Author: Paulo Garcia
Do you remember Jumper’n Run: Smurf Rescue that we reported here back in Jan 7th? Now, the developer known as ‘hipoonios’ over Abime Amiga Forums received a ‘cease and desist’ letter from the lawyers representing Studio Peyo, the owners of The Smurfs trademark for trademark infringement. We cannot contest the fact that making the game using their intellectual property without…
Gerard Putter has updated his already excellent Apple II emulator for the Apple II. What’s new in version 7.5.2: Fixed an issue that could cause the virtual procesor to get stuck in an endless loop. The right arrow key did not work correctly when used for game control. This has been fixed. Link: Virtual II
Kelticweb Gary has published is The Story of the ZX Spectrum Facebook group a type-in Flappy Bird for the ZX Spectrum. If you are brave enough to revive the rough time of the type-in programs from magazines, here is the listing reproduced here: My Flappybird version for ZX Basic – Enjoy * Anyone hardcore enough to type-in – R-e-s-p-e-c-t! \a…
Head Over Heels is an arcade adventure video game, released in 1987 for several 8-bit home computers, and subsequently ported to a wide range of formats. Now a remake for MSX2 is being developed by FX Software. There are no more details, just a few screenshots showing a great work behind but we are sure it will be a reality…
Now the Apple II fans can claim they are smarter than the average retro computer fan! It was released on Internet Archive a huge set os educational/historical programs. The 4am Collection is a collection of historical software for Apple II computers from the 1980s and early 1990s. Each item was originally copy protected (i.e. the original floppy disk could not…
CiderPress provides the features that Apple II enthusiasts need to manage their disk and file archives. Open them, view their contents, and copy files between them. CiderPress, introduced in March 2003, was developed and sold as shareware by faddenSoft, LLC. The program was made free, and the source code released under the BSD license, in March 2007. A “refresh” to…
The Fresno Commodore User Group and the Clark County Commodore Computer Club of Las Vegas have worked hard to make this year’s effort the best C= show on the West Coast of the United States. This year the show is dedicated to the Commodore 264 series the Plus/4, 264, 364, 16, and 116 and 50th Anniversary of BASIC! It will…
For some, it doesn’t seem to be an significant achievement, but the cartridge allow the video game industry to jump from the dedicated systems, like Pong, to all-purpose consoles. FastCompany website has published an impressive article about the invention of the game cartridge, written by Benj Edwards. According to his own website Vintage Computing and Gaming, Benj started his research…
This month on Open Apple, the hosts interview Ben Heck. They talk about his Apple I replica, his Apple IIgs laptop, and much more. Link: Open Apple
The C64SD V3.0 Princess developer has released the latest firmware and menu update. Release Notes: – resolved a potential incompatibility with VICE VIC emulation that required to split VIC grabbing into PAL and NTSC versions – some minor fixups Users that grabbed cassettes using VIC PAL with previous versions of the firmware are adviced to execute their dumps again wherever…
