Author: Paulo Garcia

8 new Homebrew games for the VIC-20

Ghislain, from Denial – The VIC-20 Forum, has released 8 of his unreleased backlog. The games were created between 1986 and 1990, but they never saw the light of the day until now. On the related forum thread, Ghislain explains: “I’ve been quite busy with real life over the past two years, not having much time to embark on new…

3D Print your very own Amiga 'Boing' Ball

Thingiverse user ‘LITHINES’ has made available the files to help you 3D-print your own Amiga ‘Boing’ Ball. The design was made in a away you can assemble it as a small puzzle, with no glue. He also adds details on how to properly print it on Thingiverse website. Just follow the link below. Anyone that tries to build it, please…

Amigos #5 – Amiga Pinball Special Part 1

Amigos – the podcast about everything Amiga just released episode 5 and it is all about pinball games! On this episode, first of a three-part show, they talk about First Person Pinball, Pinball Dreams. You can find all links related to the show on their website show notes. Link: Amigos Podcast

Commodore 64 Sprite Castle Podcast goes wrestling on episode 16

Sprite Castle is a podcast covering Commodore 64 games, and on episode 16 it features 1987’s MICROLEAGUE WRESTLING. The game was also released for Atari ST and later, in 1989, for Amiga and DOS. The podcast also features Commodore news, and the links for all games linked in the show notes website. Link: Sprite Castle

Visual Studio to support Merlin32 Assembler for Apple II

Oliver Guinart has announced a new Visual Studio language reference for the Merlin32 Assembler. He presented on his twitter feed a screenshot (above) of the prototype of a Visual Studio language service for Merlin32. The implementation will be similar to the CC65 integration he demonstrated at the last Apple II event in France. Merlin32 by Brutal Deluxe Software is a…

Apple IIC Teardown Video

Did you always want to see how is a Apple IIc inside? EEVblog Youtube channel has published today a video showing a Apple IIC teardown. [youtube JsUM-ZcBFE0 nolink] The compact Apple II, released in 1994 is very compact, considering it features a 5 1/4″ floppy, lots of interfaces and the keyboard, all in one unit. David L. Jones actually starts…

'Popeye' for Atari 8-bit Computers Available Now

Popeye was first released in 1982 by Nintendo for Arcade machines. Later, it was one of the first titles released for Nintendos’s home console ‘Nintendo Entertainment System’. It is a fixed-screen platform game, where Popeye has to catch items dropped by Olive Oil. The item varies depending on the level, starting with hearts, followed by musical notes and letters. After…

Amiga Computing at the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum has published an article reviewing and wrapping up all the activities for the 30th Anniversary of the Amiga. Written by Adam P. Spring, the article tells a bit of the history of the Amiga, talks about the Viva Amiga documentary, which had its first showing at the Computer History Museum on July 25th-26th. For those who…

Learn MSX Assembler with Lavandeira.net

My favourite MSX blog has be in a hiatus for almost 6 months, but now it has been updated with two new articles, tackling the concepts of assembler programming for the MSX. Lavandeira is also starting to accept contributions from Patrons, through the service Patreon. On the first one, Relearning MSX #19: Assembly language concepts he teaches the very basic assembler…

16 in 1 Nintendo NES Homebrew Multi-Cartridge Available Now!

Double Action 53 Volume 2 is a NES multi-cartridge of homebrew games featuring recent hits and several 2014 NA/nesdev compo entries. These are the games included in this bundle: 1007 Bolts 2048 Auge Chase Conway’s Life Double Action BLaster Guys Function Love Story Milionesy PCB Artist RHDE: Furniture Fight RobotFindsKitten Sir Ababol Sgt. Helmet Training Day Sliding Blaster Solar Wars…