Stronghold
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Developers | |
---|---|
Beyond Software | |
Publishers | |
Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Windows (DOSBox) | September 17, 2015[1] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | September 17, 2015[1] |
Linux (DOSBox) | September 17, 2015[1] |
This page is for the 1993 game. For the unrelated 2001 game, see Stronghold (2001).
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com |
- The retail version requires the manual to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version has the copy protection cracked (type anything, then press ↵ Enter).[2]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GAME.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GAME.CFG[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
- 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 |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVE.*** <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVES.TXT <path-to-game>\HIGH.TXT |
Windows | <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVE.***[Note 1] <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVES.TXT[Note 1] <path-to-game>\HIGH.TXT[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
-
SAVES.TXT
is a save index; this file must be present for saves to be loaded. -
HIGH.TXT
contains high scores (Great Achievements).
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | 2D 2D with DGVoodoo2, no vorpx profile required for 2D. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0, 6.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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).