Category: Apple II
The author of Zephyr, Pleins Gaz and other titles that have been recently re-issues, Richard Sorbeka, has announced that he is releasing a number of his games on his personal website.According to his recent posting in the Apple II Enthusiasts group, Richard says:As a former developer and an Apple enthusiast, I’d like to share one of my creations for the…
Longtime Apple, Inc. employee, Bill Atkinson has announced that he is afflicted with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. His announcement on Facebook reads as follows: Request for PrayersNovember 12, 2024 I am asking friends and well-wishers to pray for me. I believe that group intention can actually make a difference. On October first, I was diagnosed with pancreatic…
What is Encounter Adventure? The original game was published in 1983 by Severn Software. It was released for the Oric computer, and then for the Spectrum one. We heard of it recently on the Facebook group Ordinosaures when the HD version made by Mickaël Pointier was announced. The only differences between the original game and our version are the addition of…
Fredrik Ramsberg has announced the availability of the latest update to the PunyInform adventure programming library. PunyInform version 5.8 includes some changes including the following: Changes in functionality: Flags extension: A negative flag ID now performs the opposite modification or check, e.g. SetFlag(F1,-F2) sets F1 and clears F2. FlagIsClear(-F1,F2) returns true if F1 is set and F2 is clear. The…
The Virtual II Emulator, a full featured shareware Apple II Emulator has been updated. Virtual II Version 12.1 includes a slew of updates and fixes including the following items: Improved rendering of the Apple II high resolution graphics. The colors as well as the color transitions now better resemble the original machine’s output on an NTSC TV.Note that the previous high…
Missing that Apple II card which allows you to control your LEGO Technic machines and are tired of trying to compete for the occasional one that appears on EBAY? Now you can get replacement cards thanks to Joe’s Computer Museum. The Blocko replacement cards are compatible with the LEGO 9750 Interface and require the IDC-20 connector cable, 9-volt power supply…
Brutal Deluxe Software in coordination with Daniel Henderson has announced CD IIe – A CD-Audio player for the 8-bit Apple IIs. The program requires a SCSI High-Speed DMA card to be installed in the Apple II and a SCSI-2 type CD-ROM drive such as the Apple CD300. You can download the latest version of the player on a standard 5.25…
From David Schmenk: Development of the Double Color Graphics Toolkit for PLASMA is pretty much done. I didn’t complete in time for the Zoom meeting, but I hope to show it off at the next one! Time to start documenting the API and tools, but here it is in action:
Daniel Henderson of 8-Bit Shack fame has released his latest work for Halloween 2024 – The Shining – A double low resolution graphics demo disk for the Apple II computer. You can download the disk image here Halloween2024.poDownload
The Clock Signal Emulator (“CLK”) has been updated. The CLK emulator for Mac OS and curated by Thomas Harte includes clock accurate emulation for a number of retro computing platforms. The latest version of CLK includes the following changes: adds support for the Oric vsync hardware hack, and also corrects the Oric’s 60Hz frame length better to support software vsync;…
