Ultimate Play the Game was founded by brothers Tim and Chris Stamper, along with Tim's wife, Carol, from their headquarters in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1982. Health can be replenished by collecting food scattered throughout the castle, however it will constantly drop the more the player moves, thus the player may eventually lose a life from starvation if they have not escaped the castle in time. The player has three lives upon starting the game, and should they die a gravestone will appear at their location and stay in place for the remainder of the current game. There are also stationary poisonous fungi which will drain health constantly if the player is in contact with them, and enemies that require special items in order to either distract, repel or kill them, otherwise they remain in the room, invulnerable to conventional attacks, and rapidly drain the player's health if touched. Collision with these enemies destroys them but drains a portion of the player's health. Common enemies appear in each room upon entering and will attack the player on sight. Items include differently-coloured keys which will unlock their respective doors, the three pieces of the ACG key, and other items that affect certain enemies or are mere red herrings. Some of these are always in the same place at the start of the game, whereas others are distributed randomly. There are a number of items scattered around the castle, of which the player may carry up to three at a time. Each character has different ground friction, a different weapon to kill common enemies and access to a secret passage unique to them, meaning that navigating the castle is different for each one. They can choose from three different characters a Wizard, Knight or Serf. The player has been trapped inside and needs to collect three pieces of the "Golden Key of ACG" in order to escape. The game is presented in a top-down perspective and is set inside a labyrinth of a complex castle. A screenshot from the game, showing a room surrounded by locked doors, and the rotting chicken energy meter on the right
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