Lawless Legends - retro RPG for the Apple II/C64

[Wayward Son]

I laugh my ass off every time I read that this is releasing for the Apple ][.

 

[Saduj]

Would love to play a proper CRGP set in the old west but this business of making games for obsolete platforms is just a little too try hard for me. Retro graphics are great but why put needless limitations on what the game can do and expect users to deal with antiquated interfaces? I loved my Commodore 64 back in the day but I can't think of a single reason I'd want to deal with one now, let alone lower myself into Apple II territory....

 

[CryptRat]

They kept adding handholding features to the game, and now they just killed my interest by adding quest markers. Not that I expected a complex masterpiece, but after playing their small game I expected some fun exploration.

Our new quest log now gives you the option of seeing where to go next on your quest! X marks the spot...

 

[Ladonna]

Quest markers would never happen on the C64.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

They kept adding handholding features to the game, and now they just killed my interest by adding quest markers. Not that I expected a complex masterpiece, but after playing their small game I expected some fun exploration.

Our new quest log now gives you the option of seeing where to go next on your quest! X marks the spot...

Her cat is in her arms. Marie is a lying little twit.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Is this game dead? Would be a shame.

 

[CryptRat]

It's not dead, you can check their facebook. I may eventually play it when it's released, the hard west feeling seems to be there, although' I have two problems with their development, the first one is that more than one thing they said makes it more like modern design with old techno that really old-school and the second one is that, even if they said they would released it by the end of 2019, their updates are always like "hey you can walk on the map now" or "hey you can attack now" like it's actually the very beginning of the development of the game.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Thanks CryptRat , I wasn't aware of their FB-account. The last entry on their website is from July 2017 (that's a long beta testing if you ask me). Why do people even create websites if they don't intend to update the informations regularly? Anyway, it's good to see it's still in development, but I share your concerns about the quality of their posts.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Yeah, I'd love to see this released esp with the outlaw editor. I'm still hoping The Bardstale Trilogy gets an editor.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Alright! Glad to see stuff on original hardware. Did he say also AppleIIgs? I would have said movement like Alternate Reality as that's what it reminded me of. Love projects getting closer to completion.

 

[CryptRat]

Not sure how much this can be trusted, but they announced "Release summer 2021!" today on their Facebook page.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Hmmmm.... here's hoping I guess.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

There is a playable three disk demo out now and the full game is indeed planned for a summer release.

https://lawlesslegends.wordpress.com/2021/02/12/lets-play-lawless-legends-learn-together/

Let’s play Lawless Legends & let’s Learn together!

Howdy folks!

We are planning to release the full game this summer, after 9 years of development. We have reached a point where we need more input to wrangle up them bugs and head ’em out! This is where y’all come in: We are giving you a free 3 disk version of the game to play NOW! Let us know about the bugs por favor!

Below is a link to a ZIP file with 3 disk images for use in either a REAL Apple II model or an emulator of your choice.

Apple II requirements:

Loading the game on a real Apple II, IIc, IIe, IIgs: MUST HAVE 128K! Apple II, IIc, IIe & GS (GS buggy) and Requires 2x 5 1/2″ Disk Drives. To load game simply Insert Game Disk 1 in Drive 1
Insert Game Disk 2 in Drive 2
Turn on computer and play!



Download disk images here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0anutyzz0ulzsg2/LawlessLegends3DiskDemo.zip?dl=0



Good luck and post feedback on the Lawless Legends Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/LawlessLegends



Thank you all for your patience, support, and playtime!



Love,

Seth, Martin, Brendan, Becky & Jennell!

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Man, I seriously want this game. Any news? Any hope for a release this year?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I also await it to release.

 

[Ladonna]

Did any of you guys sign up for the testing?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I never got a response so maybe I fucked up in attempting.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Hmmm... on FB one of the guys wrote somewhen back in summer 2021 the game would be "released this year for sure". It wasn't obviously. No problem, they may take their time. But I don't know if I'm just looking on the wrong webpages or if they simply don't like communicating. A tiny message about the status of the game now and then would be nice.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Maybe stirring dragon gave them tips on communication.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Maybe stirring dragon gave them tips on communication.

That's EXACTLY what I thought myself. At least we have a demo here.

 

[Infinitron]

https://lawlesslegends.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/lets-play-again/

Howdy folks!

We had planned to release the game last year, but that ship has sailed. Over the last year we have added a lot to the game and fixed some critical bugs. We have reached a point again where we need more input to wrangle up them bugs and head ’em out! This is where y’all come in: We are giving you a few free disks of the game to play NOW! Let us know about the bugs por favor!

Below is a link to a ZIP file with disk images for use in either a REAL Apple II model or an emulator of your choice.

Apple II requirements:

Loading the game on a real Apple II, IIc, IIe, IIgs: MUST HAVE 128K! Apple II, IIc, IIe & GS and Requires 2x 5 1/2″ Disk Drives. To load game simply

Insert Game Disk 1 in Drive 1
Insert Game Disk 2 in Drive 2
Turn on computer and play!

Or Attach the 2mg as a hard drive image.

Download disk images, manual and log book here: LawlessLegendsDemo UPDATED 2022/01/13!

Good luck and post feedback on the Lawless Legends github or Facebook Pages here:

https://github.com/badvision/lawless-legends/discussions/40

https://www.facebook.com/LawlessLegends

Thank you all for your patience, support, and playtime!

Love,

Seth, Martin, Brendan, Becky & Jennell!

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Is there a change log somewhere that shows the differences to the '21 demo?

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

Man, half a year later and not a single scrap of information anywhere on their channels.To think that the beta test phase was announced to take place in summer 2017. I know patience is a virtue and all but still.