Category: Apple II
Nox Archaist, an Ultima-inspired, 8-bit, tile-based, role-playing game, developed on the old-school Apple II and playable on the Apple II, MAC and PC, was launched at the end of last year after some years of development. If you are into “behind the scenes” stuff like me, you will be happy to learn that the creators of the game are launching…
Lawless Legends development started 9 years ago, even before I got involved with retro computing, but thanks to the developers’ love for the game and most of all, for the Apple II, the wait is almost over. The plan is to release the game this Summer, on July 4th. To make sure the game is 100% at launch, the developers…
Demoscene – The Art of Coding is an initiative to enlist the demoscene as the first digital culture on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. AJ and Joerg (er, Derision and Nafcom) talk to Dedux, Flopine, Kudrix, and Unjello about why this is important and how we can all help move the initiative forward. (interview begins at 10:00) http://scene.world/artofcoding
Retrocomputing and retro gaming continue to get noticed by major news outlets. First was the New York Times with the article The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing published on January 8th, and now Wired Magazine, with the article People Still Really Love the Apple II. Wired’s article is a bit more focused on a game that we are all…
Virtual II, the must-have Apple II emulator for macOS, has been updated. The new version includes many additions and bug fixes. Changelog: Inspector watchpoints can now be defined for a specific memory bank, improving their use for debugging. Added keyboard shortcuts for the main Inspector functions break, resume and single step. It is now possible to see a mounted disk’s…
Just before heading to bed last night, I checked my Twitter feed when I see a Call A.P.P.L.E tweet mentioning that Steve Wozniak’s hand-drawn and handwritten schematics and programming instructions for a prototype of the Apple II home computer was sold for $500,000. Following the link I see that the last bid was indeed $504,218. However, the auction information stated…
After years of active development, 6502 Workshop has finally launched one of the most anticipated games in the retro gaming community. Starting today, December 12th, 2020, you can buy Nox Archaist for your Apple II. The game also includes a custom emulator so that you can run it on your PC or Mac with no hassle! Nox Archaist is a…
















