Heck, I haven't seen that email address in _ages._ I'm not sure if I should be flattered or weirded out that someone remembers it!įor the record, the sole reason I never released the source even though I wanted to was because it was a "hard-coded embarrassment of hacks." I believe this is the primary reason more programmers don't release source "back in the day" - they are/were ashamed of it! (Though with Git today I believe that is no longer the excuse.) Though I'm not sure if it is better to be famous or the infamous ? :-) > Ahhh, so you were the infamous guilty as charged. On Wednesday, Septemat 11:32:07 AM UTC-7, Anthony Ortiz wrote:
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It's about the fun and if we can put a full color game box with all the feelies in the hands of passionate gamers, that will be fun indeed! As we learned, its not cheap to produce this stuff, especially in a ultra low volume compared to the games of the 1980s, so we don't expect to make much money. So the team and I did the best we could to make it happen. And then, as I did technical research, I found the thriving Apple II community online and was delighted at the idea that people might want to play my game! Yay!Ī bunch of other volunteers joined the project over time, all people with the same dream, now having a chance to fulfill it in some way.Īs time went one lots of request came in for boxed editions with maps, on floppies, etc.
I was so captivated that I decided to write an RPG anyway even though, as far as I knew, it was WAY too late. I never had that as a kid and always struggled with books that were intermediate+ which didn't explain things like what an assembler is. Thanks for your comments and checking out the Kickstarter page! Yes, this is definitely a labor of love! I have wanted to write an RPG on the Apple II since first playing Ultima, Wizardry and Bards Tale as a kid in the 1980s.īy the time I remotely had the skills to consider such a thing it "too late" or so I thought, for an Apple II game.Ī couple years ago, I found the "right" book on 6502 assembly, that started at the beginning with examples in Liza. For me, that means Mockingboard support and the EXCITEMENT it brings to the table. But if I'm going to fund its development and REALLY get behind it as a supporter, I would need a sense of amazing, eager anticipation, like waiting for Duke Nukem Forever or waiting for ESB:Revisited from Adywan.or waiting to find a Phasor on eBay. I'll check out the game when it's released. But when you add REAL sound and effects (which the Apple rarely had), that raises things to an entirely new level. I've played most of them I may be played out. See, there are dozens of Apple RPG games that are similar. I'm not overly interested in the game unless it has 12-channel Mockingboard support with great music and effects. But shouldn't I have the right to speak my mind? Mercy, people: I have to express my feelings on this matter.) (God, I hate to write this no doubt I'm gonna be flamed to death.
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The following material is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license: Mockingboard driver by Tom Porter Mockingboard music by Eric Rangell pulse width modulation code by Kris Kennaway all artwork within the manual by the following artists: Jose Argibay, Nick Gazzarari, Bill Giggie, Robert Gomez, Tony Rowe, and Elyssa Torrence.I'd be glad to support the game, and possibly in a significant amount, as well.
The 6502 Workshop logo and Nox Archaist logo are trademarks of 6502 Workshop, LLC. Nox Archaist is Copyright © 2016-2022 6502 Workshop, LLC. 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. 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. Cat, Burger Becky, and Steve Wozniak (Woz). Along the way, the team received help from many sources, including Richard Garriott (Lord British), Dr. 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. 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.
In 2020, for the first time in 30 years, a commercial role-playing game was released for the Apple II computer.
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