<s>
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
was	O
a	O
software	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
later	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
(	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
based	O
)	O
range	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
produced	O
by	O
Data	O
Design	O
in	O
Barnsley	O
,	O
England	O
,	O
UK	O
allowed	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
design	O
a	O
medieval	O
style	O
-	O
castle	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
WIMP	B-Application
based	O
design	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
for	O
BBC	O
B/Master	O
128	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WIMP	B-Application
environment	O
supported	O
keyboard	O
input	O
and	O
also	O
allowed	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
AMX	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
disc	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
ring	O
bound	O
manual	O
and	O
ROM	B-Device
cartridge	O
containing	O
WIMP	B-Application
and	O
dot-matrix	O
printer	O
support	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Review	O
in	O
BBC	O
Acorn	O
User	O
magazine	O
praised	O
features	O
of	O
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
its	O
high	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
support	O
ROM	B-Device
was	O
named	O
the	O
PRINTWARE	O
Support	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
systems	O
using	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
utilizes	O
the	O
existing	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
Wimp	B-Application
environment	O
and	O
printer	O
routines	O
without	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
separate	O
support	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archimedes	B-Device
release	O
also	O
introduced	O
several	O
enhancements	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
colourful	O
environment	O
instead	O
of	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
)	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
possible	O
to	O
print	O
small	O
simplified	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
castle	O
like	O
in	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
idea	O
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Peter	O
Downs	O
and	O
the	O
late	O
Keith	O
Swift	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
they	O
set	O
to	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
designed	O
the	O
first	O
(	O
never	O
released	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
Designer	B-Device
Castles	I-Device
,	O
when	O
they	O
presented	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
commercial	O
company	O
was	O
highly	O
critical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2006	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
no	O
attempts	O
to	O
revive	O
the	O
program	O
for	O
modern	O
PC	O
systems	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
porting	O
of	O
other	O
programs	O
originally	O
Acorn	O
based	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
BBC	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
and	O
Tabs	O
.	O
</s>
