<s>
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tile-based	O
roguelike	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Rick	B-Application
Saada	I-Application
in	O
1989	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Epic	O
MegaGames	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
around	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
Freeware	B-License
download	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
is	O
secondary	O
to	O
its	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
gameplay	O
,	O
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
has	O
a	O
plot	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
Norse	O
mythology	O
,	O
told	O
with	O
setting	O
changes	O
,	O
unique	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
occasional	O
passages	O
of	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
two	O
parts	O
:	O
A	O
Question	O
of	O
Vengeance	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
and	O
Lifthransir	O
's	O
Bane	O
,	O
sold	O
commercially	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
also	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
restore	O
saved	O
games	O
after	O
dying	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
possesses	O
an	O
inventory	O
system	O
that	O
limits	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
load	O
based	O
on	O
weight	O
and	O
bulk	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
by	O
number	O
of	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
every	O
item	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
normal	O
,	O
cursed	O
,	O
or	O
enchanted	O
,	O
with	O
curses	O
and	O
enchantments	O
working	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
NetHack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Victorious	O
players	O
are	O
listed	O
as	O
"	O
Valhalla	B-Application
's	O
Champions	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
time	O
taken	O
,	O
from	O
fastest	O
to	O
slowest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
then	O
enters	O
the	O
nearby	O
ruined	O
titular	O
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
his	O
love	O
of	O
RPGs	O
and	O
while	O
learning	O
Windows	O
programming	O
in	O
the	O
80s	O
,	O
Rick	B-Application
Saada	I-Application
designed	O
and	O
completed	O
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
author	O
,	O
Rick	B-Application
Saada	I-Application
,	O
decided	O
to	O
distribute	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
Castle	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Winds	I-Application
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
public	O
domain	O
per	O
Rick	B-Application
Saada	I-Application
's	O
words	O
:	O
</s>
