Xyphus

Xyphus
Developer(s)Penguin Software
Publisher(s)Penguin Software
Designer(s)Skip Waller
Dave Albert
Programmer(s)Bob Hardy (Mac)
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Apple II, Mac
Release1984
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Xyphus is a role-playing video game first released in 1984. The game was designed by Skip Waller and Dave Albert, with a Mac version by Bob Hardy, for Penguin Software.[1] It was the first RPG on Macintosh.[citation needed] It had upgraded graphics and a mouse friendly user-interface. Xyphus is pronounced, Eks-see-foose, and is the Greek word for sword.

  1. ^ "Role Playing and Strategy Games, Xyphus Package and Documentation". Polarware Archive site. Retrieved July 27, 2017.