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This new episode of Inverse ATASCI features VisiCalc, originally released in 1980 by Personal Software and later in 1982 released by VisiCorp. It was written by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston under Software Arts, Inc. This program for the Atari 8 bit line of computers was the first commercial spreadsheet for the Atari. There is a very interesting relationship with…
If you own an 1541-Ultimate or other capable device/emulator, EDK & SAM have just released one Easyflash with 60 classic retro games, such as Boulder Dash II, Defender, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong and Smurfs. To load this pack, just unpack it to a directory and load the cart through your ultimate II or using WinVICE. Download: SUPERCART.zip Website: CSDb
It is available for download the New Year Disk 2015, containing games and demos for the Atari XL/XE computers. The selection, create by Ralf “PPs” Patschke contains four games, ten intros/demos and five illustrations. Link: Download New Year Disk 2015 Source: Atariteca
[youtube 7aqvjvpkGe8 nolink] After Ben Heck’s portable ZX Spectrum, and the fancy C64p by The Future was 8 bit, Stefan Niestegge decided to create his own Atari portable. He used parts of an Atari 600XL and 800XL, and came up with this awesome looking laptop, with incredible 576K of memory, CF reader and SIO2PC interface. The author said that it…
Maxwell Mouse and The Missing Game Mystery is a new platform game for the Amiga, and Remainder Software just released a 29-screen demo of the upcoming platform/adventure game. You can download the playable demo from the official Maxwell House web site, and the developers are asking for feedback, which can be done at their Facebook page. Source: Amiga News Download:…
It is well known and accepted in the gaming community that Stadium Events is the rarest licensed NES game available. According to the seller description, in 1987 Nintendo purchased the rights to the Family Fun Fitness pad from Bandai as well as the rights to Stadium Events. After the purchase, Nintendo ordered a recall and almost *none* of these titles…
Learn everything about the Commodore PET in the new episode of The History of Personal Computing Podcast, completing the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Link: The History of Personal Computing Source: Vintage is the New Old
Learn everything about the Commodore PET in the new episode of The History of Personal Computing Podcast, completing the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Link: The History of Personal Computing
GameMaker is a tool that allows the creation of video games using drag and drop action sequences or a sandboxed scripting language known as Game Maker Language. YoYo Games has published in its blog, the first two parts of a series showing how to create a Commodore 64 emulator using its game creation tool. If you are interested on learning…
YoYo Games has published the second part of the series showing how to create a C64 emulator using GameMaker. This time, the author shows how to actually emulate the CPU using the tool, but including a lot of background useful information. Link: YoYo Games
