Category: Games

Nox Archaist – Lord of Storms Released

The highly anticipated expansion pack for Nox Archaist, titled “Lord of Storms,” has finally arrived, bringing a wave of excitement among Apple II gaming enthusiasts. Developed by 6502 Workshop, this expansion marks a significant milestone as the first-ever expansion for an Apple II RPG released by the original developers. Available for purchase through one of the online stores, such as the Nox Archaist Shopify page, Steam, or GOG, this DLC offers an immersive gaming experience for both owners of physical…

Planet Fall Lunar Lander Ported to the Apple II

Ted Thompson has announced the port of the TI-99/4a version of the lunar lander game, Planet Fall, to the Apple II series computer. According to his Planet Fall Github page:     Planet Fall is a lunar lander genre game that was originally published for the TI-99/4a in the book “TI-99/4A: 24 BASIC Program” (SAMS presents #22247, ISBN 0-672-22247-7) by Carol Ann Casciato and Donald J. Horsfall.     It is a largely typical example of the ‘Lunar Lander’ genre, but with a few…

Realm – Rays Of Nightmare for the Apple II – Version 1.50 Released

Daniel F. Gordon has released an update to his adventure game “Realm – Rays of Nightmare”, bringing it up to version 1.5. While the gameplay in this version remains unchanged, the release adds a hard drive installer and better party import / export interface, making it easier for players to manage their characters. Additionally, the update includes a WOZ file for more realistic floppy emulation, as well as a ProDOS Order (.po) disk image for those who prefer a faster…

New Apple II Game – Million Perfect Tiles

A2_4am, best known for his hack related items and Total Replay, has announced the release of Million Perfect Tiles, an implementation of the classic logic puzzle game Takuzu, for the 8-bit Apple II computer. The game boasts over 3000 original puzzle boards in six different sizes for hours of engaging gameplay. Million Perfect Tiles can be played on any Apple II computer with at least 64K of memory, and features optional support for Mockingboard for music and a mouse for…

New version of ROGUE Released — Plasma goes ROGUE

David Schmenk, author of PLASMA for the Apple II Series, announced a new version of ROGUE for PLASMA. The disk image is downloadable for free in ProDOS Order format here. This disk image will work on Apple II emulators capable of emulating the Apple //e and is a fully self contained game disk. Introduction This version of ROGUE is somewhat different than others. It is very simple in most ways, but I have developed a (I think) unique visibility algorithm…

Wizardry Proving Grounds v.3.0 Full Release now available

Snafaru, a retro computing enthusiast and developer, has announced the full release of Wizardry 3.0. This project is a faithful recreation of the classic game Wizardry Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, released more than 40 years ago. The full release of Wizardry 3.0 is now ready for distribution and includes over 100 fixes and enhancements from the original game. With the included 140K 5.25″ diskette images, the game can be played using an Apple II emulator or copied onto…

Wizards Proving Grounds 3.0 Released

41 years after the release of Wizardry Proving Grounds 2.1 comes a new release of one of the best known games for the Apple II series computer. Wizardry Proving Grounds Version 3.0 is available in both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS disk formats on the Apple II and includes some of the following updates and changes: No more passwords! Something had to go to make room on the disks for all these fixes. We figured that nobody password-protects their characters any more,…

CC65 Gomoku For the Apple II

Stefan Wessels has announced the initial release of his CC65 based Apple II version of the popular game, Gomoku. According to his anouncement,

Night Driver GS 1.1 Released

Ian Schmidt has released a new version of his Night Driver for the Apple IIgs. Night Driver GS 1.1 includes the following features and fixes: Night Driver GS 1.1 is a free download and is available at:https://www.callapple.org/soft/a2gs/games/nd11.po

Game Boy Tetris for the Apple II

Late last night, Lee Fastenau announced a little Christmas present for the Apple II world in the Call-151 group: the Game Boy version of Tetris for the Apple II, complete with all of the original screens and the source code for the game as well. This version of the game runs not only on original Apple II hardware with 48K of memory but will also run in Emulators as well. Game controls for the game: Downloading the game and the…

