Castles

For the unrelated puzzle game, see Castles (2015).

Castles
Castles	1991
Castles II: Siege and Conquest	1992

Castles is a singleplayer game in the Castles series.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Run in DOSBox.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Includes the expansion and Castles II: Siege and Conquest. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]
Steam

Name	Notes
The Northern Campaign

Edit CASTLES.BAT^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Edit `CASTLES.BAT`. Remove the `casint.exe` line and save your changes.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.*
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

SAVEGAME.DAT contains a save index and must be present for saves to be loaded.

In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared. Some settings are not stored between sessions.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
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

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
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Disabled by default (toggle with `J`).
Full controller support		Must enable at every launch with `J` (setting is not stored).
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 feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Toggle with `M`.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions		Everything is text-based.
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Change joystick timing^{[citation needed]}
Edit the DOSBox configuration file (`dosboxCastles1.conf` for the GOG.com version). Change `timed=true` to `timed=false` and save your changes.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

Developers

	Quicksilver Software
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows (DOSBox)	October 21, 2008^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	2012
Linux (DOSBox)	February 14, 2017^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer
Themes	Medieval, Europe
Series	Castles