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 […]
A trip back to 1641 In the realm of the Apple II, there have been many different types of adventures produced but rarely has one delved into the ideas of witches and witch trials. Dan Henderson, Roby Sherman, and Dr. Mark A. Golombeck have resolved this oversight in a rather spectacular way. About the […]
The Lawless Legends development team has released a new playable demo of their game. The game which has been under development for a number of years is currently at a game version 0.95 but has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past year or so. The Lawless Legends development team includes long time Apple […]
Daniel Gordon has released the latest rendition of his RPG game, Realm for the Apple II. Realm Version 1.4.0 includes the addition of weapons proficiencies by class, a foe status display, arrow selection, performance improvements, better input handlers and display formatting, and additional magic items and weapons. Realm works under both DOS 3.3 as well […]
For those of you who have been following Daniel Gordon’s Realm release, there is a new version of Realm: Rays of Nightmare available for both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS. According to the release notes accompanying the release, “This release provides automatic combat resolution, some new potions, and support for the ProDOS RAM disk. It adds […]
A.P.P.L.E. Member, Dan Gordon, has released a new Apple II game. Recovered from old hard drives, REALM – Rays of Nightmare is an Ultima style RPG game, originally written more than 30 years ago and has been re-worked for the modern day emulators. From the Manual: “In your wanderings, you come upon a lone orc, […]
Paul Wasson has announced the availability of his entry for the A2SE programming contest. Where’s Askey is a tile based TEXT character adventure that takes you through the kingdom, to find your dog. If you have been looking for a game for every age, this is the one for you. A completely G-Rated game that […]
Vince Weaver has given us a bit more of his “Talbot Fantasy 7” game, which is as he says, “a sort of RPG” for the Apple II series computer as well as under the Linux operating system. If you haven’t checked it out already, this one is a bit of a fun watch. Be forewarned, […]
The 6502 Workshop team is thrilled to announce that Nox Archaist has been released! Journey with us back in time to the 1980s an experience an adventure inspired by classics like Ultima and Bard’s Tale. Lord British himself has traveled to Vali, the world of Nox Archaist, to help thee on thy quest! We would […]
Seattle, Washington — October 23, 2020 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the availability of a new manual for the “Beyond Quest“ game written by Bill Martens in 1985 and completed in 2020. Beyond Quest is an all-text RPG game that’s the most old school fun you will have with […]
The 6502 Workshop team is pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the boxed edition of Nox Archaist is now live! Click here to pledge! What’s better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG? Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector’s edition box with lots of cool physical goodies! What’s […]
It’s official, Lord British will appear as an NPC in Nox Archaist! It is a dark time for the metaverse. Ripples of discord radiate out from Vali, the world of Nox Archaist. Lord British learns of the dangerous omens and seeks to return order to the chaos that threatens to consume creation! He has journeyed to […]
It’s official! Nox Archaist will have at least beta support for Mockingboard music when released. For more details check out the blog post here! https://www.6502workshop.com/2019/04/mockingboard-support-update.html
The Nox Archaist Kickstarter launch on May 2nd is right around the corner so we thought you might enjoy seeing a preview of what we have in store! We hope to earn your support!
The 6502 Workshop team is launching a Kickstarter campaign on May 2, 2019 to produce a collector’s edition of Nox Archaist! Nox Archaist is a brand new tile based 8-bit RPG inspired by classics like Ultima and Bard’s Tale. It is written for the Apple II computer, but is easily playable on any modern Mac […]
Seattle, Washington — November 26, 2018 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and Jon F. Baxley are proud to announce the immediate availability of the book for his classic game Lordlings of Yore: The Game of Knights, Knaves and Necromancers. Lordlings of Yore was originally published in 1983 by Softlore Corporation, a company run […]
There is still time to join Richard Garriott and Rebecca Heineman in playing Nox Archaist and get your hands on all the awesome feelies! http://kickstarter.noxarchaist.com “I greatly look forward to exploring this realm!” –Lord British, Creator of Ultima “I can’t wait to play this game on my Apple IIgs!” –Rebecca Heineman, Creator of Bards Tale […]