Wizardry Proving Grounds Restored

For those of you who are fans of the Wizardry Series, there is now a new restored version of the Wizardry Proving Grounds game for the Apple II. This update includes the following fixes: A number of people contributed to this release including Chris Torrence, John Brooks, and Eric Labelle. A complete list of the changes can be found here: https://www.zimlab.com/wizardry/proving-grounds-restored/files/Wizardry-Proving-Grounds-Restored-v2.2-Readme.txt The disk is available for free download along with further update information at : https://www.zimlab.com/wizardry/proving-grounds-restored/

Brutal Deluxe Releases Apple IIGS Karate

Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the release of AppleIIgs Karate from . The game runs on an Apple IIgs with either floppy or Hard drive. To gain your way into the upper sect of the holy order, something your father always wanted of you, you must beat many opponents. Your journey will be a difficult one with the finest fighters in the land trying to stop you. From time to time, you may be required to perform tests to prove…

Froggy Software’s Canal Meurtre for the Apple IIgs

Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the immediate release of the 9th software release as part of their 30th Anniversary celebration. The latest release is Froggy Software’s Canal Meurtre. According to the release notes on the Brutal Deluxe website, Attached to your TV like an infant to its pacifier, you enjoy cozy evenings in the calm of your apartment. However, tonight, the incredible has just happened: your favorite journalist has been murdered! Your investigative skills overcoming your acute flemmingitis, you decide…

New Apple II Game: ORBITA

The Apple II Software Enthusiasts Challenges have produced a slew of new games over the past few years and now comes the latest Apple II game from Raphael Rezende: Oribita. Orbita is a high resolution arcade style game completely written in Applesoft with everything in less than 4k! This includes the instructions, the sprites, the controls, the scoring and other game elements. The game itself uses the keyboard for control of the shooters in the game and game play itself…

Brutal Deluxe Software Announces Space Ace II

The Don Bluth fans in the audience will be super excited about this one: Space Ace II for the Apple IIGS courtesy of the good folks over at Brutal Deluxe Software. Ace looked at Kimberly, the baby Borf cradled in her arms and he thought back to all that had happened. It began when the evil adult Borf constructed his ultimate weapon – the Infanto Ray. It could transform anyone into a harmless infact with a single blast and with…

Ultima IV Remastered A2 Version 1.2.7 Released

Sean Gugler has released an update to his Apple II version of the Ultima IV Remastered program. The Ultima IV Remastered A2 program is Seans remaster of the program from the 1985 binary code for the Apple II computer. This latest release includes a few bug fixes: Ghost and Zorn would not move onto swamp (regression since 1.2.0). Dungeon monster AI mistakenly rejects moving south as if trying to return north (regression since 1.2.0). Not always noticeable since it has…

Brutal Deluxe Releases Space Ace IIgs

Brutal Deluxe has announced the immediate availability of the Don Bluth game Space Ace. in a posting from Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe, he announces the game: Don Bluth’s Space Ace for the Apple IIgs is released today. This is our 7th gift for the 30th anniversary of Brutal Deluxe Software. Dexter, better known as “Ace”, is on a mission to stop the villainous Commander Borf, who is seeking to attack Earth with his “Infanto Ray” to render Earthlings helpless…

Wordle Resolver for the Apple II

Jeremy Rand of Rand-Emonium Software has created a Wordle puzzle solver program for the Apple II. Wordle Solver offers a word and then takes input via a series of x, ? or ^ characters from the user to facilitate the next guess in the puzzle. The program can guess a word in just a few moves and is actually quite usable on most Wordle puzzles. You can download the program for free from the Rand-Emonium Software website: Download a disk…

Dragon’s Lair III GS Released

Brutal Deluxe’s own Antoine Vignau announced the release of the third rendition of Dragon’s Lair for the Apple IIgs. According to the release notes on the Brutal Deluxe website, A year has passed since Mordroc’s demise at the hands of Dirk the Daring. Having pursued the evil wizard through the depths of time, Dirk confronted Mordroc in the chamber where Daphne lay in a deep, magical slumber. Using the wizard’s own magic against him, Dirk managed to get the Ring…

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp GS Released

From Antoine Vignau at Brutal Deluxe Software: Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp for the Apple IIgs is released today. This is our 5th gift for the 30th anniversary of Brutal Deluxe Software. Get it at : https://brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/dragonslair2/