Castles

Castles
Castles	1991
Castles II: Siege and Conquest	1992

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

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

1 Availability
- 1.1 Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Skip intro videos
3 Game data
- 3.1 Save game data location
- 3.2 Save game cloud syncing
4 Video settings
5 Input settings
6 Audio settings
- 6.1 Localizations
7 Issues fixed
- 7.1 Can't move down or right with controller
8 Other information
- 8.1 API
9 System requirements
10 Notes
11 References

Availability[edit]

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

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
The Northern Campaign

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Edit CASTLES.BAT^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit CASTLES.BAT.
Remove the casint.exe line and save your changes.

Game data[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.*
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.*^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/666660/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

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[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

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 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
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

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

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed[edit]

Can't move down or right with controller[edit]

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[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

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

↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter 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).
↑ File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/666660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (666660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-4] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter 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-6] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/666660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (666660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[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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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]