Stronghold

Released Oct 2001

Stronghold is a 'historic real-time strategy (RTS)' game developed by Firefly Studios. While the game focuses primarily on conquest and expansion through military pursuits, Stronghold does provide space for economic strategy and development: there is both an economic and a military campaign to be played and both are discussed in the game manual. The game takes place in Medieval Britain around the time of AD 1066, though, since there is sometimes no time limit, scenarios can continue to hundreds of years beyond this date.

As well as earning many favorable reviews from reviewers such as PCGamer and GameSpy (see Reception section), the game continues to boast a large community, who edit and create various material through the in-game Map Editor/Scenario Creator.

Partly due to the above, the game spawned four sequels: Stronghold Crusader, Stronghold 2, Stronghold Legends and Stronghold Crusader Extreme and several compilation packages.

Note: Stronghold is no longer available new but may still be purchased used.

Units Siege

Buildings Defenses

Single Player Campaigns Skirmish

Multi-Player Deathmatch Economic

Trailer

Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
• Processor: 550 MHz+
• Memory: 128 MB
• Hard Drive: 750 MB (for full install)
• Screen Resolution: 800x600 or above
• Video: 4MB DirectX 7.0 Compatible
• Sound: DirectX 7.0 Compatible
• CD ROM: 8x Speed*
• Modem: 56k for Internet Play (recommend ADSL)

Files

• Patch v1.2 from Take2

External Links

• Stronghold Knights
• Stronghold Wikipedia