<s>
Caper	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Castro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
murder	O
mystery	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
C.M.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
Mac	O
computers	O
and	O
distributed	O
freely	O
on	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
as	O
charityware	B-License
to	O
raise	O
money	O
for	O
the	O
AIDS	O
epidemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caper	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Castro	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
point-and-click	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caper	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Castro	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	O
HyperCard	B-Application
and	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
description	O
file	O
says	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
6	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ralph	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
charityware	B-License
and	O
asked	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
donate	O
to	O
an	O
AIDS	O
charity	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
instead	O
of	O
paying	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
distributed	O
freely	O
over	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
programs	O
and	O
information	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
between	O
computers	O
using	O
telephone	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2014	O
to	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
lost	O
because	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
known	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
copies	O
left	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
distributed	O
through	O
BBS	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unlikely	O
any	O
copies	O
would	O
have	O
survived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ralph	O
found	O
original	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
of	O
both	O
Caper	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Castro	I-Application
and	O
Murder	O
on	O
Mainstreet	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
moving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adrienne	O
Shaw	O
,	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
LGBTQ	O
Video	O
Game	O
Archive	O
,	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
The	O
Strong	O
National	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
data	O
on	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
playable	O
versions	O
of	O
both	O
Caper	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Castro	I-Application
and	O
Murder	O
on	O
Mainstreet	O
were	O
hosted	O
online	O
through	O
the	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
.	O
</s>
