Articles by 6502 Workshop

Just recently a month-long poll at ultimacodex.com was held to determine the favorite Ultima-inspired fan project of 2017.  The voting has closed, and to our surprise, we ended up in first place!

We’re really honored that so many of you voted us as your favorite.  But, let’s not forget about all …

The awesome Ultima news site “Ultima Codex” is hosting a poll for the “Favorite Ultima Inspired Project” of 2017. Nox Archaist is currently ranked #2 thanks to the strong turnout from our fans. Thank you!

However… not to be greedy or anything, but… we want to be Number One!  No, that …

Nox Archaist Update for January 2018

Our first update for 2018 is here, and it’s a great one!  We continue to make great progress with coding Nox Archaist and we’re excited to share the news with you.

While there are many new developments to share, some stuff remains the same:  Our top …

Programming a brand new Apple ][ RPG in 6502 Assembly was very hard back in the 80s and early 90s.  Development teams were forging new frontiers, creating new ideas and modes of gameplay that had never been seen before!  It was a immense creative and technical challenge to be the …

It’s a blast from the past:  Nox Archaist has it’s own forums!  You remember these from back in the 90s and early 2000s, right?  Why wait to get retro with Nox Archaist: The Game when you can hop on the wayback machine right now with Nox Archaist: The Forums!

http://forum.noxarchaist.com

But seriously …

The team at 6502 Workshop had a blast with the Nox Archaist Kickstarter!  While it fell short of our goals, hundreds of people pledged a substantial amount, which proved to us that there is a real interest in a new Ultima-inspired Apple ][ RPG.  As we forge the plan for …

The Nox Archaist Kickstarter will reboot! Many thanks to our generous backers.

Here is the full text of the announcement posted to Kickstarter today!

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We’ve got some bad news, but some very good news as well!

We’ll get the bad news out of the way early so we can focus on the good …

There is still time to join Richard Garriott and Rebecca Heineman in playing Nox Archaist and get your hands on all the awesome feelies!

“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 …

A new Nox Archaist podcast interview was released this week, hosted by project backers “Matt and Chris” on their YouTube channel.

They have a really cool format for their podcast where the hosts, guest, and gameplay footage play in separate windows on a split screen.

Click here to check out the podcast …

RCR Episode #159: Retro Gaming Evolution. Ants, bees, RPGs, tiles, hours (plural).

Click here for the podcast page. …