Castle of the Winds
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Developers | |
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SaadaSoft | |
Publishers | |
Epic MegaGames | |
Release dates | |
Windows 3.x | 1993 |
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 |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website |
Essential improvements
Custom character sprite
- Make a 16-color, 32x32 icon and import it.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | No audio in the game at all. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).