![]() ![]() Indeed it is a completely different game, but roughly contemporary and at least on the C64 both were available and being ports from other systems (VIC-20 and Atari 800 respectively). Sword of Fargoal is a cool game with a certain amount of followers, but I believe it is a small niche compared to e.g. I understand he is on the Internet with his own Fargoal site and all, so you might want to reach him and initiate a discussion. Sword of Fargoal Legends, now only available on the iPad, will become universal and remain on the App Store as the 'classic version. Springing from Fargoals original top-down dungeon. Perhaps Epyx sold enough of the Apshai series so there never was a desire for an sequel, or that Jeff never had a chance to do it and thus nobody else would get to it as well? Just speculating here. The graphics style creates a balance between the games retro roots and the modern iPhone capabilities. One could have asked for a Fargoal II though, with some of your additions. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple iPhone OS Categories: Games Upload date: 9 Jun 11. Perhaps Jeff McCord and those who helped him had to cram in as much as they had time for in order to meet Epyx' deadline, so there wasn't much time to make it very much more advanced. We are working on a new website refresh Please stand by, check back, and we will post periodic updates to content. At least each map is much smaller at 22x23 characters instead of 40x25. It’s still a 2-D game, but the walls were given a perspective that shifts as you walk. I understand the VIC-20 version that came before the C64 version is yet more limited, but I don't quite know in what ways. ( Sword of Fargoal Legends was released for the iPad in 2010.) The graphics still use a retro graphics style, but everything was re-illustrated.
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