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Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

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Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein cover
Developers
Muse Software
Release dates
PC booter 1985
DOS June 28, 2004[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Series Wolfenstein
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
PC booter
Official website
DRM-free
Semi-official source port with bug fixes.
DOS

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
PC booter <path-to-game>\BWC.COM
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.BCW
Only the freeware source port version has separate save files. Original version had them embedded in its executable, BWC.COM.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard only menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game plays too fast

Although it is possible to use DOSBox's cycle throttler to slow it down, playing the free version seems to be the best solution as it contains bug fixes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA Supports both RGB and composite.

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA
DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 KB
Video card (GPU) CGA


References

  1. http://www.oldskool.org/pc/BCW/readme.txt Beyond Castle Wolfenstein project - readme.txt