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Nox Archaist

84% positive of 59 Steam reviews

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Released
2021
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, GOG, itch.io

Made by 6502 Workshop.

About the game

An 8-bit RPG modeled after the iconic games of the 1980s. You control a party of adventurers who travel the Realm, talk to NPCs in towns and castles, explore dungeons, and fight monsters as you seek to save the world from a terrible danger.

Tagged by players

  • CRPG
  • 8-bit Music
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • Party-Based RPG
  • Old School
  • Dragons
  • Open World
  • RPG
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Fantasy
  • Story Rich
  • Top-Down

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What players say

  • Recommended
    If you're a fan of old RPGs like the early Ultima games, you will probably love this game. I've been playing on my actual Apple ][c hardware and also on my Linux pc. (saves don't sync with steam, but you can move the file over manually) I've never seen a game that can be played on the actual vintage hardware. The graphics and music match the old look as does the gameplay. If you're a fan of the older rpgs, give this…

    14 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    In the tender month of May in the less-than-tender year of our Lord 2022 yours truly was playing Deathlord. Before all zero of you who understand the implications start pooling funds for a monument to my Venus in Furs levels of masochism, I'll disappoint: it was the modernized infinitely more humane Relorded version. For everyone else, Deathlord is a 1987 early Ultima clone with a multi-continent fully-traversible…

    44 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I respect the tribute to Apple II, but for me it was a bit much (I can’t even read the text properly). If you feel up to playing it, it seems to be a great tribute. PS: Having said that, I’d personally have gone for keeping the characteristic approach, while stripping away what were nothing but drawbacks in my view. That’s just me, though, so I wish them the very best of luck.

    16 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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