Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
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Developers | |
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Muse Software | |
Release dates | |
PC booter | 1985 |
DOS | June 28, 2004[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Wolfenstein |
⤏ Go to series page | |
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 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Official website | Semi-official source port with bug fixes. |
Game data[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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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[edit]
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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[edit]
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 | Keyboard only menus. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 |
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DOS video modes | CGA | Supports both RGB and composite. |
System requirements[edit]
PC booter | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 | |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | CGA |
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 6.22 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 | |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 KB | |
Video card (GPU) | CGA |
References
- ↑ http://www.oldskool.org/pc/BCW/readme.txt Beyond Castle Wolfenstein project - readme.txt