Category: Apple II

About 15 years ago, Eric Shephard had a grand idea for advancing the Apple IIgs. The idea was to revolutionize the Apple IIGS computer allowing it to communicate seamlessly with other computers. Well that dream has finally been realized. Stephen Heumann announced during his Kansasfest 2024 presentation the initial public release of the new SMB FST for GS/OS 6.0x, now…

From our friend Jeremy Rand over at Rand-emonium Software: This is a new desk accessory for the Apple IIgs which solves Wordle puzzles for you. Rather than being the game, this can be used to solve the puzzle for you by telling you the best guesses (hopefully). It will give you its first guess of a five letter word. Then,…

I reverse engineered the Booster30-L33 from Interware and redesigned this card. It is compatible with ColorClassic (first revision) and LC II. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with LC (first revision). *In my experiments, I was able to install the LCII ROM on the LC and operate it normally, and use all the functions, but unfortunately it did not boot with this card….

A collaboration between Stefan Wessels and the venerable Brutal Deluxe Software has produced a new version of the 1982 arcade game, Time Pilot, for the Apple IIgs. The original release of the program did not include audio and had a few minor glitches which were worked through both in real time and offline. The new version of the program now…

Joshua Bell has announced the the latest pre-release of the Apple II Desktop, version 1.4 Beta 2, a Graphical User Interface operating system for the Apple II. This release marks a significant milestone in enhancing the user experience for Apple II enthusiasts, offering a range of new features, bug fixes, and improvements. As always, it is essential to use beta…

Brandon Robert has announced a major update to the JACE Apple II Emulator for Java. JACE 3.0 requires user to have Java version 17 installed and will emulate the Apple II with the following addon and peripheral specifications: Joysticks (emulated by mouse or using real gamepads) Mouse Extended 80 Column card or Ramworks (Apple memory expansion compatible) Ramfactor Floppy drives…

The Ample graphical interface for Mac OS X has been updated. Ample 59 with its retro Apple II, Apple II clone and Retro Mac series primary focus, has been updated to include the items included in the MAME 0.267 emulation system. The Ample interface has been updated recently to also include Atari, Tandy, Dragon and Oric computer platforms. Ample 59…

MacEffects has announced that that the BOOTi Hard Drive card for the Apple II computer is once again available through the MacEffects website. BOOTi is a Hard Drive emulator card which simulates a block device on the Apple II. MacEffects is best know in the Apple and Macintosh communities for their clear cases and special replacement keyboards. For more information…

Ciderpress II, the command line based version of the Ciderpress App for Windows has been updated to version 1.02. Included in this release are the following changes: Added Merlin assembly source file importer. Added Apple IIgs bitmap font viewer. Added Apple IIgs Finder icon file viewer. Added Applesoft shape table viewer. Added “overwrite all” for add/extract/copy (issue #19). Fixed odd…

From Stefan Wessels: Back in 2021 I started making a version of Time Pilot for the Apple IIgs. This was after I loved Jeremy Rands’ BuGS game. I got to the point where I had to make the AI and then I got sidetracked. Finally, I have now made the Apple IIgs version so it can be released. The gameplay…