Author: Paulo Garcia
WebMSX is a fully featured MSX emulator that supports nine generic MSX machines using both PAL and NTSC. Developed using Javascript/HTML5, the emulator runs on any platform, and it was tested in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. A new version 5.0 was made available recently with the following features: NetPlay! Connect several users on the same Virtual MSX machine over the…
As promised, here is the official announcement of the new book by Brian Matherne covering 34 of the best homebrew games available for the Atari 2600. The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 1 is now available on Amazon in paperback format for US$ 12.99. Here is the book’s description from Amazon’s page: The Atari 2600 is alive and well, with new…
The good ol’ Atari 2600 is getting too much love lately! Michael Salzman, a prolific author of many books about games for the Atari 2600, has just announced his new endeavour, a monthly printed fanzine dedicated to the Atari 2600: The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Throwback Zine! In the interest of trying new things I am proud to announce my new Atari…
We received a quick update from Brian Matherne, author of the upcoming book about homebrew games for the 2600 saying that the book was already submitted to Amazon for review and it will be available at any time now. As we reported earlier this month, the book will feature 180 pages covering 34 homebrew games, including images, reviews, “making of”, and more!…
It is with great sadness that we learned that Rick Dickinson lost the battle against cancer and passed away on April 24th. Rick had a very successful career but for us, retro enthusiasts, he was well-known for the design of the ZX-81, the ZX Spectrum, and the Sinclair QL. The Sinclair machines were successful for many reasons, from price to…
According to the user willwinter on sub-Reddit /r/apple2, the maker of the CFFA3000 board for the Apple II sent out an email letting people know that they have added more units to the batch #5 and also they will allow previous buyers to acquire more than the previous 2 units limit. If you don’t know what is a CFFA3000 (where have you…
MSXDev organizers have just announced the second entry for the 2018 edition of the MSX Game Development Contest – BUDDHAGILLIE! BUDDHAGILLIE by GW’s-workshop is an action game where you play Buddha who uses his sword to slash the enemies throughout 6 realms: Hell, Hunger, Animals, Asuras, Humans, Gods and Nirvana. On each realm, besides fighting the enemies directly, you also have to…
OPL4 Shockwave 2 is the successor of Technobytes original MSX sound cartridge (OPL4 Shockwave as you could imagine), bringing several improvements: Smaller footprint fitting in a smaller cartridge case; P2 stereo output; The OPL4 sound is mixed with the internal MSX sound, which allows you to listen OPL4 sound through the MSX sound output; Twice as much RAM – 2MB…
Finally concrete good news! Henrique has sent today a new update to the Next Kickstarter campaign telling us that the cases production has started and if all goes as planned, it will be ready in 35 days! Here is the full announcement: Ladies and gentlemen, we have good news at last: the Spectrum Next case mould is already in production…
Call A.P.P.L.E (Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange) was created by Val Golding in 1978 which means, you believe or not, it is turning 40 years old this year. At some point in the 80’s, it reached more than 50,000 members. Although we don’t have that many Apple II users anymore, Call A.P.P.L.E keeps going strong. As part of the celebration, the group…
