Posted September 09, 2014
I just wanted to pass on the info for those who are having trouble with the catapult sequence in the PC version.
You'll need to slow down cycles in DOSBOX to around 300 to get the game down to a reasonable speed otherwise it's going to go by way too fast and you won't be able to knock down the castle walls. (Slow down cycles with Control + F11 combination on your keyboard and speed them back up with Control + F12 combination)
There are actually two versions of DOTC for DOS - the original CGA only release which has no timer issues so the game runs at the correct speed for all the arcade sequences and then there's the EGA version of the game (which is the version that's on GOG) which adds EGA support but also adds timer issues.
You'll need to slow down cycles in DOSBOX to around 300 to get the game down to a reasonable speed otherwise it's going to go by way too fast and you won't be able to knock down the castle walls. (Slow down cycles with Control + F11 combination on your keyboard and speed them back up with Control + F12 combination)
There are actually two versions of DOTC for DOS - the original CGA only release which has no timer issues so the game runs at the correct speed for all the arcade sequences and then there's the EGA version of the game (which is the version that's on GOG) which adds EGA support but also adds timer issues.
Post edited September 09, 2014 by gumpy.615