The expansion Lord of Storms for the retro RPG Nox Anarchist has been released:

Nox Archaist: Lord of Storms - RELEASED!

Lord of Storms Released!

Many thanks to our Patreon Members for their help making this possible. 

Prepare for inclement weather. This will not be a sunny stroll down by the Everton beach!

You have learned of Lord Estintar's suspicions that the cult has something to do with the increase in storm activity. He charges you with investigating. 

The task will not be easy, but you accept this duty. Your quest will take you to uncharted reaches of the Isles of Wynmar. Traps, puzzles, and powerful magic items await, which may or may not be able to help you. 

Those brave and foolish enough to face these perilous perils will come face to face with the Lord of Storms!

This Nox Archaist expansion pack includes:

• 15+ hours of new content, including a new quest line
• New mobs and new unique items
• New features, including character renaming
• PDF of the manual with full color art

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The expansion Lord of Storms for the retro RPG Nox Anarchist will be released on March 31, 2023:

 Nox Archaist: Lord of Storms

You have learned of Lord Estintar’s suspicions that the cult has something to do with the increase in storm activity. He charges you with investigating. The task will not be easy, but you accept this duty.

Your quest will take you to uncharted reaches of the Isles of Wynmar. Traps, puzzles, and powerful magic items await, which may or may not be able to help you.

Those brave and foolish enough to face these perils will come face to face with the Lord of Storms!

The Nox Archaist: Lord of Storms digital download includes:

• New HDV hard-drive image for Apple II, Mac, or PC
• A brand new quest line
• New mobs and new unique items
• New features, including character renaming
• PDF of the manual

Note: This is an expansion pack for Nox Archaist, and requires the full game to run.

You can buy the development documentation of the Apple II retro RPG Nox Acrchaist now:

The Making of Nox Archaist

In 2020, for the first time in 30 years, a commercial role-playing game was released for the Apple II computer. The goal of Mark Lemmert and his team was to develop a retro role-playing game with a more modern user interface and compelling storyline, written in assembly language on real Apple II hardware and shipping in a deluxe boxed set.

Mark describes the challenges, including a decades-long quest to create the tile engine, a failed Kickstarter, the Apple’s quirky graphics system, and getting decent audio out of a one-bit speaker. Along the way, the team received help from many sources, including Richard Garriott (Lord British), Dr. Cat, Burger Becky, and Steve Wozniak (Woz). Finally, after a wildly-successful Kickstarter and a year of non-stop coding, Mark details how an obscure floppy disk bug nearly derailed the entire project just weeks before release.

With a mix of personal anecdotes and technical details, The Making of Nox Archaist is the ultimate insider’s account of the creation of a modern game on a classic computer platform. This is a 259 page full-color PDF. 

The Retro RPG Nox Archaist is now available on Steam ang GOG:

 Nox Archaist Release Game Trailer

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Matt Barton interviewed Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop, the team responsible for the new Apple II CRPG Nox Archaist:

Nox Archaist Interview

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Nox Archaist has been released today:

Nox Archaist

You crawl ashore, spluttering out sea water, clutching your knife. Every muscle aches from struggling against the storm. Now, shipwrecked and bereft of sword and armor, how can you hope to investigate the Dark Void and destroy the Cult?

Nox Archaist is a tile-based, 8-bit, sword-and-sorcery role-playing game modeled after the iconic games of the 1980s. As the player, you control a party of adventurers who travel the Realm, visiting towns and castles, exploring dungeons, and fighting monsters. As your characters grow in wealth and experience, they will face ever greater foes and challenges as you seek to save the world from an unknown and terrible danger.

Nox Archaist is an 8-bit RPG due to release December 12th according to the latest update.

Nox Archaist Release Date!

IT'S BEEN QUITE A RIDE

From back in 1984 when our lead developer Mark Lemmert first had the idea to write a tile-based Apple II RPG, to the founding of 6502 Workshop in March of 2016, all the way through today, the journey has been amazing! But now, we’ve got another exciting date to add to that list...

WHAT DATE, YOU ASK?

None other than the official release date of Nox Archaist! On December 12, 2020, all backers will receive a link to the Digital Download version of the game! But that’s not all, on this date we will also begin shipping physical rewards to backers who selected Option 2 (Early shipment with labelled blank floppies) on the survey we sent via email on November 16th.

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