(It loads *much* faster than the floppies, and doesn't require disk swapping, so it is definitely the preferred way to play the game. By taking advantage of this new and advanced disk controller, Nox Archaist is a much larger game with better gameplay. The HDV file from the installer works in MAME if I convert it to chd using chdtool. Nox Archaist uses a different disk controller than was used in the 1980s, developed by one of our development team members for use in Nox Archaist and other Apple II games like Total Replay. Let me know if you have any questions on the above, and thanks for playing the game! The zip file on GOG's extras doesn't contain the HDV file that's the problem I'm reporting here. Let me know if you have any questions on the above, and thanks for playing the game!Ĭt6502: Gaaa! Thanks for the manual typos - great catches! 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. But again, you'll probably be happier using the HDV file. Nox Archaist - An 8-bit RPG modeled after the iconic games of the 1980s. We haven't tested using the floppy disk images with MAME - I know that they work with AppleWin. If not, I'd recommend using either the Nox App that comes with the game, or AppleWin on Windows or Virtual ][ on Mac. I'm not 100% sure if the MAME emulator can use that. That's actually what the Nox App is using - it's just an emulator that is loading the HDV file. You should be able to use that in most Apple II emulators. (Playing on MAME with the apple2gs emulation) Gaaa! Thanks for the manual typos - great catches! * Trying to play with the floppies, and early on I'm asked to insert the KEEP disk, but the game does not seem to recognize this. * There appears to be no hard drive image here Then, the "Apple II hard drive and floppy disk images" extras has a couple issues: On page 57, Blade Storm is listed as casting 69 MP (which is suspicious due to being more than the Intelligence requiement), but the table on page 110 lists it as only costing 21 MP (which seems more reasonable, though still a little pricey) : "each character has the following six skills", but only 5 are listed. Dtgreene: First of all, there's a couple issues with the manual:
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