Author: Paulo Garcia
Konamiman’s MSX page is already well known by the community, and now there’s the Konamiman’s MSX Sofware Repository as well. This is a Mercurial repository containing the source code for all the MSX software that Konamiman has developed over the years. You can clone the repository in your computer or just browse its contents through the web interface provided by…
We know the game is not over just yet, but as we reported before, the movie ‘Atari: Game Over’ is right now available for free on Xbox Video. ‘Atari: Game Over’ is the Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video…
The Virtual Apple II website has updated their database to version 1.25. The latest version contains dozens of new box blurbs and box covers as well as a number of new games including Daniele Liverani’s new game, Genius – A Rock Game. The Virtual Apple database is used by the ActiveGS App and other Apple II emulator apps to supply…
[youtube oxiNzGCWWeU nolink] The Atari 2600 was the first successful home video game console. It also has a well-deserved reputation as being devilishly difficult to program. In this talk, Jack explains some of the system’s features and limitations, and talks about some patterns used in developing a game for this ancient console. The video is short (only 16min), but Jack…
As informed by us here, the chat that was supposed to discuss the future of World of Spectrum happened and important decisions were made to ensure the future of the site. WoS forum’s user, karingal graciously posted a great summary of what was discussed and the plans made. Below you can read the main points: Martijn married his beloved 9 months…
Martijn Van der Heide, founder of World of Spectrum, has decided to step out and stop working on his website. Today, on November 17th, he’s holding a chat, inviting everybody to help him to decide the future of the website and other matters. The chat will start around 18:00 GMT+1. Ask Google what time is that for you! Link: World…
This episode features Atari Calculator, originally released in 1981. This calculator for the Atari 8 bit line of computers was intended or release on cartridge in 1979 but was released on disk nearly 2 years later in 1981. The Inverse ATASCII blog was created to support the podcast of the same name. The podcast discusses productivity software, hardware that supports…
ASM80 is an free online IDE allowing you to code and compile assembler code for 8-bit processors (8080, Z80, 6809 and 6502). Main Features: Code editor Simulated workspace for your files (it’s stored technically in your browser, so you haven’t to got any “server account”) Compiling engines for 8080/8085, Z80, 6502, 6800 and 6809 CPU Embedded emulators for all these…
The November issue of Reset Magazine is avalaible for download following the link below. Reset Magazine is a free, non-profit fanzine dedicated to the Commodore 64 computer. Our target audience is the casual Commodore 64 user and retro computer enthusiast. Reset is distributed on the internet as a free PDF. Source: Reset Website Download: Reset #5 PDF
Well, it is not really retro/vintage since all the project is modern, but the Micromite Companion gives you all the feeling of a Retro computer. “It’s a kit computer that is programmed in BASIC, capable of sprites, tiles, and SIDlike audio with 54K of programming space. The MMC also capable of communicating with serial, I2C, SPI, 1-wire, and other modern…
