Author: Paulo
Bitmap Books have published their first of many printed celebrations: The Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium. Now this great piece of computer history hits the Funstock online store, and it is taking pre-orders – the actual release date is October 1st. The price is £24.99 (about US$ 40). Unlike other books about the C64, it celebrates the visual side of the…
As a retro computer hobbyist, I know it is very common when people show a bit of surprise when you talk about your beloved old computers, and deep inside they are thinking “why the hell this guy is wasting time programming for dead technology?”. Well, now you can shut their mouths up, and if you live in US (Seattle –…
Do you know how to program in BASIC? Do you have a working retro computer or emulator? Reddit’s RetroBattlestations is holding next week (Sep 6-14) the BASIC Week 3 and they need help porting the BASIC Week 3 program to more computers and their different BASIC dialects. There’s ports now for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, Atari, and Amstrad. The…
The new version v1.14 of the Windows front-end launcher for blueMSX – blueMSX Launcher – has been released, and is now also available in a 64 bit version. Here is the change list: Introduced a 64 bit build in addition to the 32 bit one. Added MSX Generation LED display. Rearranged the ‘Fill Database’ Window. Only allow one instance of…
[youtube quAj6E0OSlE nolink] R-Type is a very well-known game ported to several different platforms. On VITNO YouTube channel, we are showing a few minutes of this great game running on an Enterprise 128. Go check it out now! Link: VITNO YouTube Channel
[youtube 3z4bMwHUEnk nolink] Using a real hardware, Dagen Brock gives a nice and well explained introduction to Assembly Language Programming on the Apple IIgs. Even if you are not really interested to learn to program, the 25-minute video is useful to show the Apple II built-in monitor capabilities. Source: A2Central Video Link: YouTube
Quinn Dunki published on her blog an interesting article teaching how to create an Apple II development environment on Mac OSX. Her main objective was to create a “one-click” build pipeline using XCode: I put together this pipeline for developing Apple ][ software within Xcode, and suddenly got a lot of interest in it from the Apple ][ community. That’s always a…
[youtube Ws8eZM1pq7A nolink] It was recently released the second part of “Castlevania Retrospective” by the videomaker StrateFox. Although it is mostly covering the Nintendo releases, it also touches the MSX version. If you are interested in Retro Game history, it is a good show. Source: msg.org Video Part #1: YouTube Video Part #2: YouTube
We have added good games for the Acorn Atom, Electron and BBC Micro. You can check them out using the menu on the right side. If you need an emulator, check the Emulator link above! Link: Acorn Area
[youtube GA8isV5rijA nolink] Ben completes the remaining mods for his completely hand-wired portable. Once all the electronic components are tested and working, Ben builds the unit into a specially designed case fresh off the 3D printer. Ben enjoys the fruits of his labor and enjoys some classic gaming on his new system – arguably the most complex project he’s ever…
