Castle Wolfenstein
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| Developers | |
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| Muse Software | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1981 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Stealth |
| Themes | World War II |
| Series | Wolfenstein |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
| Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
| Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
| Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
| Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
| Wolfenstein | 2009 |
| Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
| Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
| Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
| Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
| Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
| RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Castle Wolfenstein is a singleplayer bird's-eye view stealth game in the Wolfenstein series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Improve performances in DOSBox
| Edit DOSBox configuration file |
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- Exact cycle amount may vary from computer to computer. For more info see 4.77 MHz, DOSBox wiki.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | <path-to-game>\ctrls |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\CASTLE <path-to-game>\CW.EXE |
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CASTLEcontains rank & castle progress. -
CW.EXEcontains inventory and map location. - Pressing Esc returns you to the main menu and saves your inventory and location. Terminating the game process while playing will reset both data (similar to being caught or dying). Rank and castle are not affected by this.
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 | Only able to switch between two control types. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Keyboard only menus. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Joysticks only. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
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. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, Tandy |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Processor (CPU) | 8088 or equivalent | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 kB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | N/A: game is booter and runs off disk | |
| Video card (GPU) | CGA | |