Castle Wolfenstein


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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

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements[edit]

Improve performances in DOSBox[edit]

Edit DOSBox configuration file

Set machine=svga_s3 to machine=tandy or pcjr.
Set memsize=16 to memsize=00.
Set xms, ems and umb to false.
Set cycles=auto to cycles=100.

Exact cycle amount may vary from computer to computer. For more info see 4.77 MHz, DOSBox wiki.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\ctrls

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\CASTLE <path-to-game>\CW.EXE

CASTLE contains rank & castle progress.

CW.EXE contains inventory and map location.

Pressing Esc returns you to the main menu and saves your inventory and location. Terminating the game process while playing will reset both data (similar to being caught or dying). Rank and castle are not affected by this.

Video[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[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only able to switch between two control types.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Keyboard only menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Joysticks only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio[edit]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, Tandy

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	1.1	2.1
Processor (CPU)	8088 or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	64 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	N/A: game is booter and runs off disk
Video card (GPU)	CGA

References

Developers

	Muse Software
Release dates
DOS	1981