Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein
Castle Wolfenstein	1981
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein	1984
Wolfenstein 3D	1992
Spear of Destiny	1992
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory	2003
Wolfenstein	2009
Wolfenstein: The New Order	2014
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood	2015
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	2017
Wolfenstein: Youngblood	2019
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot	2019
Wolfenstein III	TBA

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website		Semi-official source port with bug fixes.

Game data[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
PC booter	<path-to-game>\BWC.COM
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.BCW

Only the freeware source port version has separate save files. Original version had them embedded in its executable, BWC.COM.

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
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

Input settings[edit]

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		Keyboard only menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed[edit]

Game plays too fast[edit]

Although it is possible to use DOSBox's cycle throttler to slow it down, playing the free version seems to be the best solution as it contains bug fixes.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA	Supports both RGB and composite.

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	8088 or compatible
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	Original: game is booter and runs off disk Free version: less than 150kb
Video card (GPU)	CGA

References

↑ http://www.oldskool.org/pc/BCW/readme.txt Beyond Castle Wolfenstein project - readme.txt

[1] ttp://www.oldskool.org/pc/BCW/readme.txt Beyond Castle Wolfenstein project - readme.txt

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Developers

	Muse Software
Release dates
PC booter	1985
DOS	June 28, 2004^[1]