Castles II: Siege and Conquest
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Developers | |
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Quicksilver Software | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
Mac OS (Classic) | April 1994 |
Windows (DOSBox) | October 21, 2008[1] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | 2012 |
Linux (DOSBox) | February 14, 2017[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Medieval, Europe |
Series | Castles |
Castles | |
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Castles | 1991 |
Castles II: Siege and Conquest | 1992 |
Castles II: Siege and Conquest is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Castles series.
Key points
- Using the "Save before quitting" feature may cause gameplay issues when the saves are loaded.[3] Using this feature is not recommended.[4]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Floppies or CD-ROM. Run in DOSBox. | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GOG.com | Bundled with Castles. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5] | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Edit C2CD.BAT[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\OPTIONS.DAT |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.GAM |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music has a volume control; speech is on/off only. | |
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 |
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English |
Issues fixed
Save games don't work correctly
- Using the save before quitting feature may break saves, causing issues with gameplay when the saves are loaded.[3]
- To avoid this issue simply save the game manually, then quit and choose Don't Save when prompted.[4]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 730 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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 thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ New release: Castles and Castles 2 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Changelog - Castles 2, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Technical Issues with Castles 2, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Technical Issues with Castles 2, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com