Category: Apple II

“Before Macintosh” now free on YouTube

“Before Macintosh” now free on YouTube

For those of you who missed out on seeing David Greelish’s wonderful documentary movie, “Before Macintosh”, you can now watch it free on YouTube. “Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa” is a fascinating look into the computer that really changed the way we used personal computers; it started the modern personal computer revolution! Not only did key people from the project go…

Star Fury for the Apple II version 1.1 released

Star Fury for the Apple II version 1.1 released

Star Fury is a high speed arcade style game for the Apple II by Brazilian game author, Raphael Rezende. His latest game includes elements which make it a challenge for even the best of the gamers on the Apple II and is sure to challenge you. Star Fury version 1.1 includes both keyboard and Joystick control. The full package includes…

Beneath Apple DOS and ProDOS 2020

Beneath Apple DOS and ProDOS 2020

A.P.P.L.E. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Snape Productions produced Beneath Apple DOS and ProDOS 2020, a compendium of both of the Don Worth books, Beneath Apple DOS and Beneath Apple ProDOS. This book contains information on the internals of DOS and ProDOS and is an invaluable resource for any Apple II user. If you are an…

Nibble Disassembly Lines: Volume 1 – DOS 3.3

Nibble Disassembly Lines: Volume 1 – DOS 3.3

Nibble Disassembly Lines: Volume 1 is a compendium of all of the Apple II DOS 3.3 “Disassembly Lines” articles that appeared in Mike Harvey’s Nibble magazine as well as Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine during the 1980s. Written by Sandy Mossberg, a medical doctor, avid reader, science fiction fan, bird watcher, photographer and especially a self-taught programmer who had one of the longest-running…

Penguins Christmas 2024

Penguins Christmas 2024

Written using Greasy graphics by Sellam Abraham and PT3- Mockingboard player by Deater. Following on from ‘The Shining’, my Halloween demo, I decided to tackle the subject of Penguins dancing and generally being amusing by going back to my roots in single lores. I found an amazing PT3 conversion of a Christmas classic which resides in Aux Ram, so 128k…

Star Fury for the Apple II

Star Fury for the Apple II

Seattle, Washington — November 30, 2024 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is pleased to announce the immediate release of Star Fury – a new, exhilarating arcade-style Apple II game developed by Raphael Rezende. It offers a captivating experience that puts players’ skills and endurance to the ultimate test.  With fast-paced gameplay, endless levels, and challenging mechanics, Star Fury promises…

Script-Central Special Edition v9n4, Winter 2024

Script-Central Special Edition v9n4, Winter 2024

Silverwand Software has released the ninth and final issue of Script-Central Special Edition. This issue includes many new stacks, many updated stacks, fonts, many utilities and tools, and even Macintosh versions of several stacks. SCSE v9n4 floor plan Highlights of this issue include: HyperMover GS v1.2 – a new version of HyperMover by Brendan Bellina that includes the improvements from…

GBBS Pro 2.4 Manual & Software

GBBS Pro 2.4 Manual & Software

Seattle, Washington — November 27, 2024 — Thanks to the tireless workings of Paul H. Lee, Henry Pedro, Brian Wiser, and Bill Martens, the popular Bulletin Board System, GBBS Pro, has received a significant update to version 2.4 – both the software and the expanded physical manual that accompanies it with an additional 30 pages, totaling over 410 pages. GBBS…

350p Adventure – a new port of an old game

Screenshot of Adventure on C64

Adventure is often considered to be the very first text adventure. It was written in 1975-76 by Will Crowther. Don Woods found it at his university, asked Will Crowter for the source code, expanded it greatly, and released his own version, which we now know as 350p Adventure. Adventure was sometimes called Colossal Cave Adventure. Sometimes it was just called…

A.P.P.L.E. Memberships and Specials

A.P.P.L.E. Memberships and Specials

User Group Membership Joining our User Group has many benefits, such as our new full-color Call-A.P.P.LE. magazine that is usually around 50 pages with lots of photos, technical articles, reviews, and interviews with legends of the industry. You also have access to all previous issues published back to 1978. Additionally, the Apple User Group Bulletin we share has discounts on…