1993, SaadaSoft - Rick Saada / Epic MegaGames, Inc.
Castle of the Winds is a tile-based roguelike game for Microsoft Windows 3.x, developed by Rick Saada - SaadaSoft in 1989-1993. The first part of the game - A Question of Vengeance, released as shareware and around 1998 was given into the public domain and provided as Freeware by the Author. The game differs from most roguelikes in a number of ways. Its interface is mouse-dependent, but supports keyboard shortcuts. The player begins in a tiny hamlet, near which he/she used to live. His/her farm has been destroyed and godparents killed. After clearing out an abandoned mine, the player finds a scrap of parchment that reveals the death of the player's godparents was ordered by an unknown enemy...