Author: Paulo Garcia
Quietly working for that past few months, MagerValp, member of Genesis Project has released a remastered version of Ultima IV for the Commodore 64. The improvements are huge, going from graphics overhauling to brand new features. Here is the full list of changes: Graphics Overhaul Character creation intro has new graphics drawn by Vanja ‘Mermaid’ Utne. The tileset has been…
[youtube uK8Iba29UK8 nolink] Watch the evolution of Apple keyboards from 1983 to today and see people’s reactions to them on the YouTube channel by The iBookGuy. Link: YouTube
Juiced.GS is completing 20 years in print, publishing the first issue of 2015. Among other articles, on this issue they review ‘Assembly Lines: The Complete Book’ and talk about how to use Xcode to cross-compile cc65 code. I am looking forward to get my copy! Link: Juiced.GS
Open Apple podcast #45 is out, and full of interesting Apple stuff. An interview with Mark Kriegsman, author of Star Blaster, and a modern Apple II hacker. He has ported the awesome FastLED driver library to the Apple II, so you can drive many hundreds of 32-bit RGB LEDs with your Apple II. Link: Open Apple
[youtube ugLH_ZiDtng nolink] Chris Wilkins, author of ‘The History of Ocean Software’ said on Facebook that he is feeling nostalgic, so he’s selling the book for 50% off, or only £10. It is a great deal, even after adding the shipping cost. To be able to get the discounted price, head over Fusion Retro Books website, add the book to…
It is out the episode #33 of FloppyDays. This month, Randy Kindig is covering the Atari 400/800. Here is some of the subjects covered during the podcast: New Acquisitions: Raspberry Pi – http://www.raspberrypi.org/ A2CLOUD – http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/ A2SERVER – http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/ News: Electric Dreams BBS Podcast – http://www.edbbspodcast.com/ – Mike Whalen and Jeff Salzman Link: FloppyDays
[youtube SIr94TbOZys nolink] Over on Laird’s Lair YouTube channel, a review has been published about the Atari magazine pro(c) Atari. He goes through some of the articles, showing the magazine format and some of the contents, including an article written by himself, The Making of Panther. Link: YouTube
So you woke up this morning and decided to do a inventory of the stuff you have in your place? How convenient! Inverse ATASCII podcast has just been released, talking about ‘Home Inventory’, originally released in 1983 by APX. It was developed by RLM Micro Systems, and programmed by Ronald and Lynn Marcuse, Atari Star Award of Merit winners of…
[youtube HDpSGqVZhAk nolink] Bytecellar Blog has published a video showing a slideshow created with the program Bmp2DHGR, running on an actual Apple II. Bmp2DHGR is a command-line utility for modern systems that converts high-color source images into Apple II graphics files supporting every graphics mode of the 128K Apple IIe and //c. “I felt this would convey more of a…
This edition of Retro Asylum is all about the Amiga! The news about the Amiga 30th anniversary are all around the Internet, and the hosts of the podcast decided to spend 3 hours talking about the history and the games that helped to define the iconic computer. Link: Retro Asylum
