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Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground: Video Gaming 1979 – 1989 is the name of the new exhibition is running from July 19th to November 1st at Gallery Oldham (UK). As described on the Gallery website: “Explore the early years of the digital revolution, when gaming became accessible for the first time, and play historic games in the…
Speccy Jam is a regular world wide 1 week game jam, where indie game developers come together to create games with the flavour of the legendary 8-bit personal home computer, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The next edition will run from Aug 29th to Sep 5th, and this year it is bringing a stellar group of ZX Spectrum gamedev veterans which…
FloppyDays is a podcast dedicated to all kinds of retro personal computers. This episode’s main topic is about the APF Imagination Machine You can subscribe to the podcast using iTunes and RSS, or download it directly from its website. Source: Floppy Days Podcast
Spectrum Today is a magazine that covers everything that is happening in the ZX Spectrum community, with interviews, game reviews, tech articles and demo scene. Six months after the release of Spectrum Today issue #0 in Slovak language, the magazine is finally available in English! The translation is a bit rough around the edges, but it is still a great…
[youtube fvcD0xCeYPg nolink] “AAMSX and FX Software announced an MSX2 remake of the 3D isometric action-adventure Batman with a flashy trailer. In a montage based on the cult/retro Batman TV series you can spot several screenshots with in-game footage, revealing drastically improved graphics that make good use of the capabilities of the V9938. The game will be released on the…
Three computers: PDP-11/23+, Atari 800 and Epson PX-8! Three games: Craps, Roulette, and 21! Three programming languages: Fortran, BASIC and Forth! For the Retrochallenge Summer 2014, Earl Evans decided to make 9 games: 3 for each computer using three different languages: PDP-11 with Fortran 77 Epson PX-8 with BASIC Atari 800 with Forth He also did an awesome job reporting his adventure on his blog….
[youtube UTBZHjzwdQQ nolink] Ben continues the epic journey of modding a ZX Spectrum into a handheld device. He works to shrink the size of the circuitry as much as possible so the power of the Speccy can be in the palm of his hands. He makes progress and runs into some challenges with modding the circuitry before he goes through…
Lawless Legends is a fantasy role playing game set in the wild west for the Apple II, C64, & other modern platforms! Now you can give Lawless Legends v0.50 a spin in your own Apple IIC, IIe, etc… Source: Facebook PageSource code: Github
So this is the end. The Retrochallenge is over and I couldn’t meet the deadline with a complete working game as I planned and promised. Although I couldn’t finish the game, I have a very good foundation ready, and if I had about six hours more, I would finish it. That’s too bad to get so close and not be…
Floppy Days is a podcast dedicated to all kinds of retro personal computers. This month Randy Kindig released two episodes in a row: Floppy Days Episode 19 – Interview with Apple II Fan Ken Gagne Floppy Days Episode 20 – Peter Bartlett TRS-80 Model I MISE You can subscribe to the podcast using iTunes and RSS, or download it directly from…
