Author: Paulo Garcia
[youtube K56sadbHJMU nolink] After more than four years of silence, we finally have news about the release of Veronica, an accelerator card for the Atari XL/XE. The project, an expansion card equipped with a 65C86S CPU running at 15Mhz and 64KB of RAM, has started back in 2010 by Marek “DIA” Konopka and Marked “Zenon” Grzbiett. The creators of the…
This is not really a retro computing news by itself, but Radio Shack is so attached to the beginning of personal computing, mainly with it TRS-80, and all the others model that followed it, that we have to report the what looked like inevitable. According to the WSJ, “RadioShack Corp. filed for bankruptcy this Thursday after reaching a deal to…
Power Pack 64 is out bringing five great games in full: PHASE OUT NOT EVEN HUMAN TUTTI FRUTTI 64 ASSEMBLOIDS SCRAMBLE V1.12 This is going to be the last Power Pack and it brings an amazing content to celebrate the historic milestone. Commodore Format Archive said – “for this last Power Pack tape – which is appropriately enough number 64!…
In mid-November, John Romero shared with the Apple II community some sad news: Bob Bishop, co-founder of Apple’s R&D department and KansasFest 2011 keynote speaker, had passed away. According to A2Central and Apple II Bits, the word went out on Facebook via Gary Koffler that the late Bob Bishop’s Apple II collection might be heading for the dumpster. John and…
[youtube nJGshW0DdGk nolink] With 70% of the votes, Pointless Fighting by Baka-Yo! Softcorp wins the #msxdev competition and takes home 100 euros! The very impressive fighting game can be download for free, or you can watch a preview video on YouTube. Download: #msxdev Source: MSX Resource Centre
It is available for your entertainment the last episode of Retro Computing Roundtable. The episode is packed with retro computer news, auction picks, gift ideas, etc… The panelists for this episode are: Earl Evans (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston. Link: RCR Website
I have found this blog by Ricardo Quesada, who had developed for the Commodore between late 80’s until 1993. He makes a comparison of what he would use to code for the machine back then, the resources he had available like books, BBS, etc. with what is available today. It is incredible how things have changed since then, and how…
I have found this blog by Ricardo Quesada, who had developed for the Commodore between late 80’s until 1993. He makes a comparison of what he would use to code for the machine back then, the resources he had available like books, BBS, etc. with what is available today. It is incredible how things have changed since then, and how…
ZXDS is an emulator of Sinclair ZX Spectrum for Nintendo DS, written by Patrik Rak and it was recently updated to version 1.3.3. The new version brings an updated list of downloadable files and bugfixes. You can install it on any modded DS. It accurately emulates Spectrum 48k, 128k, +2/+2A/+3, and Pentagon, and supports SNA/Z80/SZX snapshots, TAP/TZX/PZX tape files, TRD/SCL/DSK…
RetroCollect has published a second article entitled “Cart Wars” by MEGABITES. This time around his coverage starts from the 90’s. “Progressing through the early 1990s, new cartridge innovations served to not only extend the capabilities of the home console, but also those of the handheld. The Gameboy, the Game Gear and the Atari Lynx – each were noted for their…
