Castle memories…
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dark_Castle_Forum/index.php
November 10th, 2007 at 3:24 am
You’re such a douche bag, I hope people don’t buy this bullshit.
November 10th, 2007 at 8:11 am
FYI: if you shake the iPod rather than rotating it, it does the same thing. You only need about 3 seconds of it. Much easier than flipping the thing around over and over again.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Sweet! It totally worked!
Now how do I get rid of it?
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December 18th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Bull.
December 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
If you live on a S latitude in the world you have to turn it Counter Clockwise instead
LOL and you said you would never use geography when you where at school
January 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
It’s real. I tried to search for a better pic, but this is all I got:
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6479/darkcastleipodvc8.jpg
January 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Woot, it works! I took photos to prove it:
http://i19.tinypic.com/6ujom75.jpg
http://i11.tinypic.com/86g5vlc.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/7ymhisy.jpg
Andyou should really try to shake your ipod instead of turning it. And make sure you go to November 28, 2011 DAY BY DAY! Don’t skip any days! Took me five tries, but it works!
January 5th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
When you say you can shake it instead of rotate it do you mean shake it once or 7 times?
January 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I just kept shaking it for about a minute. I don’t if the time really matters.
January 11th, 2008 at 10:03 am
“Go back to the main menu and press the Music button”
what “music” button? I have an ipod button.
January 12th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
hey, sorry, i cant find my application list? where do i find that?
January 12th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
it doesn’t seem to work on mine… and i followed all the suggestions…. anyone have any tips??
February 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
This is not working on my 1.1.3 iPhone. Anyone able to get it to work?
February 7th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
haha nice try guys, but it’s fake. Look at the “photos” the guy took. It’s the exact same picture, twice, that appears on this very blog. In fact, all he’s done is visit this website on his iPhone and zoomed in to the dark castle pic. Ooooops! lol
March 7th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
FYI, that picture is Beyond Dark Castle, the sequel to Dark Castle. This is the most retarded post I’ve ever read. Gullible idiots.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Lol, you all fell for this!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:17 am
does it work on 1.1.4
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
Well of course it’s a fake! I can’t belive so many people fell for it!
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
I fell for that one too. Sucker. Googling isnt always that reliable it seems
June 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Could someone please e-mail me the application?
(you can access all your files in your iPhone wirelessly using AFPd – you can find this in the Installer app)
June 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!
June 12th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
It worked for me on my commodore 64. I was a bit concerned about shaking it at first though.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:29 am
The cake is a lie!!! Would be sweet though… somebody should just put Dark Castle out to work on an iPhone.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Eat my ass
July 4th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
intresting.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Hello. I think you are eactly thinking like Sukrat. I really loved the post.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
if only there really was an easter egg on these phones
August 7th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
doesnt work on 1.1.2
August 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Work on 2.0.1? :S
August 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am
does this still work on the 2.01 update. just wondering
August 19th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I have 3g. I don’t have music button. I love this game….please help!!t
November 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Hahaha..I got to step 4 before realizing that there is no way to do this. Nice work though.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
If you shake it too much, you’re playing with it. Just saying.
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