Epyx’s Gateway to Apshai is a game I grew up playing on my Commodore 64 back in the 80’s. It was the first dungeon crawler I ever played and is still fun to play today.
These are my initial thoughts as to what I would like to see in a 16-bit port. Palettes need to be resolved, graphics need further refinement, and additional detail will be added as I get a better sense of what is possible.
This is not the first time I have done a rescale of this game, last year I mocked up a 1-bit Arduboy port.
1-bit Arduboy descale.
Gateway to Apshai hero - Lot’s of opportunity to infuse character into this sprite.
Dungeon Map.
This project is in it’s infancy so I don’t want to advertise the potentials just yet, but as always, there is a chance that this project could continue to grow. Here’s to hoping!