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Mythfarer

An 8-bit retro fantasy role-playing game. 1980s look with a modern interface. Wander the lands, brave dark dungeons, face powerful foes, right wrongs and maybe find the occasional sweet roll in your quest to understand the roiling power beneath the land and your own strange connection to it.

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Distant Systems
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Distant Systems
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About the Game

Mythfarer is an 8-bit RPG for your PC that is so authentic it also runs on the Tandy Color Computer 3 from the 1980s! It's a single-character experience with a deep storyline, many interactable NPCs and items.

Mythfarer is under development, and more content and features are being added on the regular.

Key Existing Features

  • Open world

  • Turn-based combat

  • In-game world map

  • Quests, with sub-quests and optional quest waypoints

  • Complex storyline and lore

  • Your actions affect the world

  • Multiple save-slots

  • Discoverable fast-travel mechanic

Features Planned Before Release

  • Sounds and soundtrack

  • 50 hours typical to complete main storyline

  • Dozens of spells from three (allegedly- can you discover more?) schools of magic

  • Dozens of minor quests

  • 14 main world regions with diverse biomes, with additional discoverable areas

  • Sailing ships

  • Hundreds of items, including foods, weapons, armor, rings, necklaces, potions, scrolls and other magical items

Included with the Game

  • PC version

  • Disk images for the Tandy Coco 3 (512k and one disk drive required)

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