Stronghold

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Stronghold
Stronghold cover
Developers
Beyond Software
Publishers
Strategic Simulations Inc.
Release dates
DOS 1993
Windows September 17, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) September 17, 2015[1]
Linux September 17, 2015[1]
 
Stronghold at Wikipedia

This page is for the 1993 game. For the unrelated 2001 game, see Stronghold (2001).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The retail version requires the manual to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version has the copy protection cracked (type anything, then press ↵ Enter).[2]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME.CFG
Windows <path-to-game>\GAME.CFG
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVE.***
<path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVES.TXT
<path-to-game>\HIGH.TXT
Windows <path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVE.***
<path-to-game>\STRONG.SAV\SAVES.TXT
<path-to-game>\HIGH.TXT
macOS (OS X)
Linux
SAVES.TXT is a save index; this file must be present for saves to be loaded.
HIGH.TXT contains high scores (Great Achievements).

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings[edit]

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
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 Native Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in 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 options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only (Ctrl+S and Ctrl+M).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0, 6.0
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Release: D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator - GOG.com
  2. ↑ Remove Copy Protection, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com