Castles

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

Castles
Castles	1991
Castles II: Siege and Conquest	1992

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Northern Campaign

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Game data

Save game data location

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]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/666660/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

300px

Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
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		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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Can't move down or right with controller

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.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
	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)	2 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	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 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).
↑
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (666660) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 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).

[Proton_path_note-5] Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (666660) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (666660) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: Castles and Castles 2 - GOG.com

[2] Changelog - Castles, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[GOG.com-3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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[Note 2]

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]