Other Versions
In 2004, Bryan Edewaard developed and published an unlicensed homebrew version of Warlords for the Atari 5200 and Atari 8bit computers named Castle Crisis.
A port of this game, including a new "remix" version, is included in Retro Atari Classics for the Nintendo DS. It featured multiplayer play through wireless.
The game was released on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on May 28, 2008, featuring a new special HD mode and Xbox Live Vision Camera support.
Warlords was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in June 2010.
A new version of Warlords was released on PlayStation Network on October 9, 2012 in North America and October 10, 2012 in Europe. It was also released on Xbox Live Arcade on November 14, 2012.
In 1999, a similar expanded game was released on the PlayStation as Lords of Lunar, a secret game included on the Making of disc of Lunar: The Silver Star Story. The game could be accessed by pressing Up, Down, Left, Right, Triangle, and Start in sequence while the movie is playing. This version of the game allowed up to 8 players using two multi-tap adaptors, added multi-ball each time a castle was destroyed, and had rumble effects using the DualShock controllers. It allowed many customizations to the play style and had options for simple tournament play.
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