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A Question of Vengeance
Mar. 2nd, 2021 01:04 pmYesterday I found a downloadable version of the old game Castle of the Winds that works on Windows 10. The game was released into the public domain years ago, but the last computer I had that was capable of running it is long dead and it won't work on modern OSes (I don't think it even works on Win7, let alone 10). It looks like the download makes it work by running a copy of Windows 3.11 preloaded with the game in DosBox.
I'm very happy to have found this one. It's a great illustration of how high production values and great graphics, while nice bonuses, don't automatically make a great game. Castle of the Winds has barely any animation, graphics mainly made up of Windows icon files and no sound whatsoever, but the gameplay is fun and engaging and that was enough for me to put hours into it in the '90s, even alongside such current options as Final Fantasy VI and VII (the former of which is among my all-time favorite games), and probably will again even with some of my more recent favorite RPG experiences - the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series - available. If you don't mind ancient games with slight learning curves, I recommend checking it out.
I'm very happy to have found this one. It's a great illustration of how high production values and great graphics, while nice bonuses, don't automatically make a great game. Castle of the Winds has barely any animation, graphics mainly made up of Windows icon files and no sound whatsoever, but the gameplay is fun and engaging and that was enough for me to put hours into it in the '90s, even alongside such current options as Final Fantasy VI and VII (the former of which is among my all-time favorite games), and probably will again even with some of my more recent favorite RPG experiences - the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series - available. If you don't mind ancient games with slight learning curves, I recommend checking it out.
