While you’re waiting for the release of the still-in-development Lawless Legends, the developers have released another game for you to enjoy, which uses the same engine but features a fantasy setting.

Ancient Legends is described as:

…a fantasy Role Playing game made for the Apple II series of home computer created by 8 Bit Weapon and friends! The game was created as a DEMO for the Outlaw Editor!

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The Story: You are Quinn of Thane, the westernmost island in Merkania. Since the last of great wars your family has lived in peaceful seclusion for generations. Raised on ancient legends, you have often dreamed of exploring what lies beyond the island. You surmise that dark times must have befallen the mainland, as dark creatures now sully the sanctuary of your island home as well.

Now you are the last of your line and have decided to venture to the mainland and seek your fortune! You pack your things, take your family’s heirloom amulet for luck and enter the forest for adventure…

You can find downloads of Ancient Legends in this news post at the Lawless Legends website, or at the newly-created project entry here. The game is available as Apple II disk images, so you’ll also need an Apple II emulator to play it.

Ancient Legends was created, in effect, as a demo to herald the release of the Outlaw Editor, the RPG creation tool that is also being used to build Lawless Legends. Downloads of the Outlaw Editor are available at the Codex’s project entries for both Ancient Legends and Lawless Legends, or through the Lawless Legends GitHub repository. A manual for Ancient Legends can be found at this link.