The pawn has to climb down into an underground dungeon and search for a sword between the fifteenth and twentieth level. Dec, 2018 lets play sword of fargoal, a roguelike commodore vic20 c64 game from 1982. Earlier snapshots of this disk will likely have older versions of a program or will not have all of the same files as on newer snapshots. This weekend i had the opportunity to interview jeff. Sword of fargoal is now taking its next evolutionary step. The discrepancy i found is that there is no mention of the version c64 on all the official publications even if it is existent and easy to download. Sword of fargoal, the has been viewed 18588 times since 2003. Play sword of fargoal online with commodore 64 browser emulation for free. Although i couldnt find anything helpful on all the major magazines, after a quick scan the the first clear reference seems to come from the official epyx. Somewhere within the bottomless dungeon lies the sword yours, if you can find it.
Commodoreserver is a community of commodore users and programmers who use and develop internet software for commodore computers. The game also got its modern take with sword of fargoal legends for mac and ios devices. In most roguelike games you start off with a sword. Our antivirus analysis shows that this mac download is clean. Commodore 64 d64 disk files, commodore internet gaming. The game is a very faithful recreation of the original classic, except the graphics is enhanced to take advantage of svga, and there are minor gameplay and interface tweaks to make the game more balanced and the controls more intuitive.
Sword of fargoal is notorious within c64 fandom as being extremely difficult to win, so how. It was created by jeff mccord and released for the c64 by epyx in 1983. Sword of fargoal is a primitive roguelike, where the objective is to steal the named sword. Sword of fargoal c64 game rom is loaded with features in our flash, java and rgr plugin emulators. It looks like the sword of fargoal beta is out in the open for the public. The commodore 64 plug in play is an extremely enjoyable product that is great for both younger kids just getting into video games or adults that remember playing games on their commodore 64 computer systems. The c64 game sword of fargoal, the adventure, rpg 2d published by epyx in 1983. Plus an actual vintage commodore 64 c64 computer, 1541 disk drive, and monitor. Fans from toucharcade forum sword of fargoal is one of the best loved roguelike games ever to light up a crt those whove never played a dungeon crawler before might just find themselves drawn in. Originally developed over 25 years ago for the c64 and other classic commodore computers it is a perfect old school adventure with amazing. Fire up your commodore 64 and join us as we go in search of this 1983 classic game by epyx, sword of fargoal. The epyx shrine, the sword of fargoal entry at the epyx shrine.
Sword of fargoal epyx 1983 5745 downloads download now. It is a simple roguelike game preceding the first official release of rogue. Sword of fargoal is a dungeon exploration video game by jeff mccord, published by epyx for the vic20 in 1982 and the commodore 64 in 1983. You can buy sword of fargoal legends on your mac for. Mccord and pridham have been rebuilding the game from the ground up for over a year now, and the sequel sword of fargoal 2. The sword of fargoal cracked by hokuto force vintage is. Over 25 years ago i created the original sword of fargoal for the commodore 64 c64. The c64 wiki is a project to build a special c64 encyclopedia. Sword of fargoal, the commodore 64 game c64 games, c64. Sword of fargoal legends free version download for mac os x.
Due to its advanced for the time programmable sound generating chips, the commodore 64 became popular for generating computergenerated music, one of the first home computer to have such capabilities builtin. Just want to say, to this day i remember sword of fargoal as one of the best games for the c64, and certainly my favorite rougelike ever, probably the reason i never got into the more popular ones later. The protectorate sword which was forged to vanquish evil has been stolen by a powerful wizard named ulma and placed deep in an underground dungeon. Sword of fargoal is a challenging, exciting quest to locate a sword hidden deep within the dungeon. Fan from toucharcade forum sword of fargoal is one of the best loved roguelike games ever to light up a crt those whove never played a dungeon crawler before might just find themselves drawn in to sword of fargoal. The sword of fargoal cracked by hokuto force vintage. Somewhere within the bottomless dungeon lies the swordyours, if you can find it. D64, 35 tracks needs to be validated errors enabled. The sword of fargoal remake is a superb remake of sword of fargoal, a classic commodore 64 rpg that was never released on pc. In the commodore basic prompt, type load fargoal,8, then list.
With the release of the iphone version in 2009 came the introduction of a whole set of orchestralstyle music, as composed and performed by daniel pemberton and several other wonderful musical artists. The vic20 uses the same tape format as the c64 so it should be able to work on vic20 tap files too. Hi, my name is jeff mccord, and im the creator of sword. Like i mostly ignore this game now as well as bloodlines 2, leaving me with star citizen and mount and blade as my upcoming games. We want to bring you sword of fargoal 2 for macpclinuxios completely reimagined, reworked, and stuffed with awesome new features. The game features original music by daniel pemberton, animations by emmywinning animator charlie canfield, the ability to zoom in and out to see the entire dungeon or closeups of the action, themed maps, episodic adventures, and eventually inapp purchases e. Sword of fargoal legends for mac is categorized as games. The application, which is installed in english by default, includes lots of different languages in which we can set the interface. Sword of fargoal is notorious within c64 fandom as being extremely difficult to win, so how about get this cracked version to get a little help to beat the game download. Released in 1983 on commodore 64, its still available and playable with some tinkering.
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