Castle of the Winds
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| Developers | |
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| SaadaSoft | |
| Publishers | |
| Epic Games | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows 3.x | 1993 |
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Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| Developer website | |
Both parts of the game are now freeware. | |
Essential improvements
Custom character sprite
- Make a 16-color, 32x32 icon and import it.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Video
Game options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Always runs windowed. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Native Windows Vsync. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | No audio in the game at all. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | No audio in the game at all. |
Issues fixed
Game will not run on 64-bit Windows
| Run the game with WineVDM |
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Note that to save your game when using WineVDM, you will need to manually locate the save file directory in the save game menu each time you start the game up. |
Other information
API
| Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 386 PC or better | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | VGA or better | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).