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The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit on Windows Pc

Developed By: Richard Quirk

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 256 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 1.9
Size 210.4 KB
Release Date November 15, 15
Category Puzzle Games

What's New:
version 1.9:* fixed crashes when saving or loading (android 5.0+)* fixed a bug that would cause some erratic Doomdark army maneuvers* add sensor-based... [see more]

Description from Developer:
An 8-bit style remake of Mike Singleton's 1984 classic adventure game "The Lords of Midnight". The remake remains as faithful as possible to the original game, while... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit and play on Windows PC. The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit is free Puzzle game, developed by Richard Quirk. Latest version of The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit is 1.9, was released on 2015-11-15 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 256 users, 23 users had rated it 5*, 158 users had rated it 1*.

How to play The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit on Windows?

Instruction on how to play The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.9.

Download The Lords of Midnight: 8 bit 1.9 on Windows PC – 210.4 KB

An 8-bit style remake of Mike Singleton's 1984 classic adventure game "The Lords of Midnight". The remake remains as faithful as possible to the original game, while adding touch screen controls for the Android platform.

Released under licence, for other versions of the game see the official homepage at http://www.thelordsofmidnight.com

You start the game with 4 characters: Luxor the Moonprince, his son Morkin, Rorthron the Wise, and Corleth the Fey. By recruiting other Lords in the land of Midnight you must defeat the evil Witchking Doomdark in his fortress in Ushgarak.

The Ice Crown is Doomdark's greatest weakness, as well as the source of his terrible power. Help Morkin find the Ice Crown and discover a way to destroy it, ending the battle once and for all.

The game ends when either:

* Morkin and Luxor are both killed
* Morkin is killed and the Citadel at Xajorkith falls

In order to claim victory:

* the people of the Free take Ushgarak or
* the Ice Crown is destroyed

TOUCH CONTROLS

* touch the lower half of screen in "Look" mode to move or change the view, touch the centre to move forwards, touch the left or right side to turn around.
* touch the upper half of the screen in "Look" mode to go to the "Think" screen or the "Select Lord" menu. Touch the shield to select a Lord, touch the text part to go to the "Think" screen.
* Think screen: touch the upper half of the screen to go back to the main view, touch the lower half to go to either the lord selection or to the "choose" menu.
* Select menu items by touching them

OTHER CONTROLS

* Back: will take you to the previous screen. Back on the title screen will exit the game. Back on the main view will take you to the save menu.
* Volume Up/Down: Save a screen shot
* Home: back to the Android home screen (unused)
* Any other buttons: unused

HARDWARE KEYBOARD CONTROLS

Q - move forwards
R - think
T - choose
E - look
U - night
S - save
D - load
1-8 - change to face direction
1:N,2:NE,3:E,4:SE,5:S,6:SW,7:W,8:NW

Letters and numbers on menus indicate the appropriate keyboard shortcut for that option.

Write to SD Card permission is required to save the screen shots.
version 1.9:
* fixed crashes when saving or loading (android 5.0+)
* fixed a bug that would cause some erratic Doomdark army maneuvers
* add sensor-based landscape orientation changes (android 2.3+)
* use immersive mode (android 4.4+)
* for immersive mode, added "go back" option to exit menus without having to swipe-in to show the Android back button
* added some gestures, swipe to look left/right, long press to show load/save menu
* removed support for devices running 2.1 and earlier (sorry!)