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Genre: RPG
System(s): PC
ESRB: Unknown
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Castle of the Winds (CotW) is a tile-based Roguelike role-playing game (RPG) to run under Windows 3.x. It was written by SaadaSoft (a one-man, one-product company run by Rick Saada) and published by Epic MegaGames.
The game was released in two parts: A Question of Vengeance, released as shareware; and Lifthransir's Bane, sold commercially. A license to continue using A Question of Vengeance and a copy of Lifthransir's Bane were sold together.
Castle of the Winds's only system requirements are a mouse, a 640x480 monitor and Windows 3.x or higher. The game differs from most Roguelikes in a number of ways. Its interface is heavily mouse-based. Many commands are awkward to enter by keyboard (possible only through the menu bar with the Alt key). Traditional roguelikes are usually controlled completely by keyboard, sometimes with optional mouse input. Castle of the Winds also allows the player to save the game at any point, and to restore saved games after dying — features never seen in a traditional roguelike game.
In 1998, the author, Rick Saada, decided to make Castle of the Winds public domain and allowed the registered and shareware versions to be freely distributed, but he did not release the source code.
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