Author: Paulo Garcia
CBM prg Studio has reached version 3.9.0, bringing a ton of new features and bugfixes. CBM prg Studio is a free Windows IDE for development in BASIC and Assembler for the 8-bit family of Commodore computers. Changelog: TARGET directive. Logical operators with ‘ifdef’. Complex expressions for constants. Command window. Import SEQ files. CBM prg Studio can be downloaded directly from its…
The Atlantic website has published an article where the author, Benj Edwards goes back down the memory lane, talking about his time as a kid accessing the BBSes via a dial-up modem and how liberating that was, before the Internet was really a thing. The article has a good mix of personal experiences and straightforward history facts and I believe everyone…
It is not completely new that a fair number of C65 prototypes went on sale back in 1994 as part of Commodore liquidation but it is not very easy to find in the wild, and when they appear, the prices are not for everyone. The most recent one showed up on German eBay website, and ended up sold for US$ 17,357.44!…
CoCo Crew is the podcast about the TRS-80 Color Computer and episode 17 has been released, bringing announcements, news, and technical information about the CoCo. Some of the topics discussed during the podcast: What is the proper etiquette for extending someone else’s project? CoCo Dragon DOS controller compatibility Round Table – Six months until CoCoFEST! Games Corner – Color Max…
The “to-go” Atari emulator for Mac, Atari800MacX emulator has problems when used with MacOS Sierra, where the sound won’t work at all. If you really depend on it to run your favorite Atari software on Mac, you have another option. Altirra, an excellent Atari emulator for Windows was re-packaged to run on MacOS, using a standalone Wine bundle. Wine (originally an acronym…
Kotaku UK has published a short article showing some pictures of one of Nintendo’s storage rooms, featuring mint Famicom and other jewels that a lot of collectors would give a kidney to have! The article shows other pictures that will make you wish to have the key of that locker! Link: Kotaku
Raspberry Pi has many emulation options for probably any retro computer/console you can think of. Now, thanks to José Cerrejón (Ulysess), you can also use OpenMSX with the PI. José has prepared the installer that you can use standalone or through the PiKISS, a set o shell scripts that make easier to install a variety of software on the PI. You…
Paulo Peccin has just announced that his great browser-based MSX emulator was updated to version 3.0. New in Version 3.0 Fully customizable Keyboard, Joysticks, Joykeys and Mouse Joykeys support. Emulate MSX Joysticks using Host Keyboard Virtual buttons. Map Host Joystick buttons to MSX Keyboard keys New mappers added. Several improvements and fixes WebMSX is an open source online MSX emulator…
All of the Commodore 64 enthusiasts out there probably know about the Reset Magazine. If you have a hard time reading it while driving (!!!) you may be interested to know that the people behind the magazine just released a new podcast. The first episode brings a nice discussion about the background and features behind Issue 9 (which celebrated the games of…
You can now revive the Roger Wilco adventures and many other created by Sierra Online for cheap! The new Humble “Sierra” Bundle brings Space Quest, Police Quest and many other amazing games for the price you want. For $15 or more you can also get the King’s Quest collection! As usual, the Humble Bundle gives you Steam keys that you can…
