Castle of the Winds

1989 video game
VideoGame video_game Q2524818
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Castle of the Winds

Summary

Castle of the Winds is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castle of the Winds's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Castle of the Winds's illustrator is recorded as Paul Canniff[4].
  • Castle of the Winds was published by Epic Games[5].
  • Castle of the Winds's genre is roguelike[6].
  • Castle of the Winds's developer is recorded as Rick Saada[7].
  • Castle of the Winds's copyright license is recorded as freeware[8].
  • Castle of the Winds's platform is recorded as Windows 3.x[9].
  • Castle of the Winds's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[10].
  • Castle of the Winds's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[11].
  • Castle of the Winds was distributed by floppy disk[12].
  • Castle of the Winds's input device is recorded as computer keyboard[13].
  • Castle of the Winds's input device is recorded as computer mouse[14].
  • Castle of the Winds's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Castle of the Winds was published on January 1, 1989[16].
  • Castle of the Winds's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Castle of the Winds was published by Epic Games[5].

Publication

Castle of the Winds was released on January 1, 1989[16]. Its genre is roguelike[6]. It was distributed by floppy disk[12].

Why It Matters

Castle of the Winds ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . gamedeveloper.com. gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . gamedeveloper.com. gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . gamedeveloper.com. gamedeveloper.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Distribution format floppy disk
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