Castles: The Northern Campaign

aka: Castles: The Northern Campaign - Castles Campaign Disk No. 1

Moby ID: 816

Released

1991 on DOS

Credits

14 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1991 (DOS)
1992 (Amiga)

Publishers

Interplay Productions, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 70% (2)
Players: (2)
Collected By: 11 players

Genre: Add-on
Add-on: Other
Player unit
Story / mission

DOS Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard, Mouse

Base Game

Castles (1991)

Description

The Celts have been defeated and you've built a succession of castles across the wilds of Albion. But still there is no peace. The Picts are rebelling against you in the north and now you must build more castles to defend Albion from these wild savages.

The Northern Campaign is the first campaign disk for Castles, and it includes many new features, such as new graphics, economics, new combat features (vikings, archers etc). and troop training. The Northern Campaign needs the original Castles, it cannot be played by itself.

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Credits (DOS version)

14 People

Design	Scott Bennie Vincent DeNardo Brian Fargo William C. Fisher Byon Garrabrant
Programming	Byon Garrabrant
Graphics / Artwork	Mary McMenamin
Quality Assurance	Jeremy Airey (nicknamed "Runefinger")
Executive Producer	Brian Fargo
Producer	Scott Bennie
Writing / Dialogue / Story	Scott Bennie Michael Breault Graeme Davis Katie Fisher William C. Fisher Byon Garrabrant Michael Griffith Steve Perrin John Terra Allen Varney

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Average score: 70% (based on 2 ratings)

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Trivia

Installation

Uniquely for an expansion disk, the PC version of The Northern Campaign didn't so much expand Castles, as it literally replaced it! Installing the Northern Campaign replaces the original game, from the conquest of the Celtic lands, to the conquest of the Picts. So if you wanted to play the original Celtic five-castle campaign, you would have to reinstall Castles from scratch. The Amiga version instead used data from the original discs to create a new three-disk set onto blank floppies with the new levels and other features.

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MobyGames ID: 816

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by faceless.

Amiga added by Terok Nor.

Additional contributors: Anonymous Gamer, Martin Smith, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, Plok.

Game added February 1, 2000. Last modified November 6, 2024.