I am trying to find medieval pc game from around 1999 that I played in school.

Question

It was a medieval themed game where you had to collect pieces of a map from around a castle without being suspected by other people. You could also collect coins to get yourself out of prison if you were ever caught.

Sometimes you had to answer questions based on medieval history to get into some of the rooms, and then used the mouse to look under objects and find the pieces of the map.Rooms that I remember are the blacksmith room where you could use the tools by clicking on them, another was the kitchen where you could move pots, food and other objects to find the pieces map.I think the majority of the game was 3D and maybe some of the characters were played by real people when asking the questions but im not quite sure. When finding the coins it was a 2D scene of the court yard outside and you had to click on certin areas for example part of a roof and it would slide back to reval either a coin or nothing.

I would really like to know if anyone knows the name of this game and where I could find a copy.

Answer

My legendary googling skills tell me it's called Castle Explorer by Global Software Publishing.

From this page:

As a spy for the king, you travel to the rebellious Lord Mortimer's fictional medieval castle to try and discover the location of a secret exit. [...]

Once at the castle, you have an ally in the castle jailer who will free you for three gold pieces should you be caught spying. Your initial stash of three pieces of gold can be augmented by 50 more scattered throughout the castle. As you explore, you find map pieces and receive scrolls with questions about the castle and medieval life. The answers are found in the castle and the library section where information on medieval life is contained in six large tomes. [...]

The castle is shown through a series of static drawings with removable roofs for viewing activity within and four specific 3D rooms. By exploring the rooms (armory, solar (bedroom), kitchen and alchemist's lab), you learn about castle life, tools and inventions from the medieval age, such as the mortar and pestle or the privy.

Also, this, from a page I cannot link from here:

There are cross-sections galore, with pop-up windows explaining archaic terminology and videos of live actors.

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